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News and Comment July 2023

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11 July - Taking the pee

Mr. Mustard's TweetWhile I belatedly listen to Council meetings to see if anything worthwhile has been debated a fall back on that old faithful; parking issues. It must be of some interest, one man manages to write a successful blog on only that subject usually highlighting the dishonesty and stupidity London’s 32 boroughs.

Two days ago his theme was never believe a word that Councils say unless it is corroborated by irrefutable facts. Barnet Council had fined someone for pavement parking in a road which that Council had listed as being free from that particular restriction and had never before fined someone for the ‘offence’. Yet despite their own list of roads showing pavement parking to be OK they refused to consider an appeal against the fine.

Idiots.

But it is not just Councils which take the pee. There are some very stupid motorists around too.


Footpath parking Bus Stop parkingOn Sunday there was a market at Lesnes Abbey and the legal parking spots soon filled up. Whatever the difficulty in finding a space only a very special sort of idiot risks being fined for two and arguably three offences at the same time. Parking on double yellows, parking on the footpath, obstructing a cycle path.

I don’t know if the driver was given a PCN. It is a pity that Bexley Council’s email reporting system is not further automated to signal back to the reporter the result - or would that too often reveal a failure to attend?

Another driver thought it was OK to park at the bus stop opposite.

Note: Well that didn’t work; someone I’d not spoken to for a year phoned and carried on for half the meeting. Now I have to find the time to listen again.

 

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