Newham Council are Cheats - #22

 

Usual cheating from Newham Council - a warning notice, even a zero value warning PCN, has zero legal application to a future event of parking, even by the same driver (the council don't know if the same person was driving on both occasions) nor does it replace the legal requirement for signs, given that the rules of the bay in, say, October, could be different in November.

Their time would be better spent in fixing signs. 

Newham Council are Cheats - #21

 

More unlawful vehicle removal of a vehicle parked in a bay devoid of signage.

Newham Council are criminal cheats. 

Newham Council are Cheats - #20

 

In this case Newham Council made up a rule about the time it takes a lady to load not one but two 20kg bags of rice plus other purchases, for which she needed the assistance of the shopkeeper. Whilst the council might claim there was continuous observation, and that isn't clear from the available information, their photos are always devoid of dates and times so whether or not the CEO wandered round the corner to deal with other cars at the same time is unknown.

Making up rules is cheating.

Newham Council clearly (& wrongly) made a point that paying isn't loading but they need to read the key cases on loading on the tribunal website, coincidentally by this very adjudicator, of Jane Packer Flowers and Bosworth & Others (sitting in that case with a second adjudicator) which set out very useful guidance for motorists and councils alike. 

These are the relevant words about pre-ordering a chair but not having paid for it until collection:

'The fact that he had not pre-paid for it would not, in our view, be fatal to a correct use of the loading bay.'

Never mind a bag of rice, you need a sack of salt when reading rejection letters from Newham Council.

Newham Council are Cheats - #19

 

If there is a danger that you will be deprived of your car there should be a large clear sign on the way into the car park and consistent signage throughout (this car park is a small surface car park). Other councils provide an out of hours release service for a fee. That would be more reasonable than forcing someone to find their own way home, possibly late at night, all the way to Canterbury. That is far enough but they could have been from somewhere they couldn't easily get to and be faced with a hotel bill instead.

Presenting misleading information was cheating the motorist.

Newham Council are Cheats - #18

 

Mr Mustard thinks that Newham Council are being conveniently stupid in order to facilitate their PCN issuing frenzy and stop motorists from having free parking (cash or permit free).

Many adjudicators have now spelt out the law, that a parking bay must have a sign. The prior issue of a warning notice is no substitute for the legally required sign. 

Mr Mustard has now found this on the Newham Council website

This is compeltely wrong. The law is that the motorist is obliged to adhere to the rules set out in the traffic order which the council are under a duty to bring the provisions of to your attention by signs.

The driver is under no duty whatsoever to get a mobile phone out, even assuming they have one or have one with them, to start researching the rules which the council must tell you by signage.

Don't tell a CEO of a missing sign, they themselves should be reporting them but instead they are likely to issue a PCN and mark the vehicle down for removal.

Newham Council admit they are Cheats, they tell the public that they are.

Newham Council are Cheats - #17

 

The adjudicator may well be correct in that the CEO (Civil Enforcement Officer or 'traffic warden') was present at the moment when the signs were changed or it could just have been unlucky timing but there are only 26 minutes to play with.

When signs are replaced the registration numbers of already parked vehicles should be taken so that if they are given a PCN it can be cancelled by the back office.

The morning briefing for traffic wardens should also notify them of signs which are being changed that day so that they can steer clear for the day.

The back office carried on with their apparently ignorance based cheating. 

Newham Council are Cheats - #16

 

Yet another case in which the CEO (Civil Enforcement Officer or 'traffic warden') cheated by taking photographs of irrelevant signs in order to try and support a penalty charge. The resident's local knowledge was useful, the bogus sign photographed was always likely to be nearby.

It led to another unlawful vehicle removal.

Newham Council are cheats.