Parking fine while picking up children

prowla

opinions4u wrote: »

I hate yellow lines and residents only parking zones.

They have evolved to keep cars out of town centres and have grown to stretch to locations further and further away from those centres.

Councils then complain when fewer people come shopping, the high street declines. It's not just Amazon. Our local authorities have damaged towns with excessive parking restrictions.

But while I have sympathy with a dislike of yellow lines, they are what they are.

They tell you that what time you're not allowed to park there. Stick to that and you don't get a ticket. It's not rocket science.

Yup - it's a pretty stupid system that has evolved.

NBLondon

uknick wrote: »

I don't this is the case. If so, would not the OP would have said so when people started to be judgemental.

... as opposed to being abusive (those posts are now deleted).

Tilt is making a very good point that there are exceptions (for good reasons) but the cynic in me says that these would get abused by some parents.

photome

NBLondon wrote: »

... as opposed to being abusive (those posts are now deleted).

Tilt is making a very good point that there are exceptions (for good reasons) but the cynic in me says that these would get abused by some parents.

the cynic in me tells me the OP knows he was in the wrong and thats why he hasnt returned

shaun_from_Africa

photome wrote: »

the cynic in me tells me the OP knows he was in the wrong and thats why he hasnt returned

The reason for the OP not returning is due to them being "PPR".

photome

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

The reason for the OP not returning is due to them being "PPR".

I didn't know what PPR was until I just did a search

Richard53

The title of this thread makes me laugh. Like that old joke:

"I was complimented for my parking today. When I got back to my car, there was a note on the windscreen that said 'parking fine'."

I'll get me coat ...

Coupon-mad

GwylimT wrote: »

At the end of the day you chose to park illegally, if there are literally no other parking spaces within in miles and you don't want your child to be outdoors in the winter then shouldn't you have considered this before choosing this school?

Hilarious! He did NOT even park in contravention, let alone illegally!! Have you not understood anything that's been said about yellow lines?

This poster did nothing wrong except post on the wrong forum board...and then got PPR'd for whatever reason, maybe he reacted to of the stupid flaming he got.

Jamie_Carter

Tilt wrote: »

I can't believe that this thread has now gone through 100+ posts with about 90% of them being judgmental.

No one knows the full circumstances of either the OP's child or the environment surrounding the school. Some kids have special needs for example and you don't know if the OP's falls into that category.

At my son's school, some kids have to be escorted into the building for all sorts of reasons and I myself have done it when I worked as a PH driver.

The simple fact is (as obviously not many seem to know), there are boarding and alighting exemptions as far as yellow lines (including double) are concerned to enable vulnerable passengers to be assisted into (or from) a near-by building.

My advice was given on the basis that the OP had parked without causing an obstruction, on a yellow line (where there was no other restriction), was alone in the car apart from the child and only left the car for as long as it took to escort the child into the school.

The ticket may of been issued by the CEO who wasn't aware that the OP was legitimately escorting the child into the school, just like many of you don't know.

That's why we have an appeal process and if the OP's case is legit then she will succeed in her appeal. If not she won't... it's as simple as that.

What happened in Victorian times is of no relevance to this at all. Kids used to get corporal punishment as well (God knows I did!)... but they don't anymore!

9 minutes....I don't think so.

The OP hasn't said anything about their child being special needs. If they were then special provisions would be provided, and the OP wouldn't have been on the yellow lines.

Tilt

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

9 minutes....I don't think so.

The OP hasn't said anything about their child being special needs. If they were then special provisions would be provided, and the OP wouldn't have been on the yellow lines.

<SIGH> Another one who dosn't know what he's talking about.

Depending on the circumstances (of which we don't know), 9 minutes is not unreasonable under boarding and alighting exemptions. As there are such exemptions, there is no reason for "special provisions" to exist. (BTW, what "special provisions" are you referring to?).

Obviously it COULD be the case that the OP was not entitled to use the boarding and alighting exemptions. But as she was bombarded with so much negativity on this thread from so many narrow minded posters, she is no longer with us to ask further information.

WTFH

Tilt wrote: »

<SIGH> Another one who dosn't know what he's talking about.

Depending on the circumstances (of which we don't know), 9 minutes is not unreasonable under boarding and alighting exemptions. As there are such exemptions, there is no reason for "special provisions" to exist. (BTW, what "special provisions" are you referring to?).

Obviously it COULD be the case that the OP was not entitled to use the boarding and alighting exemptions. But as she was bombarded with so much negativity on this thread from so many narrow minded posters, she is no longer with us to ask further information.

No, I think you're the one who doesn't know what they are talking about.
The OP said in their first post that the reason they parked there was because it was cold!
"Rather than let my four year old walk miles in the cold ( as it was freezing today)"

So, the child is capable of walking on their own, but the OP doesn't like the child walking when it's cold.
I don't believe that a slight chill in the air counts as "boarding and alighting exemptions".

It's always worth reading what the OP has written before going off on a moral crusade against people who have read it!