Hypothetical Parking Question

FakeSnake · 23 Nov 2006 at 09:32

After reading a thread in GD about being fined for parking over the white line in a car park, I wondered.....

If you parked across 2 bays in a pay and display carpark, but purchased 2 tickets and displayed them, would you be doing anything wrong?

As I see it, you have payed the price for 2 bays, and are displaying the tickets as required by the 'laws' of the carpark.

Think about it

Liverpool-Lad · 23 Nov 2006 at 09:36

I see no problem at all.

jimblowscash · 23 Nov 2006 at 09:41

hmmm i see no problem with that, but you will get a parking ticket as the parking nazis are a bit trigger happy

Luke · 23 Nov 2006 at 09:43

Technically I don't think you would be doing anything wrong (apart from parking like a spaz!), but I'd bet you'd get issued a ticket anyway!

Liverpool-Lad · 23 Nov 2006 at 09:44

I dont see why - you have paid for those 2 bays for the time alloted.

Will Gill · 23 Nov 2006 at 10:02

there is a bentley in London that does exactly this in an ncp car park near centrepoint, annoys me immensly because parking is very hard to come by around there! but he/she pays the cash so I guess its cricket

FakeSnake · 23 Nov 2006 at 10:05

hmm, interesting.
dont get me wrong, I dont park like a spaz, I use the parent/child spaces

so I have more room anyway.

bitslice · 23 Nov 2006 at 10:19

I parked in a corner spot and my wheel was over the line

note that this does not infringe into another parking space as the corner plot is a dead area.
I still got a ticket... :rolleyes:

one day I'll go back and fill all the parking meter coin slots up with "no-more-nails" and let everyone have a free parking day.

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Liverpool-Lad · 23 Nov 2006 at 10:23

bitslice said:
I parked in a corner spot and my wheel was over the line

note that this does not infringe into another parking space as the corner plot is a dead area.
I still got a ticket...

one day I'll go back and fill all the parking meter coin slots up with "no-more-nails" and let everyone have a free parking day.

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Expanding filler foam would be great

bitslice · 23 Nov 2006 at 10:32

Liverpool-Lad said:
Expanding filler foam would be great

I considered that, but thought they would use the foam cleaner to remove it.

A nail in the LCD display wouldn't go amiss.

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Will Gill · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:02

bitslice said:
I parked in a corner spot and my wheel was over the line

note that this does not infringe into another parking space as the corner plot is a dead area.
I still got a ticket...

one day I'll go back and fill all the parking meter coin slots up with "no-more-nails" and let everyone have a free parking day.

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if the meters are out of order you have to park somewhere else otherwise its an instant ticket. Most stupid rule ever, but thats parking law for ya

moss · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:05

Will Gill said:
if the meters are out of order you have to park somewhere else otherwise its an instant ticket. Most stupid rule ever, but thats parking law for ya

I never knew that, around here when the meters been out of order, the warden has always said just park anyway.

bitslice · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:06

I wasn't thinking of London type meters, I was thinking of the ones in car parks.
I can't see 700 people finding somewhere else to park

Will Gill · 23 Nov 2006 at 11:08

bitslice said:
I wasn't thinking of London type meters, I was thinking of the ones in car parks.
I can't see 700 people finding somewhere else to park

they shut a car park the other day (ncp just off curzon street, mayfair) because the meters didnt work, its amazing how selfish they are in London, if a machine is broken it counts as "bay suspended", same goes for a whole multi storey car park too