Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
By having the registration number visible, the authorities can trace the owner and prosecute him/her so they won't do it again. It's not as if it is a one-off.
Sounds a good idea to me - photographic evidence is always useful.
Roger
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
Here's one where I did obscure the number plate. This lady drove up the precinct to Maison Dieu House, found she couldn't get out and drove back. All the way she was saying "Shoo" and waving pedestrians out of the way in what could only be described as a hoity toity manner. She nearly run over a surprised man by Santander. I obscured the number because there was no-one around that I knew who could verify the incident. As it happens Barry Williams followed on but didn't see the front of the vehicle or the lady's actions.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
I remember that one Terry - either a very unfortunate mistake, or just plain silly.
Roger
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
Exactly Roger, we've all got ourselves in unfortunate positions at some time or other. It was her attitude that irked me.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Helen you ask if it's fair to single one out when there are so many other offenders. I would love to see that used as a defence to, say, a speeding prosecution. Or selling drugs. Or........
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
My Christmas has been made. After weeks of parking in that place on the double yellows the car at the top of the thread has finally been ticketed.
Yippee!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
maybe they can now concentrate on the regular vehicles that park in an obstructive manner and/or on double yellow lines at the junction of malvern road and clarendon place.
i won't hold my breath, i know that kent county council chaps have been down taking photographs of badly parked vehicles.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
Good.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
how about this one?
the only way past was to join the folkestone road formula 1 track today.
Guest 774- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 498
Re poststs #19 & #20
Lorries have been parking on that viaduct for years. I used to work at the clearance centre in the western docks and had concerns about the weight sitting over the A20. The drivers don't want to pay the Harbour Board parking charges in the lorry park once they've had their documents processed. Could be a nasty mess if it ever collapsed...
"If it ain't broke, fix it til it is."
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
garyp.acording to my local district counciler [jim hood] its perectly safe,according to the enginers report he riecived.but like you i do wonder if its safe to park there as well.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
Europcar are parking a large amount of vans up there most nights as well, pleased to say the Parking Wardens are ticketing the Foreign HGV's that park on the double yellows on Hawkesbury Street area . If a private company do take over the Lorry Park they will not be happy with free parking on their doorstep.
Audere est facere.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
would any of these fines get paid though martin, very difficult to enforce. clamping would be more effective or fines paid on the spot like in many european countries.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
As I understand it there is a firm that deals with the recovery of the foreign fines, clamping not so easy now with new regulations to outlaw the cowboy clampers.
Audere est facere.
Guest 774- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 498
When I worked on the Road Fuel Testing Unit I attended a multi agency road check, which included the DVLA. I showed one chap a photo of a van that had been parked outside my house with a long out of date tax disc. He quickly informed me that taking the photo had been illegal and to delete it.
"If it ain't broke, fix it til it is."
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
the chap was talking balderdash, poppycock and tosh.
you were not trespassing so no problem.
