Now I am all for enforcement of parking restrictions but...

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  1. Tek

    Tekkytyke Well-Known Member

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    ..is this not a bit OTT? Do councils have the authority to actually do this if it is simply a parking offence? It is fair enough if the vehicles are also uninsured and/or abandoned as the article states some other were but the picture of the car being impounded looks in good condition. Very Draconian IMO. There must be more to the story than is being deported
    EDIT( forgot the link)
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-64185846
     
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    You’ve forgotten to post a link to Traffic Wardens Monthly
     
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    Outrageous!!!!








    No idea what you're on about without a link though :)
     
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    I'm undecided on this one. On the one hand, most councils have the authority to do things. On the other hand however, they may do things without authority. It's a difficult one.
     
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    What we need to do is to only elect one handed councillors
     
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    Car crushed and deported, harsh but fair.
     
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    Forgot link :oops:edited
     
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    We need more parkin.

     
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    I suspect no cars have been crushed, and this is just an innovative attempt to deter future nuisance parking.
     
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    Here's a thought. bit off the wall and random but here goes...

    Don't park where ya shouldn't..if ya do don't winge when ya get caught..

    There. av said it nah...
     
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    Don't eat yellow snow.
     
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    To be crushed ... were crushed .... perhaps maybe will be crushed ... are to be crushed ... won't be crushed ...
    Bobby Crush.
    The more you actually type the word "crush" the more stupid it looks and sounds.
     
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    Especially if its in a restricted car park.
     
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    I've found a lot of councils engage in overzealous enforcement. I was once given a ticket in barnsley which I contested, all the way to the adjudicators. I won, it shouldn't have been issued (road marked out all wrong) but the council weren't going to back down. I also did a FOI request as to how many people who had appealed in the preceding 12 months had won their appeals and it was over 50%. That would imply the council just dish them out and hope people just pay but that a high proportion are badly issued. Worse, I also appealed one in a Manchester council car park which had misleading signage. Won that appeal, the adjudicator automatically threw the ticket telling the council he had told them over 12 months ago not to issue any more tickets until they changed the signs. They were acting unlawfully, I wonder how much they claimed from unsuspecting motorists knowing they were doing so. They have power but no accountability:mad:
     
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    Why would they be crushed anyway? Isn't there a scheme where they can be put up for auction when they've been (permanently) seized? This seems incredibly wasteful.
     
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    I'm crushed at the thought. :(
     
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    I had a crush on Debbie Harry once.
    Ok I still have...












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