PCN for parking in a loading place during restricted hours without loading

AdrianC

BusyBee1904 said:

The PCN states an observation time of 7 minutes. All in all were unloading longer than that.

But that's AWAY from the vehicle for at least 7 minutes...

KimJongUn88

feolojad said:

As a lorry driver who gets sick of doing urban deliveries and finding people like you parked in loading bays whilst you go off to do your shopping it warms my heart that you've got a fine. You by your own admission went shopping when you were parked there as you said there were quite a few bags of shopping. They are not put there for you to use to put your shopping in the car.

I think you’ll find the shopping was being unloaded from the car from an earlier shopping trip. Also, if that specific loading bay was designated for commercial vehicles only, there would have been a sign making that clear. 

From the evidence we have at the moment, the loading bay in question was for use by any vehicle.

BusyBee1904

feolojad said:

As a lorry driver who gets sick of doing urban deliveries and finding people like you parked in loading bays whilst you go off to do your shopping it warms my heart that you've got a fine. You by your own admission went shopping when you were parked there as you said there were quite a few bags of shopping. They are not put there for you to use to put your shopping in the car.

Glad you got that off your chest and I hope you feel better for it. 

Before jumping to conclusions and implying I deliberately parked in a loading bay to go to the shops to do some shopping, please read my post properly. 

I was NOT shopping while parked in the loading bay!

feolojad

Jenni_D said:

feolojad said:

As a lorry driver who gets sick of doing urban deliveries and finding people like you parked in loading bays whilst you go off to do your shopping it warms my heart that you've got a fine. You by your own admission went shopping when you were parked there as you said there were quite a few bags of shopping. They are not put there for you to use to put your shopping in the car.

Where does the OP say that? Have you replied to the wrong thread?

Post 4...

"(and, I admit, a few bags of shopping)."

BusyBee1904

feolojad said:

Jenni_D said:

feolojad said:

As a lorry driver who gets sick of doing urban deliveries and finding people like you parked in loading bays whilst you go off to do your shopping it warms my heart that you've got a fine. You by your own admission went shopping when you were parked there as you said there were quite a few bags of shopping. They are not put there for you to use to put your shopping in the car.

Where does the OP say that? Have you replied to the wrong thread?

Post 4...

"(and, I admit, a few bags of shopping)."

I admitted I was carrying a few bags of shopping. Meaning I unloaded bags out of my car. Not meaning I parked, went shopping and put a few bags into my car. 

I expected to receive advice in this forum.  But I did not expect to be attacked like this. 

TooManyPoints

I expected to receive advice in this forum.  But I did not expect to be attacked like this

Regretfully, BusyBee, you will find that wherever you post problems like this there will be "professional" people (often lorry drivers) venting their spleen. They also often, as here, engage fingers on keyboard before engaging brain. They obviously suffer a great deal from the constant law breaking and inconsiderate motorists getting in the way of them earning a crust. Poor things. I urge you not to despair. You will get good advice here, simply ignore the trolls. There is only one forum where trolling is not tolerated and that's Pepipoo. They have a firm rule - "If you can't help, don't post." And it is rigorously enforced.

JamoLew

TooManyPoints said:

I expected to receive advice in this forum.  But I did not expect to be attacked like this

Regretfully, BusyBee, you will find that wherever you post problems like this there will be "professional" people (often lorry drivers) venting their spleen. They also often, as here, engage fingers on keyboard before engaging brain. They obviously suffer a great deal from the constant law breaking and inconsiderate motorists getting in the way of them earning a crust. Poor things. I urge you not to despair. You will get good advice here, simply ignore the trolls. There is only one forum where trolling is not tolerated and that's Pepipoo. They have a firm rule - "If you can't help, don't post." And it is rigorously enforced.

I second this - try Pepipoo, you will need to register with an email that ISNT hotmail

Put as much info and pictures in as possible initially 

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They observed for 7 minutes. That should mean that the vehicle was unattended for 7 minutes, whilst they were watching. How could that be if you were unloading from your boot to a boat? Was the boat more than 3 1/2 minutes walk away?  Or were you putting stuff away rather than just dumping it on the boat?

Unloading/loading have to be continual whilst stopped in the bay.

BusyBee1904

facade said:

They observed for 7 minutes. That should mean that the vehicle was unattended for 7 minutes, whilst they were watching. How could that be if you were unloading from your boot to a boat? Was the boat more than 3 1/2 minutes walk away?  Or were you putting stuff away rather than just dumping it on the boat?

Unloading/loading have to be continual whilst stopped in the bay.

That’s right, the boat is a bit further down the canal. And also, as I mentioned before, we were unloading heavy bags of coal and gas canisters which we could not just “dump” on the boat. We were not taking the micky by lighting the fire, having a cup of tea and lounging about before going back to the car. 

brianposter

Receipts for coal and gas ?