While
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.
On
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.