Hull council and Humberside police are even more desparate for your cash if you’re a motorist. Not content with robbing you blind by putting nasty cameras everywhere, they’re inventing novel ways of giving parking fines.
In addition, a lad in the office just got a fine from Croydon. Apparently they caught him on CCTV (or his car anyway) being parked with one or more wheels on the kerb. As far as he can recall, this was to ask directions of a passer-by. Had he not mounted the kerb, he’d have blocked the traffic. This, though, would have been completely legal. Yes, winding up your fellow motorists is legal, while being considerate is not.
The other thing that takes the piss is the fine – £80 rising to £120 if it’s not paid within 28 days. That’s £20 more rising to double that of a speeding ticket, though it doesn’t result in penalty points on the license. What a joke.
They removed a parking bay (big enough for about 6 cars) outside the college where I used to work. They removed the white dotted lines that marked out the bay, but it took them about 6 weeks to actually paint the yellow lines due to the fact that workers parked there from about 7am and when they left residents parked there for the night. They never had a chance to get in to do the painting 🙂