"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message 
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> And lo on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:54:42 +0100, St. <dot### [at] dotcom> did spake, 
> saying:
>
>>
>> "Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
>> news:op.tyfw5rskc3xi7v@news.povray.org...
>>
>>
>>> Sounds like you've got the latter on your hands.
>>
>>    Yep, all of what you said was bang on Phil.
>
> Of course it was me saying it, besides it's about roads :-P

      Heh, yeah, I knew that. :)


>
>> Anyway, I haven't had time
>> until now to say that I got my answer on Friday - no go. <sniff, bye bye

>
> Dumb thing is if it were still a police matter I bet it would never have 
> been ticketed in the first place, they'd have realised the difference in 
> an infraction causing a problem and one that doesn't and simply not wanted 
> the hassle of all the paperwork.

     That's so true. Kinda makes me want them back now, at least if you did 
get a ticket, you'd know that they would probably be right in their 
decision.


>
>>     I thought some of the comments in the letter were interesting:
>>
>>     "As a rule and for consistency purposes within our Section, we will 
>> not issue a Penalty Charge Notice to a vehicle unless one wheel is 
>> outside the bay."
>>
>>      Erm, now let me get this straight, one wheel outside the bay??! How 
>> is that possible in a car?
>
> On the side sure - slight angle with one wheel on the line, one outside. 
> Damn easy on some of the narrower bays.

       Yeah, hadn't thought of that, but it reminds me that when I was in a 
nearby town on Saturday, I looked at some of the bays there and they were 
wide! Seriously, probably a foot wider than ours - there was loads of room.


>
>>     And this:
>>
>>     "Further to your correspondence I would like to point out that 
>> waiting bays are marked out between drop kerbs, therefore, the length of 
>> the bays
>> are not measured on the number of vehicles that can park within the 
>> bays."
>
> Yup and they have to allow some wiggle room on the drop kerbs so they just 
> go from point-to-point, it's up to the driver to determine if they can 
> fit.

      "Oh, damn, my back wheels are just going to be outside the line, I 
better move on and find somewhere else to make that important appointment. 
Hmm, where shall I go, there doesn't seem to be anywhere, they're all full." 
Twenty minutes later: "Ah, there's a spot! I'll get in that one." Checks 
time: "Missed the appointment!"

     It doesn't make sense.


>
>>     Hmm, they might as well have just painted a bay that's easily big 
>> enough for just one car alone, much easier, costs less in paint if they 
>> did that
>> with all bays too. But wait. They wouldn't get the fine then would they?
>
> To be fair they would then get people complaining that there's space 
> between the drop-kerbs for two small cars, but they've haven't painted the 
> bay large enough.

     Well, yeah, true.


>
>>     Damn jobsworths.
>
> Easy - next time get there early when no-one's there and park directly in 
> the middle of the bay; won't win your neighbour's friendship, but you 
> can't be touched by the enforcers. Might start a block war, with everyone 
> revving their engines waiting to be the one to dominate the space; might 
> get the council to remove the bays in the first place.

     LOL! :) Well, you know, I'd already thought of that, but if it is 
empty, I'll probably park as far forward as I can, because to be honest, I 
would feel uncomfortable knowing someone will probably get a ticket behind 
me. Hmm, I might put a sign in the car that I can stick on the back 
windscreen warning people not to park behind me if they've got a big or long 
car. I bet the council have made a stack from that bay, and it would be nice 
to save a pensioner some money.

.


>
> Actually I'm kind of curious as to why they're their in the first place? 
> Was there some problem with people parking in front of driveways or 
> whatever?

     Yes, I think it was about five years ago that they put the bays there. 
It's a one way street, so everyone was parking on the left hand side for 
ease of parking I guess. There's certainly more bays on the left than on the 
right, as you can see from the images. Certainly as you walk up the left 
side, you can see all the little notices nailed to the trees warning people 
not to block the driveways.

    Soon, I'll take another photo of a road situation which you would simply 
hate Phil. It would be your worst nightmare if you had to drive to work 
through it everyday.  :o)

      ~Steve~





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