Not reading what I wrote in Parking Department

Mr Mustard has long suspected that Barnet Council don't pay much attention to informal challenges, the ones made in response to a PCN on street, as they know that most people don't have the time or inclination to battle to the end.

He fully expected the response to be a negative one, and he was not disappointed, but it shouldn't refer to loading, when that was not being claimed, just a request for mitigation i.e. be kind, and it is no surprise that whoever made the decision to reject, wasn't kind either.

 Mr Mustard never argued that the PCN wasn't valid so there is no need to tell him the PCN is still valid. Many of the council's responses are template ones.

The only valid ground to cancel would be mitigation on behalf of the council but they aren't kind and don't even think they have to explain why they shouldn't be.

No harm was done on the day by parking in an empty road, except to the lady's purse.

If Barnet Council ever wonder why 70% of people aren't truly satisfied with the parking department, this is an example of why.

Yours frugally

Mr Mustard

Traffic warden failure - more reputational damage

Temple Fortune (so named after the one the council makes out of parking PCN?)

The only way that you can tell, as you approach by car, that parking bays are painted on the pavement at this location is because there is a sign to the right of the picture.

That of itself is sufficient to explain why a motorist, the one that Mr Mustard is representing, managed to put a wheel outside of the bay, because they weren't expecting any individual spaces to be there. Would you?

A PCN was issued for contravention 24 'Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space'.

Mr Mustard has lodged a complaint about the issue of this PCN as the contract with NSL to 'firmly and fairly' (please Barnet Council, stop with the jokes now) enforce parking restrictions includes the following requirement:

and that clearly wasn't done in this case.

Mr Mustard's client wrote the following to him:

'I don't mind paying fair tickets but this is just money making and destroying local shops.'

You need to mend your ways Barnet Council and get traffic wardens under tighter control. Currently they just do as they please, it seems, but that is of course one of the problems of contracting out, the loss of control.

It is no consolation that the PCN can be challenged as time is precious, both that of Mr Mustard and his client. Mr Mustard loves an easy adjudication, this one will be a cakewalk.

Yours frugally

Mr Mustard