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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:10 am Post subject: Well parked |
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A law unto themselves?
This level of parking looks more like the driver was in a rush to answer a call of nature than a call of duty.
We shouldn't be so hard on them, after all if we were to copy this high standard of parking, we would be awarded of a £30 fixed penalty or of having the car towed away _________________ Andy
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15219 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:57 am Post subject: |
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sorry gps_fan but if you were in desperate need of police help and you lived in one of those houses would you want them to mess about parking nicely before coming to your assistance?!
without knowing the nature of their call it's impossible to judge why they parked that way. they could have easily pulled up quickly to jump out and chase a mass murderer they'd just seen walking down the street...
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Absolutely not, I'd be grateful for them turning up.
If the occupants were in a rush to exit the car, there is also a chance that the car may have rolled after they'd got out
However, it did make me smile when I saw this picture. _________________ Andy
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GJF Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 08, 2007 Posts: 894
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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I think you were right the first time - a call of nature.
If you look at the sign near the house they are Food Sensitivity Testing, you know what that means?
Food sensitivity gives you diarrhoea, bloating and headaches, i bet he/she was desperate.
Whether you could get away parking the same way though is questionable! _________________ TomTom Go 60
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Without knowing more, seeing the rest of the scene etc then any comment is pointless, there could three more units behind the camera, a fire engine, a TA or any number of reasons to explain the image! _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: Well parked |
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GPS_fan wrote: | We shouldn't be so hard on them, after all if we were to copy this high standard of parking, we would be awarded of a £30 fixed penalty or of having the car towed away |
Ahhh, let's have them wheel clamped!
Seriously though, as Darren says if they are on "Police business" then you could hardly expect them to drive around looking for a pay and display... _________________ Gone fishing! |
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Pay & Display?
No - I thought they should be queueing up at the ticket machine to get out of a multi-storey
Had it just been on the double yellows, fair enough - but what made me smile was the fact that it was also right up on the pavement.
I know someone who somehow ended up with the whole of her car on the pavement during her test - needless to say, she failed _________________ Andy
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999tommo Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 616 Location: Midlothian
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: |
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I onc got complimented on my parking by a Traffic Warden. He put a nice little note on my windscreen saying 'Parking...Fine'.
Which was nice. _________________ Tommo...
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BoPeep Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 14/03/2003 22:46:42 Posts: 953 Location: Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Nice Christmassy avatar, Tommo999!
Regards,
Bo Peep. _________________ TomTom 730
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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999tommo wrote: | I onc got complimented on my parking by a Traffic Warden. He put a nice little note on my windscreen saying 'Parking...Fine'.
Which was nice. |
I had something similar - 'Fixed - Panalty Notice'
...and could I get the flaming thing off?! It sure was fixed good and proper _________________ Andy
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999tommo Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 07, 2006 Posts: 616 Location: Midlothian
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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The ones you have to watch out for are the stickers that hospitals buy. They stick them to offending cars and you can tell for months later that they once illegally parked at a hospital. Great...!! _________________ Tommo...
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Skippy Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: 24/06/2003 00:22:12 Posts: 2946 Location: Escaped to the Antipodies! 36.83°S 174.75°E
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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999tommo wrote: | The ones you have to watch out for are the stickers that hospitals buy. They stick them to offending cars and you can tell for months later that they once illegally parked at a hospital. |
Better than a wheel clamp, it's a real pain to remove them even with the help of an angle grinder. _________________ Gone fishing! |
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