Pedant of the week - Barnet Council

Note the PCN wording, not clearly displaying a (visitor) voucher.

Note also the statement 'no voucher was displayed in the windscreen'. That is the requirement but the helpful workman who received the PCN whilst working for a resident, placed the voucher in the side window, on the pavement side, so that it was much easier for the traffic warden to read & has done it like this for 30 years. Being helpful means Barnet Council want £110 from you.

Here is the visitor voucher, in close up. The scratched items were correct.

Here is one of the photographs taken by the traffic warden, whose reflection can be seen to the left of picture. They must have seen the voucher and issued a PCN regardless.

Anyone think that the actions of the traffic warden were fair and reasonable? (no not you, a council parking or NSL employee, your judgment is suspect).

Anyone think that revenue raising is the name of the game?

Anyone got any idea why Barnet's parking 'service' scores so lowly in resident perception surveys? That isn't going to change whilst ludicrously petty PCNs like this one keep being issued.

Mr Mustard will fight this to the bitter end which will cost the council a £30 tribunal fee. He has a card or two up his sleeve.

Yours frugally

Mr Mustard