Metropoloitan Police traffic fines exceed £300,000

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[GJF]

I like the following quote:

[GPS_fan]

I don't mean to sound anti-police, but this kind of thing really bugs me.

I have a dropped kerb at home and converted my front garden into a concrete lawn for parking. In the words of the county council Highways Department "It is an offence to block a vehicular access, whether marked or unmarked", but despite white markings in the road people continue to park and I have been abused and even threatened when asking people to move their cars...

...and guess what - the police aren't even interested

...but when it comes to motoring offences, there seems to be no holding them back

Having spoken to the council, they extended the white markings on the road but I've been accused of painting the lines myself and I was half expecting this moron to lump me one when I pointed out that he couldn't park his car where he'd left it.

The problem is that if I don't persist in asking people to move their cars then my own car is stranded on my driveway...but what else can you do when various other parties couldn't give a monkeys.
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[Skippy]

It's a rather odd story, I really don't know what their point is.

It doesn't say how much of this amount was paid and how much was cancelled. I'd be willing to bet that the police force paid none of the fines and that they were either cancelled or the driver responsible paid the fine because he had no legitimate reason to infringe the law.
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[DennisN]

Those white lines are only advisory, so neither you, nor the police, nor the council can enforce them (that includes white Disabled markings too). The only thing the police can do is come to "deal" with a potential or actual breach of the peace (or whatever it's called).

You could solve it in one of three ways.

1. Buy an old banger to keep alongside your decent motor and use it to "scrape" past anything parking there. I once had an ancient mini estate which cured my neighbour of parking across my garage entrance.
2. Buy a large something (Monster Truck or steam roller?) and put up a sign saying "Go ahead, make my day - park across my entrance".
3. "Borrow" a few cones from your nearest roadworks and place them appropriately.

Or learn to live with it. I live less than 200 yards from the school entrance and term time is "difficult". I simply cannot believe how someone can park across my entrance and swan off to deliver/collect Jimmy to/from school, leaving me blocked in (or out) for the absolute age it seems to take. A cheery "Sorry" as they amble up, crawl in and drive off does NOTHING to calm me down.
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Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

[GJF]

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[DennisN]

[GPS_fan]

...parents dropping kids off at school isn't so much of a problem, but when people dump their car and disappear off to do a shift for 8-10 hours or so it's more than slightly annoying.

Part of our problem is that where I live, it's quicker to walk to the local A**A than it is to drive and so we had their people parking for hours at a time...

...a group of neighbours and I approached the supermarket and the problem suddenly got worse as they retaliated - but revenge is sweet and we devised a scheme.

One evening, we handed flyers to A**A employees as they left their cars reading "I'm working a shift at A**A and won't be back for several hours, so help yourself to the contents of my car" and telling them that they'd better take one now to save us having to put one on their car...needless to say, the problem resolved itself.

Reporting number plates to the police is never any good because they're always "too busy" to do anything, so we decided to have a little fun instead of letting it get to us
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...we didn't actually put any of these things on anybody's car - but the thought that we might actually do it and the knowledge that we knew which cars to 'target' was obviously enough to do the trick
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[mostdom]

I heard somewhere that should you be block in and have a need to leave your drive you can call the police who then must act. However the same won't apply when you return.

Next time you call the police you can inform them that you need to get somewhere and cannot leave.
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Dom

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[GPS_fan]

Getting a 4x4 and dragging the offending car across the road would be more fun and that WOULD guarantee action from our friends in blue
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[DennisN]

Next time you call Superman and inform him that you need to get somewhere and cannot leave.
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Dennis

If it tastes good - it's fattening.

Two of them are obesiting!!

[Skippy]

A nice polite notice like "Please don't block my driveway as a dent in your car often offends" should do the trick.
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[GJF]

When i first had my dropped drive installed, the Council refused to add white lines in front, drivers didn't take any notice and parked in front of the drive, regardless of whether i was parked in it.

Although this following story was a long time ago and (I must add I have now quietened with age) really I shouldn't admit it, I will get some flack but here goes -

There is nothing like pushing the offending car down the road (gently) with your bumper, i even managed to to this with the car parallel by taking it at different angles.

You will be surprised as to how easy a car will move with the handbrake on, this was even more fun when the steering lock sent the car into the road at an odd angle - where i used to leave it.

I remember one car where the brakes weren't much good and the car kept going.
Also I remember one lady who came back to the car and i had moved it at least two houses away down the road and she didn't even notice.
Others used to stand there scratching there heads but weren’t sure exactly where they left the car.

I used to do this mostly in the evening as i lived next door to a pub it was great fun on a winters night, better than watching the tv.

Note for 999tomtom, i now behave myself and am too old for this any more, so have now changed.
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