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

> 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.

>     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.

>     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.

>     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.

>     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.

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?

-- 
Phil Cook

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