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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / October 2007FOAK: Parking ticket
My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The thing is, a permit scheme's been set up, and they've not managed to send her a permit yet (mildly understandable given there's been a postal strike), so she was parking with a note on the dash saying a permit had been applied for - it's a second permit and apparently they're sent out at the council's discretion. Anyway, she got the ticket, rings up the permit office and asks them what the hell's going on, and they tell her they've never had a permit application from her (IIRC someone did ring her about the application from the council office so they must have had it once). I assume I should be writing to the parking ticket people, the permit people and ccing everything to the local councillor. Has anyone got any ideas on what sort of thing I should be including to improve our chances of getting them to FOAD? >My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The thing >is, a permit scheme's been set up, and they've not managed to send her a >permit yet Ahh, so she was parking in an area that required a permit and she wasn't displaying one? Cool.  Signature-- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickmooney@spamcop.net -- Triumph Tiger 955i -- http://www.bgn.me.uk -- Touch - -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11 >>My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The thing >>is, a permit scheme's been set up, and they've not managed to send her a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cool. The scheme's only just been instated - enforcement began in the third week of the month. >>>My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The thing >>>is, a permit scheme's been set up, and they've not managed to send her a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >The scheme's only just been instated - enforcement began in the third week >of the month. So she was parking in an area which required a permit to park and wasn't displaying one when she knew that enforcement for non-permit holders had started? Do you intend to create offspring together? Signature-- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickmooney@spamcop.net -- Triumph Tiger 955i -- http://www.bgn.me.uk -- Touch - -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11 >>>>My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The >>>>thing [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > wasn't displaying one when she knew that enforcement for non-permit > holders had started? We assumed that the council were just being the council and were taking their time posting out permits and so would act reasonably. >>>>>My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The >>>>>thing [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >We assumed that the council were just being the council and were taking >their time posting out permits and so would act reasonably. Have you asked the council if they will be handing out a parking permit to everyone's f.ck buddy and occasional bonk or is this a special service just for you? Signature-- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickmooney@spamcop.net -- Triumph Tiger 955i -- http://www.bgn.me.uk -- Touch - -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11 >>>>>>My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The >>>>>>thing [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > permit to everyone's f.ck buddy and occasional bonk or is this a > special service just for you? Being as we both live in a shared house, I don't think it's unreasonable for her to have a parking permit, especially considering that I don't have one - the primary permit belongs to another of our housemates who happens to be our landlady, and my car stays in a barn at home. >> Have you asked the council if they will be handing out a parking >> permit to everyone's f.ck buddy and occasional bonk or is this a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >the primary permit belongs to another of our housemates who happens to be >our landlady, and my car stays in a barn at home. But the person who got the ticket didn't have a parking permit so got a ticket. It's not the end of the world. Signature-- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickmooney@spamcop.net -- Triumph Tiger 955i -- http://www.bgn.me.uk -- Touch - -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11 >My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The thing >is, a permit scheme's been set up, and they've not managed to send her a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >what sort of thing I should be including to improve our chances of getting >them to FOAD? The council runs the permit scheme, and I suspect that your neighbours will probably be hoping the council enforces the scheme quite strictly. With no decent cards to play you might consider folding. SignatureColin Irvine YZF1000R BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk > Anyway, she got the ticket, rings up the permit office and asks them >what the hell's going on, and they tell her they've never had a permit >application from her (IIRC someone did ring her about the application >from the council office so they must have had it once). This is the nub of the matter. Can she prove that they have received a permit application? Was the application in writing and posted recorded delivery? In any case, I note that second permits are discretionary. Are you sure the phone call wasn't to say "hard luck no second permit"? Signature+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ >> Anyway, she got the ticket, rings up the permit office and asks them what >> the hell's going on, and they tell her they've never had a permit [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > permit application? Was the application in writing and posted recorded > delivery? It was in writing, not recorded delivery. > In any case, I note that second permits are discretionary. Are you sure > the phone call wasn't to say "hard luck no second permit"? It was something along the lines of "You've not sent a cheque with this application". Which she hadn't as the notes with application form told you not to. This was around the beginning of the month. In communiqué <wMadnU8ig9ySarjanZ2dnUVZ8sOonZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>, Doki <mrdoki@gmail.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >> In any case, I note that second permits are discretionary. Are you >>sure the phone call wasn't to say "hard luck no second permit"? > >It was something along the lines of "You've not sent a cheque with this >application". Which she hadn't as the notes with application form told >you not to. This was around the beginning of the month. Well, if you are certain an application was correctly made, in good time, it might be worth taking the 'official complaint' or possibly even full Ombudsman maladministration route. They may, of course, play the sh.t or bust game of continuing to simply deny that they ever received it. Without some kind of reference to quote, the name of the person who made the call, and a reasonably accurate date for the call, you may have trouble making a complaint stick though. Signature+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ > In any case, I note that second permits are discretionary. Are you sure > the phone call wasn't to say "hard luck no second permit"? And as for the discretionary bit, IIRC the original letter says something along the lines of "if the streets not chokka we'll start handing them out". Which is isn't. It's f.cking dead. >what sort of thing I should be including to improve >our chances Verification the recorded delivery was effected OR a proof of postage certificate. Your next best option is to find others who can confirm the council are not responding correctly to applications. PLUS Submit a formal complaint to the Council itself that your application has not been processed or acknowledged - You have a thin chance they might locate it and concede fault. Don't hold your breath. SignatureNidge UKRM's answer to Compo(c)Cane > My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The thing > is, a permit scheme's been set up, and they've not managed to send her a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > ideas on what sort of thing I should be including to improve our chances > of getting them to FOAD? Even if you could prove the Council did get the application, it is still only an application for the permit and not the permit itself. So, she was parked in a permit area and had no permit. And you're complaining of what exactly? Tim SignatureI never wish I was not what I was not when I didn't wish what I was not was not what I am not. >> My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside our house. The >> thing is, a permit scheme's been set up, and they've not managed to send [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> ideas on what sort of thing I should be including to improve our chances >> of getting them to FOAD? I'd just pay the PCN, you could spend ages and a lot of effort and heartache trying to get off it and not succeeding, I have just coughed £50 'cos I forgot to pay the Congestion Charge last Wednesday, very annoying too. Pay it and get on with your life. -- Speedgazebo > Pay it and get on with your life. ...is the correct answer. SignatureChris >> Pay it and get on with your life. > > ...is the correct answer. If ther was a get out I'd say "f.ck that" but there isn't. SignatureHog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 Doki wrote... > My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside ------------^^^^^^ What's with this Merkinese shite? Signatureserf Black CB5, black leathers, black Arai, black night. >Doki wrote... >> My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside > >------------^^^^^^ > >What's with this Merkinese shite? It was, and still is, English long before Europeans settled across the pond. Ever heard of "ill-gotten gains"? SignatureColin Irvine YZF1000R BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk > >> My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It was, and still is, English long before Europeans settled across the > pond. Ever heard of "ill-gotten gains"? that's the past participle, not the preterite. Signaturedog sl1000 two#5 pwcram#3 >> >> My bird's gotten a parking ticket for parking outside >> > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >that's the past participle, not the preterite. Thank you for not also pointing out (a) that in modern English you're more likely to hear "getten" than "gotten" and (b) that the Merkins have lost fewer old English words than we have, thus making "gotten" indeed Merkin rather than English! SignatureColin Irvine YZF1000R BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk |
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