#Parking
Parking Wars: The Empire Strikes Fine
#Parking
Parking Wars: The Empire Strikes Fine
Local councils and parking enforcement go together like traffic wardens and bad attitudes. One minute, you're pulling into a space outside your favorite café, and the next, a mysterious figure in a high-vis vest materializes out of thin air, slapping a ticket on your windshield with the smug precision of a ninja. Meanwhile, the council insists that the 17 confusing signs, contradictory road markings, and the fact that the pay-and-display machine only takes ancient Roman coins are all part of their "streamlined" parking system. And if you dare to challenge a fine? Congratulations! You’ve just entered a bureaucratic labyrinth so complex that even a seasoned lawyer would rather pay the £60 and move on with their life.
Birmingham Man Fined Hundreds of Times: 'Ridiculous' Parking Tickets Cause 'Inc calculable Stress'
- Wednesday, 02 April 2025
Richard Johnson, a 77-year-old jeweler, has received hundreds of parking fines from Birmingham City Council over the years. He claims the council rejected many of his appeals without properly reviewing them, causing him "incalculable stress." Johnson believes he was most ticketed man in Birmingham and that the council's lack of flexibility is driving away customers and businesses.
