Parking : Driver vows to never return to Cornwall

He seems confused...
"If the council do not want cars in the city, then they should ... not try to discourage drivers as seems to be the case now."

It's been like that for decades in Bath - at least since the mid 70s when I moved there. Not a bad idea - make driving your own car into the centre difficult as a disincentive, but you can get in if you need to.

A place that size is better to walk around or take an open top bus. What would he do in Venice - moan that the roads seem a bit wet?

Wouldn't paving the lot encourage motorists?

David9694 wrote:

Thoughts and prayers for the elderly drivers who it seems are simultaneously perefectly fine to drive 1.5 tonne of car, but don't have the mental or physical dexterity to use an app to park it. 

Changes to coastal car parks after discrimination complaints
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/changes-coastal-car-parks-after-7577313

To be fair, some of those parking machines are terrible. I got stuck the other day when a parking machine was asking for the last three digits of the number plate, but Mrs HawkinsPeter's car only has two. Turns out it meant the last three letters.

As anyone who has ever been punishment-passed for causing a motorist a delay of 30 seconds will know, it's entirely possible that his delay of 23 minutes for a call of nature and waiting for someone else to manoeuvre was not accompanied by an attack of biblical rage.

However... I have a modicum of sympathy. In the old days when car parks were patrolled by people, you'd never have been ticketed while you waited to exit. With ANPR, the click is ticking until you leave the site entirely.

That's a slightly different context - according to the article they were fined despite paying for their parking. The car park was notionally "closed", yet still physically open for business and accepting payment. If the car park was supposed to be out of use to I'd expect it to be made obvious (with the facility to pay disabled) not used for covert entrapment.

TheBillder wrote:

As anyone who has ever been punishment-passed for causing a motorist a delay of 30 seconds will know, it's entirely possible that his delay of 23 minutes for a call of nature and waiting for someone else to manoeuvre was not accompanied by an attack of biblical rage. However... I have a modicum of sympathy. In the old days when car parks were patrolled by people, you'd never have been ticketed while you waited to exit. With ANPR, the click is ticking until you leave the site entirely.

I think it's safe to assume the vast majority of the 23 minutes was for his wifes call of nature, this is clearly time he was still parked and should be paid for, while the feeble excuse of delayed leaving th car park due to another road user was unlikely to be more than two minutes, but we will sling some mud around and see what sticks.

from the artical, he had paid for parking until 4:33, at 4:30 they got to the car, but decided to leave it in the car park while his wife used the facilities (were they in the car park?). It's hard to believe that he was trying to exit the car park for 23 minutes while being delayed by another car, without going totally batshit.

I wouldn't take the yellows into account in this instance as they did have lots of temp restrictions in place during the CWG, especially around packed venues like Edgbaston Ground and the main stadium.

They mention a sign that was not there when they went back. I wonder why being as they watched the final and then the games were finished.

Maybe they should have looked here instead. (page 5)

Edit: Just wanted to mention that any ticket for any event at the games meant free public transport in the Midlands area AND venues like Edgbaston had specific shuttle buses from various park and ride venues. So they didn't need to try and park so close. 
 

Edgbaston is on many bus routes, and as I remember the No1.

Just opposite is an entrance to Canon Hill park, where I used to join the NCN5.

Maybe all parking meters could be designed to be so challenging to operate correctly, that they require a level of mental agility similar to driving a car.

Fail the observation test on the parking meter?
Didn't react in time when asked to press a button within 3 seconds?
Can't read the 4 digit code printed on the lamppost 20 metres up the street?

I'll swap you a PCN for your driving licence!

David9694 wrote:

Dozens of vehicles blocked in by coaches after taking their car parking spaces near Welsh beach

A local councillor has described the parking situation in the beach town as "a conundrum"

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/dozens-vehicles-blocked-in-parking-24...

Quote:

A row of vehicles were left blocked in by coaches in a beach car park after they parked in specially-designated bus spaces to secure themselves a good spot on one of the hottest days of the year. Several campervans and cars parked illegally in the car park next to Traeth Abernaw in Barmouth on Sunday, August 14 and were left with nowhere to go after the coach drivers blocked them in having had their spaces pinched.

Serves 'em right!