I got Towned!

bibalasvegas said:
You can appeal the fine if you provide evidence that the sign was small and far away. If it was actually 200 yards and tiny you could have a good chance. If you've payed it might be a bit late now though...
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damn right Im appealing, I just think its a cheek to tow my car away and then have the audacity to try charge me a £30 fine for causing an obstruction to nothing but air.

It was so blatantly obvious that the taxi's werent using the area because 10 metres away they were blocking the road to get in.

Im seriously unhappy about that - I can understand the tow, but the ticket I am not standing for. :mad:
 
Taxi Ranks are for taxis (and I think buses) only. Same rules as a Bus Lane. They dont become empty at night because of the shops being shut, they are a designated areas for Taxis to park without restrictions, and as a designated areas where public can get a taxi. They are not a free spot for you to park your car and so if you got towed its your own fault. The fact its been happening for years probubly means your local police have only just bothered to sort it out.

Youll be complaining you got towed from an ambulance bay next!
 
Skeeter said:
Taxi Ranks are for taxis (and I think buses) only. Same rules as a Bus Lane. They dont become empty at night because of the shops being shut, they are a designated areas for Taxis to park without restrictions, and as a designated areas where public can get a taxi. They are not a free spot for you to park your car and so if you got towed its your own fault. The fact its been happening for years probubly means your local police have only just bothered to sort it out.

Youll be complaining you got towed from an ambulance bay next!
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If you read the whole thread you would realise Im not complaining about the tow and £105 charge

Im complaining about the £30 extra parking ticket on my windscreen when I picket the thing up. so in effect I have been double charged £135.

If they're going to tow me fine, but they cant stick a fine ontop of a fine.
 
THere may be a timespan during which it is a taxi rank. In my town centre, it is a parking rank as from 6 pm to 6 am or something. In the day it is a free 30 min public car park. In the OP's case, it could be the other way round and written on a sign. And unless they make it clear, it could have been an unlawful tow. They could be unlicensed clampers, etc...the list goes on but all obviously depends if the OP disregarded signs or it there were none around.
 
DB_SamX said:
THere may be a timespan during which it is a taxi rank. In my town centre, it is a parking rank as from 6 pm to 6 am or something. In the day it is a free 30 min public car park. In the OP's case, it could be the other way round and written on a sign. And unless they make it clear, it could have been an unlawful tow. They could be unlicensed clampers, etc...the list goes on but all obviously depends if the OP disregarded signs or it there were none around.
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the sign was 200 yards in the other direction I was walking. the only sign on the whole area said "towing area" with a number underneath to call if your car had been called. nothing else.
 
Unlucky to hear that's happened. Did the car have any scratches or anything afterwards? I only know a couple of people who have had a car towed, and both of them had some on.
 
They can fine you for parking illegally and tow you for being an obstruction. Ive seen it pleanty of times outside my house. Residents parking, so you get a fine for parking there, and then towed for obstructing a residents bay.

Park where you should and you will notice these problems go away!
 
Phæte said:
Didn't know you could buy a graphics card, PSU and HDD for £105. ;)
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That was my thought cause that is basicly the $ over there, over here in the US, you can get a good Gcard or HDD for $105 , not sure about a PSU. You can only get 1 thing though.
 
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actually its roughly 210 dollars ;) (pound is more strong than the dollar) and as the usa is under recession you can probably get a ok gpu for really cheap!

but that £105 was going to last me the month but now I gotta go into my money for the card etc. which means its on hold till next month :p
 
stevenazari1 said:
actually its roughly 210 dollars ;) (pound is more strong than the dollar) and as the usa is under recession you can probably get a ok gpu for really cheap!

but that £105 was going to last me the month but now I gotta go into my money for the card etc. which means its on hold till next month :p
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Thank god this is the last year for Bush.......
 
you parked in a taxi rank and your complaining, lol, face it, its your own fault be a man and get on with it, next time park in a disabled spot at asda and see the £60 fine they whack you with
 
I think most people have read the whole thread.

You parked where you shouldn't and got a parking ticket - that is a £30 fine.
If you'd got back to your car quite quickly then that is all you would have been fined, £30.
However you not only decided that parking rules don't apply to you for a short period of time (like the double-yellow, hazard flashers) you decided that they don't apply to you for long periods of time.
So you were subsequently towed - £105.
So your total fine for being lazy and feeling that the parking rules should apply to all but yourself was £135.

Quite a dent in the pocket, made for an expensive night out and maybe you'll think twice about doing it again.
If they had just slapped you on the wrist you'd be out doing the same again next weekend.
 
stoofa said:
I think most people have read the whole thread.

You parked where you shouldn't and got a parking ticket - that is a £30 fine.
If you'd got back to your car quite quickly then that is all you would have been fined, £30.
However you not only decided that parking rules don't apply to you for a short period of time (like the double-yellow, hazard flashers) you decided that they don't apply to you for long periods of time.
So you were subsequently towed - £105.
So your total fine for being lazy and feeling that the parking rules should apply to all but yourself was £135.

Quite a dent in the pocket, made for an expensive night out and maybe you'll think twice about doing it again.
If they had just slapped you on the wrist you'd be out doing the same again next weekend.
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no if I had known it was a towing area in the first place I like everyone else wouldnt have parked there in the first place :o

there is a free parking car park 3 streets away but as that area (to my knowledge at the time) was free parking too as taxi's never used it during that time of day (making me believe that it wasn't a taxi rank in the evening) and the fact that it was closer to where I was meeting the girl I decided to park there. I have never seen a car get a ticket there, IF I knew tickets were being handed out there why would I be stupid and park there when I can park 3 streets away. I know it is now but now is too late. not only that but that is not what Im talking about - what I am talking about is the fact that there is a fine ontop of a fine. I wasnt lazy, I didnt get a picnic table 2 metres from the car and start chomping on a big mac meal and wave as the police officer wrote me a ticket and the tow man came for collection. I was away. I had no knowledge of the situation or events that had transposed. so calling it "lazy" shows a lack of misunderstanding.

If they are going to tow me fine a bit over the top but what ever

if they are going to write me a ticket again thats fine

but write me a ticket AND tow me is just oliver twisting it.
 
ofc :) I dont mind having to pay the tow - I find it kinda cool cos I've never had a tow before hehe kinda got to see the towing place too which was kinda cool.

just find it cheeky to put a £30 fine ontop lol
 
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