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Per "Bolton Evening - Chris Gough reports" - paper courtesy of my sister who teaches in Bolton.

Workmen working on resurfacing a road - Deansgate, Bolton decided to leave their digger overnight to save time and inconvenience to shoppers. When they returned a few minutes before 8 am yesterday - they found the traffic warden had slapped a ticket on the digger.

The company - John Hopkins Ltd - intends to appeal as the digger was not parked up inconveniently and was on a road undergoing road works. Incidentally, because of leaving the digger in situ - the work was completed ahead of schedule and thus saved council tax payers some cash.

The council claim the contracotrs should have filled in the appropriate paperwork for a waiving of parking restrictions...

the road was being resurfaced - nothing could have driven or cycled or walked along it anyway :baghead:

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I thought parking wardens were meant to ensure there are no obstructions, it seems their true colours are showing.......

Rule 1) - always issue a ticket to ensure a fine can be collected
2) in case of doubt, apply rule 1

Always reminds me of Dave Allen's rant against clamping - "they're obstructing traffic - so instead of moving them they bl****clampit, to cause more obstruction"(or words to that effect)

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

but if the digger a jcb had been off the ground on its support leg thingys then the wheels are not in contact with the ground hence bookable like a skip

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CO, We are taking the piss aren't we????

Wouldn't be surprised if the QS adds parking ticket price doubled to schedule as sund. mtrls.

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I once saw a milkfloat in Berkley Square W1 with a clamp. I stopped my bike and chatted to the milkman who explained that he had been away for a few mins delivering to flats with a little trolley full of milk. He muttered something anout expecting to see Jeremey Beadle and went off to phone his boss.
Unbelievable but totally true.