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London Council Issued Parking Tickets to Self, Refused to Pay Fine to Self

Alex — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:54:20 +0000

It doesn’t get any sillier than this, folks: the councils of 6 boroughs in London issued parking tickets to themselves, then refused to pay the fines to themselves.

One farce saw Islington Council in North London issue a ticket, then take itself to an appeal hearing – where it asked for costs against itself. The costs process involves another four steps.

Stunned adjudicator Gerald Styles said he could not make an order for costs because the council could not "act wholly unreasonably or vexatiously against itself".

You can’t make this stuff up: Link

Vanity Plate Proves Costly

Johnny Cat — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:55:24 +0000

That’s Scottie Roberson, whose nickname is “Racer X” and favorite number is seven. He combined the two for his vanity plate: XXXXXXX.

Turns out that decision flagged his car for over $19,000 in parking tickets.

When Birmingham parking patrols find cars without license plates parked illegally or at expired meters, they enter seven X’s in place of the plate number, city officials said. The parking citation form calls for a plate number, and the practice is to use X’s when no number is available.

City officials are working to change the entry system to keep Roberson from receiving any additional tickets, Odom said.

“Maybe we need to go with nine X’s, or maybe we just need to leave that part blank altogether,” Dawkins said.

Link via The Obscure Store & Reading Room.

Man Tried to Pay Parking Ticket with Toilet Paper Check

Alex — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:57:38 +0000

Remember the New Jersey man who tried to pay his traffic ticket with pennies? Well, in a courageous display of one-upmanship, here’s what one British guy did: he paid his parking ticket with a check written on a toilet paper!

It was a very British protest – cocking a snook at overbearing authorities while staying within the law. But Dick Roper’s glow of pleasure at using two sheets of toilet paper to write a cheque for a parking ticket was short lived.

Although Her Majesty’s Court Service said they would accept the £30 cheque, they demanded an extra £15 to cover the fee for cashing it.

When the 63-year-old grandfather refused, he was dragged to court for non-payment of a fine. He took advantage of his day in court by reading out a letter he sent to the Court Service in which he described the police community support officer who slapped a ticket on his car as a ’snake’. Everyone, including the judge, was laughing as he described the man ’slithering’ home at the end of the day ‘to digest the evil he had done’.

The judge in Mr. Roper’s case had a sense of humor:

When the district judge asked what he would have done if a customer had paid with a cheque written on toilet paper, he replied: ‘I would pay the cheque in and send them a receipt on toilet paper.’

Link – via Blue’s News