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Right parking ticket, wrong pay machine
11:38am Wednesday 5th December 2007
A DRIVER who was given a parking fine after mistakenly using the wrong pay-and-display machine is calling for it to be moved.
Bill Williams says the machine outside the town-centre car park at the junction of All Saints Street and Clarence Street could be misleading motorists.
The machine isues tickets for parking in on-street spaces in Clarence Street.
Mr Williams, aged 52, parked in the car park, but with the machine only yards from his space and separated from it by railings, he mistakenly used it to pay for his 60p ticket.
He returned to his car to find a parking warden issuing a penalty notice.
"It's unbelievable," said Mr Williams, of New Heys Way, Bradshaw, who had parked while visiting a bank.
"This is so misleading because the machine is at the entrance to the car park and not clearly signed. It should be moved.
"I asked the warden if there was a difference in the tickets and he said they were identical, so I said what are you doing?'"
Mr Williams appealed against his fine by letter, claiming he had not seen a separate machine on the other side of the car park.
He won, and Bolton Council parking bosses have promised to review the situation after Mr Williams urged them to move the machine away from the car park.
Mr Williams said: "The guy at the garage across the road came out and said at least four people a day were getting tickets for the same thing."
A council spokesman said: "Although the parking attendant had acted correctly in this matter, we took a common-sense approach to Mr Williams' appeal. He was able to prove he had a valid pay-and-display ticket and had made an honest mistake."
The spokesman said it was important drivers use the correct machines because the maximum parking periods can vary between car parks and on-street parking areas.
"We appreciate Mr Williams alerting us to the potential confusion. We plan to review the situation and will take any appropriate action required," he added.
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Andy Jones, says...
12:23pm Wed 5 Dec 07
bobbie, Bolton says...
12:52pm Wed 5 Dec 07
Paul, Bolton says...
1:32pm Wed 5 Dec 07
gazz_ball - Supera Moras!, bolton says...
1:36pm Wed 5 Dec 07
Andy Jones wrote:What???
There's no point moving the machine, they should simply consider tickets from either machine to be valid.
How ridiculous!
This is far to simple and cost effective.
What needs to be done is to have an official brought in to discuss this problem further, then we need to hold talks on how to solve the problem, then a 3rd party should be brought in to hold further talks if Bolton can suistain an extra parking meter or if this one should be removed. This needs to be then looked at by a town planner to perhaps replace it with an elephant or 2.
They would then need to hire a company to decide what impact moving the meter would have on the town and everyone should be taken to paris to see how their parking system works.
Once back over here and a solution is worked out they will then turn the parking areas into pedestrian areas and replace the meter with a statue of Barry Moss and his tape measure.
John, says...
2:22pm Wed 5 Dec 07
don060541, devon says...
2:23pm Wed 5 Dec 07
No wonder this country is like it is when you have ars- wipes like these in charge.
Spot on gazz true in every word you have written.
Bring in euthanasia,
Make it compulsory,
For all council officials who make these rules
Fenrir, camberwick green says...
2:28pm Wed 5 Dec 07
don060541 wrote:No you couldn't - just how thick is this bloke? Or is it that, as is usually the case, the onstreet parking is cheaper than off-road carparking...
You just could not make this up, No wonder this country is like it is when you have ars- wipes like these in charge. Spot on gazz true in every word you have written. Bring in euthanasia, Make it compulsory, For all council officials who make these rules
gazz_ball - Supera Moras!, bolton says...
2:52pm Wed 5 Dec 07
Fenrir wrote:Just how thick are you??? the guy asked the attendant who told him the tickets were EXACTLY the same.
don060541 wrote: You just could not make this up, No wonder this country is like it is when you have ars- wipes like these in charge. Spot on gazz true in every word you have written. Bring in euthanasia, Make it compulsory, For all council officials who make these rulesNo you couldn't - just how thick is this bloke? Or is it that, as is usually the case, the onstreet parking is cheaper than off-road carparking...
bobbie, Bolton says...
3:01pm Wed 5 Dec 07
John, says...
3:06pm Wed 5 Dec 07
xipetotec46, bmoss@ntlworld.com says...
3:12pm Wed 5 Dec 07
John, says...
3:13pm Wed 5 Dec 07
don060541, devon says...
3:24pm Wed 5 Dec 07
Send for the caped crusader he will sort it for you and all you lot who have got tickets get in touch,
With Barry
Fenrir, camberwick green says...
3:36pm Wed 5 Dec 07
gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote:I was referring to this bit -
Fenrir wrote:Just how thick are you??? the guy asked the attendant who told him the tickets were EXACTLY the same.don060541 wrote: You just could not make this up, No wonder this country is like it is when you have ars- wipes like these in charge. Spot on gazz true in every word you have written. Bring in euthanasia, Make it compulsory, For all council officials who make these rulesNo you couldn't - just how thick is this bloke? Or is it that, as is usually the case, the onstreet parking is cheaper than off-road carparking...
The spokesman said it was important drivers use the correct machines because the maximum parking periods can vary between car parks and on-street parking areas..
Trotter, Bolton says...
4:20pm Wed 5 Dec 07
Fenrir, camberwick green says...
4:41pm Wed 5 Dec 07
Trotter wrote:Contain your admiration and read his comment under the report about the two lads who died in a car crash. Dead funny...
lol gazz, your best post for a while, very funny!!
muppet, Bolton says...
5:03pm Wed 5 Dec 07
don060541, devon says...
5:49pm Wed 5 Dec 07
Big Boy, Warrington says...
11:21pm Wed 5 Dec 07
chas, suffolk says...
12:32pm Thu 6 Dec 07
Richard101, says...
9:05am Sun 23 Dec 07
'he had a valid pay-and-display ticket' .
If it was valid, why did they issue a ticket?
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Bill Williams at the pay-and-display in Clarence Street where he mistakenly bought a parking ticket
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