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VOTE: Parking fines fury - playing by the same rules?



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Published Date: 07 August 2008
THIS photograph, taken in Madeira Avenue, Worthing, was sent in by a Herald reader, who asked "is it one rule for them, and another for us?".
It shows an NCP Limited parking van on double yellow lines near the junction with Brighton Road, opposite the Aquarena.

Mandy Ainsworth, on-street parking services manager, said the vehicle had been parked half on the pavement to stop it becoming an obstruction for vehicles turning the corner.

It also meant there was room for a wheelchair to pass on the pavement.

She said any vehicle could park on double yellow lines, as long as it was not in a restricted area, for instance a bus stop or school crossing, and it was loading or unloading within five minutes.

Editor's comment

This vehicle did not receive a parking ticket. If we all parked our cars like this for five minutes all over town, there would be dangerous chaos.

Vote

Do you think the NCP Limited van should have been given a parking fine?

The final results were, 99 per cent voting for a parking fine, with 1 per cent against.

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Worthing's "think for yourself" guardian,

08/08/2008 19:51:17
The only people who could have ticketed the van would've been the Police - if a proper obstruction was taking place. NCP certainly won't fine themselves. Don't want to defend them but it does smack of proper arrogance. Had an NCP warden seen a car parked like this they would've asked for it to be moved. There is a highway code rule about parking within a certain distance of a junction i wonder if that applies here..?
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