Bunch of mofos!

[Captain Jack]

Hello,

Rant time. For the THIRD time, I have been given a parking ticket for parking on the yellow line during lunch time, which is when there's a parking restriction. I have paid the previous two fines promptly-ish (£50x2!!!!!) but I am getting really pissed off with having to fund the Redbridge council through parking fines. Anyway, just out of interest, what would happen if I don't pay the ticket? There's 50% "off" for paying within 2 weeks, after which I have to cough up £100. So what happens after 28 days?

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

(This is why I hate London!!!!)

CJ

[steve_earwig]

Did you think about not parking on the yellow line during lunchtime? Or am I missing the point?

(I hate London too)

[Welly]

So what happens after 28 days?

Court summons, costs, costs, court summons, costs, balifs, costs, that's what.

Your £50.00 fine will magically become a £742.15 fine

They are annoying though and they employ horrid tactics like hiding/watching you and CCTV instead of the old fashioned "move along sir".

Councils use it as a way to boost income - to pay for luxury biscuits a their many meetings

[mjb]

Court summons, costs, costs, court summons, costs, balifs, costs, that's what.

Your £50.00 fine will magically become a £742.15 fine

They are annoying though and they employ horrid tactics

Don't I know it. NEVER assume that because you've handed over card details over the phone you're in the clear. I made that mistake and a couple of days later I went to go to work and found the car clamped with a sticker on the windscreen saying if it wasn't released by 8am it's be towed. I had to borrow just shy of £400 to get it freed up

Because I mentioned that I was working in Manchester at the time, they clamped it at "about 3am".

[Welly]

£400.00

Should've told them to keep the car

I saw a programme recently and they were saying it was kind of illegal to clamp a car if the owner hadn't consented to being clamped beforehand and you're within your rights to smash or cut the f*cker off. Only trouble then though is that you dip your toe in the criminal damage waters wth the clampers

[steve_earwig]

Chop it off, stuff it in the boot and plead ignorance when they say something - "you sure it was my car you clamped?"

[mjb]

£400.00

Should've told them to keep the car

You know they'd just turn around the next week and empty my house...

[neildavies]

Did you think about not parking on the yellow line during lunchtime? Or am I missing the point?

Not what you want to hear capt'n, but it's the first thing that entered my mind.

As for your question about not paying the fines, I think you'd be on a loser there sorry.

[steve_earwig]

Ok, probaly not the kindest thing I could have said but you know what the parking nazis are like in London, any damn excuse.

[Blue406]

Hello,

Rant time. For the THIRD time, I have been given a parking ticket for parking on the yellow line during lunch time, which is when there's a parking restriction. I have paid the previous two fines promptly-ish (£50x2!!!!!) but I am getting really pissed off with having to fund the Redbridge council through parking fines. Anyway, just out of interest, what would happen if I don't pay the ticket? There's 50% "off" for paying within 2 weeks, after which I have to cough up £100. So what happens after 28 days?

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

(This is why I hate London!!!!)

CJ

The yellow line is there for a reason. Don't park on it and avoid the fine.
Don't give the council any more reason to get money out of you.

[darrenwall]

id pay it if i was you , i wish i did . im on in court on the 24th of september for 17 unpaid parking fines totaling just over a £1000 ( and thats not including the 30 or so others that i have paid in the past few years ) . where i used to live was permit only parking ( just ask neil davies ) but the council would only issue 2 permits per house , but when ur mother and father got a car each and i add a 3rd car to the house i dont think it was fair that i wasnt allowed to park outside my house ( there really was no where else to park within a quarter of a mile ) especially when you pay so much fooking council tax that i refused to pay them . i have been told by a solicitor that if i refuse to pay them when i go to court i will more than likely end up with a 12 month prison sentence so i got to go in front of the magistrate to tell them how much im going to pay each week .

[teamster1975]

id pay it if i was you , i wish i did . im on in court on the 24th of september for 17 unpaid parking fines totaling just over a £1000 ( and thats not including the 30 or so others that i have paid in the past few years ) . where i used to live was permit only parking ( just ask neil davies ) but the council would only issue 2 permits per house , but when ur mother and father got a car each and i add a 3rd car to the house i dont think it was fair that i wasnt allowed to park outside my house ( there really was no where else to park within a quarter of a mile ) especially when you pay so much fooking council tax that i refused to pay them . i have been told by a solicitor that if i refuse to pay them when i go to court i will more than likely end up with a 12 month prison sentence so i got to go in front of the magistrate to tell them how much im going to pay each week .

That's rough justice Darren
What the hell else are you supposed to do?

[mjb]

What the hell else are you supposed to do?

It's the council - you're supposed to band over and take it

[teamster1975]

What the hell else are you supposed to do?

It's the council - you're supposed to band over and take it

Rhetorical question on my part, doesn't work in text

[Captain Jack]

Thanks for the replies peeps. I thought as much. Thing is, this yellow line has a restriction ONLY from 2-3pm Mon-Fri outside my gf's house and I ALWAYS forget to move the car from the night before - this is my 3rd ticket on the same street issued by the same no-life tosser.

Grrrr...

Darren, that really sucks for you. I thought I had it bad!