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You can't park there, mate

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For all parking disasters, not just simple bad parking (for that see yplac.co.uk).

Also includes "you can't park there, sir" for the police equivalent.

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Fines issued after disabled bay painted around car while owner was on holiday (www.bbc.com)
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This reminds me of a story from years back where double yellows were being painted - it was either around cars, or they were moving the cars and painting underneath them.

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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 89 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The title is kinda ragebait here:

The video shows the contractor photographing the car after the painting is complete to alert the council not to issue a fine.

However, a parking attendant later placed tickets on the vehicle on separate days, as she was not made aware of the situation.

Croydon Council "apologised for the confusion" and confirmed that "the tickets were cancelled a week before the video was uploaded to social media".

The man decided to share the footage on social media after facing a backlash on Facebook from residents who believed he had parked in the bay knowing he was not supposed to.

Sounds to me like the real villains are the nosy neighbours looking for something to whine about and making the guy feel like he’d done something wrong. The council only made a minor mistake due to a communication error and rectified it quickly.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

You should look up Zoe Bread's interactions with the councils over there regarding malicious parking infringements