Saturday, June 03, 2006
PARKING ENFORCEMENT EXCESSES IN HERNE HILL
Following a spate of tickets given to suppliers delivering quite legally on double yellow lines in Railton Road, the Forum asked Clr Peter O'Connell to take this up as the attitute was 'slap a ticket on let the trader seek redress' and obviously the wardens would then get some returns as not all follow through the appeal process. We advised Peter that in the two months since his intervention there had been NO wrongly issued tickets. This however indicated a lack of effective contracting monitoring at that time.
Peter O'Connell writes
Just a day before my electoral death, I ended correspondence with the Parking Service on Alan's case and the wider issue that I'd be banging on about for two years that the council's communication with the motoring public was akin to a parlour game: Road-users weren't warned where are the traps until they land on one and are penalised.
I received a promise that there will be a regular newsletter, to be posted to permit-holders, on the range of parking rules to smash certain myths while explaining the logical detail behind restrictions. Equally, there needs to be an honest explanation of what is permissible.
In return, I gave the officers in election week a six-page summary I wrote for the Parking Scrutiny Commission of case law pertaining to parking regulations. I suggested it as a guide to the issues that people want explained to them.
Hope you're keeping well,
Peter O'Connell
Following a spate of tickets given to suppliers delivering quite legally on double yellow lines in Railton Road, the Forum asked Clr Peter O'Connell to take this up as the attitute was 'slap a ticket on let the trader seek redress' and obviously the wardens would then get some returns as not all follow through the appeal process. We advised Peter that in the two months since his intervention there had been NO wrongly issued tickets. This however indicated a lack of effective contracting monitoring at that time.
Peter O'Connell writes
Just a day before my electoral death, I ended correspondence with the Parking Service on Alan's case and the wider issue that I'd be banging on about for two years that the council's communication with the motoring public was akin to a parlour game: Road-users weren't warned where are the traps until they land on one and are penalised.
I received a promise that there will be a regular newsletter, to be posted to permit-holders, on the range of parking rules to smash certain myths while explaining the logical detail behind restrictions. Equally, there needs to be an honest explanation of what is permissible.
In return, I gave the officers in election week a six-page summary I wrote for the Parking Scrutiny Commission of case law pertaining to parking regulations. I suggested it as a guide to the issues that people want explained to them.
Hope you're keeping well,
Peter O'Connell
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