Your Thoughts Please

ruds46

Whilst I have no sympathy in this instance, I wondered what others may think?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30591166

bluetoffee1878

No excuse IMHO for using disabled facilities when you are not entitled to

Coupon-mad

Agreed, no excuse on public highway, unless he was collecting a disabled person or if he was disabled (but under the statute a Blue badge is needed immediately).

But he is an idiot if he thinks there is an 8 HOUR(!) grace period before a car can be towed - no way! It's more like 15 minutes and in some London Boroughs they tow immediately (which is their downfall in fact, and is the reason most towaway cases on pepipoo forum can be appealed & won with a full refund, PCN and all).

HO87

This sort of thing has been done to death and back on this forum.

No one one here is going to condone the misuse of disabled spaces onstreet or in private car parks including misuse by private parking companies.

Half_way

HO87 wrote: »

This sort of thing has been done to death and back on this forum.

No one one here is going to condone the misuse of disabled spaces onstreet or in private car parks including misuse by private parking companies.

pretty much as above

Fight_the_good_fight

Could have been dealt with in fifteen minutes! PC Plod observes potential for a Breach of the Peace (common law) arrests driver, and as vehicle disappears into the sunset de arrests driver as no likely re occurrence of BOP,Simples!! and this fool does not get free publicity for his ill conceived web sites

bazster

!!!!!!. Not just for parking there in the first place but then for sitting there for seven hours just to save £105. Doesn't have much self-respect does he, let alone respect for anyone else?

The_Deep

I admire the man immensely, the little man takes on the over-mighty state and beats it. We need more of his sort.

What is so heinous about parking in a BB space anyway, especially if you did not mean to. There are too many empty BB spaces in the not a city of Reading anyway. I am sure that our twice convicted for gross indecency transport supremo, sees them as a cash cow.

Only the other day my wife parked in a disabled bay at Lidl in South Reading, the pictogram was all but invisible.

BB holders in this country are far too privileged, why do that get free parking, one BB holder in NACR drives a Bentley, why do they cross the Severn Bridge for free?

The_Deep

Fight_the_good_fight wrote: »

Could have been dealt with in fifteen minutes! PC Plod observes potential for a Breach of the Peace (common law) arrests driver, and as vehicle disappears into the sunset de arrests driver as no likely re occurrence of BOP,Simples!! and this fool does not get free publicity for his ill conceived web sites

Not an option, every arrest must be accompanied by 5 hours paperwork. A better alternative would have been for Plod to have told clampit to sling his hook and given chummy a rollicking.

Umkomaas

Any news on your Blue Badge rejection appeal TD?

Not_Scammed

It would appear that he is a selfish idiot that thinks that the law doesn't apply to him.

Perhaps he should apply for a job at a PPC ?