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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Bridport taxi driver furious over floods parking fine |
Bridport taxi driver furious over floods parking fine 1:00pm Wednesday 18th July 2012 A taxi driver whose car broke down in the floods is incensed after getting a parking ticket – at 5am the day after. Terry Houston, who works for Pat’s Taxis in Bridport, said his car broke down at midnight. He got help pushing it to a safe place in Fulbrooks Lane and left a note on it saying the car had broken down. He said: “Everywhere was flooded and the warden managed to get into town and put a ticket on my car. “We are paying his wages at 5.15 on a Sunday morning in the worst weather we have had in 35 years. “I just thought people ought to know that council ticket collectors are out at five in the morning. “We pushed the car to safety in Fulbrooks Lane and it wasn’t causing a hazard to safety, nothing at all. “The car broke down at midnight but if it had broken down at two o’clock in the afternoon you still couldn’t have got anything done because Bridport was blocked. “I put a big notice in the window saying ‘broken down, awaiting recovery’. A spokesman for Dorset County Council said they had no knowledge of the ticket and could not comment except to say the service was a 24-hour one. “We have no knowledge of the ticket and have had no appeal. “We would just advise the gentlemen in question calls the number on the back and gives the details and go through the appeals process because it does sound like an unusual circumstance.” Source; http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/982253 ... king_fine/ |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bridport taxi driver furious over floods parking fine |
Why is a traffic warden working at 05.15 on a Sunday morning ? Sounds a bit fishy to me or was someone playing a prank on him or worse some Nimby busybody taking exception to where the car was abandoned and pestering the police about it ? |
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