Re: Parking Ticket
Funnily enough, we have just been watching a 'parking' programme on the telly.
One thing they were discussing is people parking with two wheels on the pavement. We see a lot of that these days, and I can appreciate the problem if insufficient space is left on the pavement for wheelchairs and prams.
In one story, it was a police woman who was involved and the motorist who had been given a ticket had actually left space on the pavement, but received a ticket anyway because his wheels were on the edge of the pavement.
He pointed out that he had to do that because people were parked on the opposite side of the road and he, being a responsible person, did what he did in order to leave sufficient room for emergency vehicles. I should add that all the other spaces were occupied and other vehicle owners had also gone on the pavement for the same reason.
To me, that makes sense. Space left for wheelchairs; space left for emergency vehicles.
Anyway, whilst discussions were ongoing, and after the motorist moved his car so as to ensure the wheels were not on the pavement, what should come along but a fire engine (thankfully without blue lights flashing)!
The ticketed motorist pointed out the veracity of his reasons (that had earned him a ticket), and the policeperson's only response and reasoning was that those were the rules!
So many of our problems these days are simply down to a lack of common sense.