#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.
Blue Badge Fiasco: Disabled Couple Hit with Parking Fines Despite Valid Disability Permit
- Sunday, 20 April 2025
An 80-year-old retiree, Guy Falkenau, and his wife Lucille, who has Parkinson's Disease, were fined twice in three months for parking at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead despite using Lucille's Blue Badge. The pair had parked with the badge on two separate occasions, but received tickets both times from Euro Car Parks, the venue's car park operator.
