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Posted by Richard Dewsbery on 09/09/05 10:31
"AlanG" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:1126113876.e82edc916e4f48c26dc5f39c234eba95@teranews...
> On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:49:27 GMT, "evening all"
> <pc69_evening_all@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >It now seems that the UK police Farce, sorry Force have a new initiative
in
> >their fight against
>
>crime......................................................................
...............
> >Ticketing motorists who park too near the edge of a road.
> >
> >I kid you not. Someone very close to me got a police issued parking
ticket
> >on their car on Sunday morning at 9:45 for parking too close to a
> >T-junction.
> >They were not parked near a busy junction or a main road. This is a
quiet,
> >residential location about half a mile from a main road. All this time
i've
> >been thinking that our police force are stretched to the limit and are
> >severely understaffed but apparently not, as they can now
indiscriminately
> >issue tickets whenever they feel like it - too much time on their hands?
> >
> >No, i'm wrong, it's a law and it must be upheld.
>
> One law I'm happy to see enforced. Parking too close to a junction
> causes a hazard. It's rife around here. Cars should be towed away
> until the useless twats learn to park properly.
>
> The worst offenders are those who park almost nose to tail right
> around a corner forcing pedestrians to walk into the road and on the
> road for a considerable distance in order to cross a junction. Quite
> dangerous especially for mothers pushing prams and wheelchair users.
I always wonder how such motorists would react to their car being scratched
accidentally by a pram/wheelchair user struggling to get past.
Richard
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