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monkeyboy950

  • Posts: 196
Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« on: January 17, 2011, 01:29:27 pm »
Gutted,had to pay it to stop van getting towed

George P

  • Posts: 1304
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 02:39:22 pm »
thats not good

Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 03:53:01 pm »
Was it clearly signed?
If it was then as you have probably know now... not a leg to stand on!

These people are nothing more than thieves though :(

windowswashed

  • Posts: 2627
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2011, 07:02:42 pm »
Despise traffic wardens around Torquay. Sneaky buggers are so quick. £70 a time. Rather park on double yellows than park in parking bays.

geefree

  • Posts: 6180
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2011, 07:14:30 pm »
Life is one long learning curve.

window11

  • Posts: 113
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2011, 07:25:23 pm »
thats a lot isinit.
?
35 pound i thought, over the 14 days then it doubles..



david thomas

  • Posts: 257
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2011, 07:30:10 pm »
More gansters operate here in the U.K than South America

andy1975

  • Posts: 93
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2011, 10:01:02 pm »
now if you go back to your car when the warden is there,if he hasnt put a ticket on your window yet you can just get in and drie away.i have done this twice once last week.dont start talking to them just go and that is perfectly legal because they need to put it on your window or in your hand

George P

  • Posts: 1304
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2011, 10:13:22 pm »
now if you go back to your car when the warden is there,if he hasnt put a ticket on your window yet you can just get in and drie away.i have done this twice once last week.dont start talking to them just go and that is perfectly legal because they need to put it on your window or in your hand

if theve taken a picture of it i dont think it matters, at least thats what i was told by wheel clamper,

andy1975

  • Posts: 93
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2011, 10:20:39 pm »
now if you go back to your car when the warden is there,if he hasnt put a ticket on your window yet you can just get in and drie away.i have done this twice once last week.dont start talking to them just go and that is perfectly legal because they need to put it on your window or in your hand

if theve taken a picture of it i dont think it matters, at least thats what i was told by wheel clamper,
well ive never had a nasty letter or any correspondance after,although nowadays councils are really desperate for money

Pole 2 Pole

  • Posts: 1051
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2011, 10:23:41 pm »
They don't all carry cameras dude. Well not yet. I agree with the comment made before. Dont argue the toss. Get in ya van,politely wish TW a good day and bugger off quick sharp. PS much more waiting 2 or 3 minutes for a page to load and I'm so gone from this site. Sort it out mods. 

George P

  • Posts: 1304
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2011, 10:25:06 pm »
now if you go back to your car when the warden is there,if he hasnt put a ticket on your window yet you can just get in and drie away.i have done this twice once last week.dont start talking to them just go and that is perfectly legal because they need to put it on your window or in your hand

if theve taken a picture of it i dont think it matters, at least thats what i was told by wheel clamper,
well ive never had a nasty letter or any correspondance after,although nowadays councils are really desperate for money

it was a private clamping company that told me, so maybe the rules could be differant for councils and private land clamping companies

windowswashed

  • Posts: 2627
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2011, 10:25:51 pm »
They take a photo nowadays because I disputed the last one I got so they sent the proof by email pdf attachment with their letter.

KLEENAWAY

  • Posts: 891
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2011, 11:24:41 pm »
Monkeyboy950 where did you get clamped mate and what was the company called? Was the release fee £180?

Danny

John drake

  • Posts: 124
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2011, 11:32:21 pm »
They don't all carry cameras dude. Well not yet. I agree with the comment made before. Dont argue the toss. Get in ya van,politely wish TW a good day and bugger off quick sharp. PS much more waiting 2 or 3 minutes for a page to load and I'm so gone from this site. Sort it out mods. 

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=116363.0
Where has my post gone ?
drake_john@rocketmail.com

Pole 2 Pole

  • Posts: 1051
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #15 on: January 17, 2011, 11:52:32 pm »
Id read it if the server hadn't stopped responding. Ie it won't open cos it's taking too long. Point proven really

monkeyboy950

  • Posts: 196
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2011, 12:39:33 am »
Wasn't clamped was in Glasgow I jumped up to flat for 5 mins but got sidelined and came down to police car and recovery vehicle there and cause it was there I had to pay it

mci services

Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2011, 12:50:36 am »
Wasn't clamped was in Glasgow I jumped up to flat for 5 mins but got sidelined and came down to police car and recovery vehicle there and cause it was there I had to pay it

why a ton eighty seems a bit much, what if you couldn't pay? I couldn't :'(

monkeyboy950

  • Posts: 196
Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2011, 01:38:59 am »
It was 911 recovery and if u can't pay they tow it and u pay £20 a day on top

the bfg

Re: Just got done 180 for illegal parking
« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2011, 03:29:26 am »
More gansters operate here in the U.K than South America
















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