In March last year, I was a passenger in my car when my better half
parked it in a tight space. I looked, thought it just reasonable, and we
went off.

When we returned, I found a code 26 parking ticket saying the vahicle
was more than 50 centimetres from the footpath.

This is the result of London only legislation and is usually applies to
double parking.

I used the edge of an A4 sheet of paper and a pencil to record the
distances of the nearside front and rear wheels from the footpath.
I later measured those distances as 47 and 53 centimetres.

I asked Haringey to point out the statute which they did not do.
A knowledgeable person in the City of London referred me to section 6 of
the London Local Authorities Act 2000.

In my appeal, I referred Haringey to the law and asked them to cancel
the ticket. They did not accept my appeal.

In August, I appealed to PATAS, won, and my Penalty Charge was voided.

Walter Briscoe (wbriscoe@nospam.demon.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

Good for London.

And you thought 18" away from the kerb "looked reasonable"? Was the taxi
expensive?

"Walter Briscoe" nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:OEJokgUR+xwFFw$s@freenetname.co.uk...

Ah - you meant your council, not your counsel...

Paul

In message freenetname.co.uk>, Walter Briscoe
nospam.demon.co.uk> writes

I understand the security implications but meeting either *are* open to
the public or they are *not*. "discouraging" people from entering is a
pointless exercise and not enough to actually keep people out.

Perhaps they need a new venue somewhere less sensitive. Suggestions,
team? ;-)

"Ian F." googlemail.com> wrote:

And that joke comes courtesy of this week's Mock The Week.....