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Them and Us

The "Kitchener" poster (see Photos) is prompted by a £225 tow-away charge I got this week for "failing" to display my valid resident's parking permit, and a £120 out-of-rush-hour bus lane penalty. Also there is this about Westminster's relationship with a parking enforcement company. What happened to Peace and Love?

Added by Martin Cassini on March 6, 2010 at 12:30 — No Comments

Yorkie or googly?

Unlike the next blog entry, this story, also in the Metro, plumbs the depths of state-sponsored scammery. After the River Ouse receded in York, three flooded cars were given penalty tickets when wardens saw they were parked on double yellow lines.

Added by Martin Cassini on March 3, 2010 at 9:30 — No Comments

And now for something completely similar

Spotted in today's Metro: Disabled driver Harold Cadwallader was given a £40 parking ticket after the sun bleached the print off his blue badge. Wardens said they could not be sure it was valid. "I rang the council but they advised me to put my badge where the sun doesn't shine," said Harold, 87, of Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Added by Martin Cassini on November 12, 2009 at 16:00 — No Comments

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