SNAKEBITE Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 There is nothing more selfish than the idiots who park in disabled bays when they are not disabled. Imagine my suprise when in Asda this morning there was an announcement over the tannoy "Would the owner of car registration **** **** who is parked in a disabled bay without displaying a badge please move it. You have two minutes before a £40 ticket is issued. Thank you" And about blooming time too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 There is nothing more selfish than the idiots who park in disabled bays when they are not disabled.Imagine my suprise when in Asda this morning there was an announcement over the tannoy "Would the owner of car registration **** **** who is parked in a disabled bay without displaying a badge please move it. You have two minutes before a £40 ticket is issued. Thank you" And about blooming time too Did you move it then or carry on to the check out with your 48 cans of norseman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 8 ace isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 8 ace isn't it? Harp low alcohol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 I'm more of a Skol super person. Takes the edge off whn the wife starts nagging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 One of the funniest things I ever saw, was a young man parked outside the Bank in the disabled bay and two old ladies passing made a sarcastic comment about him not being disabled. The sad lad started limping. It was so pathetic I burst out laughing, at least he had the good grace to blush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 I love parking tickets... The best one I ever got was when I hospitalised myself wakeboarding one fine day and drove myself to A&E (was in shock at the time, BP up to the max, grey face, panting, the usual stuff). Had no change on me for the parking ticket and by the time the painkillers were working enough for them to start filling me with other drugs, and therefore to think about getting the car either collected or paid up, I had got a ticket. Luckily I contested it and got let off the abusively high fine, but they told me not to make a habit of it. As I had managed to destroy a stomach muscle in the "incident" and it still has problems, I won't be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 When i was a young lad a collage many years ago, we used to park in the public car park next door. being hard up apprentices no one ever brought a ticket. I had a J reg escort and so did one of the other blokes. One day we all got tickets, in the lunch break my mate took my ticket and put it on the other blokes car and chucked his away. The following week we found out he had payed it I never did find out what happened because he never let on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Funny you mention that Darren, I assume you mean Hollingbury. When they first introduced parking enforcement they hired an idependent company to 'ticket' people. Also at this time they were making changes to the car park and had a gaurd allowing disabled or family parking into the area. Our youngest was a couple of years old at the time and we were instructed to park in a Disabled bay as all the family bays were full and the disabled empty. You got it, we returned to a parking ticket! I was fuming, stormed the help desk but they said I had to contact the ticket company. Got onto the phone and rang the call centre in Glasgow! I explained what happened but they wouldnt have it and basically called me a liar. I had no choice but pay the damn ticket. Never trusted them since and I always park well out of the way now. Its amazing just how many people fight for spaces near the entrance when loads are available further away. All just to save them a 50 yard walk! I will say this though, in the 20 years i've been shopping at this store, I have never seen the disabled bays full up with legitimate disabled vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 A guy I used to work with, and has just retired, was in the Fire appliance whilst we were on an inspection. Just in front of him was a disabled bay and as he was sat there a car pulls up and a guy in his 40`s jumps out, locks the car and saunters past. My mate says "I don`t suppose you noticed but that`s a disabled space mate !" the guy then pulls down his roll neck sweater to show the wound where he`d had, apparently, throat cancer and whips out his vocaliser to say "Aye what about it!!" To say he was apologetic was an understatement, he still blushes when the story is told and often said that he wished he could have been swallowed up by the earth right then !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted May 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Funny you mention that Darren, I assume you mean Hollingbury. When they first introduced parking enforcement they hired an idependent company to 'ticket' people. Also at this time they were making changes to the car park and had a gaurd allowing disabled or family parking into the area. Our youngest was a couple of years old at the time and we were instructed to park in a Disabled bay as all the family bays were full and the disabled empty. You got it, we returned to a parking ticket! I was fuming, stormed the help desk but they said I had to contact the ticket company. Got onto the phone and rang the call centre in Glasgow! I explained what happened but they wouldnt have it and basically called me a liar. I had no choice but pay the damn ticket. Never trusted them since and I always park well out of the way now. Its amazing just how many people fight for spaces near the entrance when loads are available further away. All just to save them a 50 yard walk! I will say this though, in the 20 years i've been shopping at this store, I have never seen the disabled bays full up with legitimate disabled vehicles. Yes it was Holingbury I was thinking, as it is private property and not the "Highway" how can they enforce this ticket? If you just drove away and ignored it how would they enforce it? You just deny ever being there and blame it on "identity theft", the sort of thing that goes on to avoid the congestion charge in London now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 The problem is they have signs stating explaining the rules of use of the car park. This does actually give thgem the legal right to carry out the rules as they see fit. Don't gorget that most ticket offences are now pictured digitally and ASDA operates a car park security system. No getting away with it and to be honest I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted May 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 No getting away with it and to be honest I agree. Oh yes, totally. It's just I was thinking about the ability to back it up that's all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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