I fought the law, and Won!

[bogan]

So I had a run in with some of the parking fa.. ahem.. wardens a few weeks back. Parked my bike under a motorcycle parking sign, which happened to be over some broken yellow lines, I just though some numpty had painted broken yellows instead of the yellow M/C. Came back from te manawa motorcyle exhibit and found a ticket on my bike. Not happy, took a photo showing the sign and went to appeal, dude said he had to wait for the warden to download the pictures, fair enufs i think, showed him my picture and wrote details etc.

Week later i get a letter (they dont do emails) saying it still stands. Emailed to furthur appeal it, no reply, go in and have another chat to cheif warden, he reckoned the motorcycle parking sign didnt cause me to park there cos it could have meant another area or some bs. Finally convinced him to sent it up the ladder, got a letter today saying its been canceled. Fucking stocked as it was a $60 fine.

So sometimes it pays to argue the point if you know you're in the right.

[mattian]

Excellent result bro !! and yes, you are right ! it does pay to stick to your guns when there is a principle at stake !

[Babelfish]

Interesting...post the pics

[oldrider]

Public servants are mutants, they are not programmed to make decisions.

You just have to keep climbing until you find one who thinks he/she has the "power" to say yes or no!

They will give you a break just to kick shit out of the system, it jiggles their jollies.

Problem is most of the time it would be quicker to climb Mt Everest (what's the Maori name for that?) than to climb the Public service ladder for a "yes" you are correct!

Nice job well done that man! :done:

[bogan]

Interesting...post the pics

pic attached, off to the left is broken yellow along the curb, i dont have the council pics on file, but they did not show the sign.

[mossy1200]

Public servants are mutants, they are not programmed to make decisions.

You just have to keep climbing until you find one who thinks he/she has the "power" to say yes or no!

They will give you a break just to kick shit out of the system, it jiggles their jollies.

Problem is most of the time it would be quicker to climb Mt Everest (what's the Maori name for that?) than to climb the Public service ladder for a "yes" you are correct!

Nice job well done that man! :done:
You gotta go a long way up to find a thinker.

[bogan]

Public servants are mutants, they are not programmed to make decisions.

yeh I was a little flabbergasted at the black and white mentality of the head parking warden, he basically was of the opinion that it didn't matter if it was the councils fault I parked on broken yellow, because I parked there I had to pay. I guess some people would just prefer to live in such a black and white world.

[ready4whatever]

good on ya. many people would have given up

[bogan]

btw, i should also note that the offending sign was removed within a week.

[danchop]

there are just over 100 parking wardens employed around auckland cbd

[p.dath]

It's great to hear a positive story!

[Mumbles]

Now that's ironic :confused:
You went to a council event about motorcycles and parked in a motorcycle park, yet got a ticket from the council. (now thats just great advertising for PNCC, maybe the tickets is a way to help make up for the lowered entry price for the show)

Did you ask them what would they have done had you parked on the footpath?

How did they attach the ticket to ya bike? :Police:

Nice to see you won

[bogan]

Now that's ironic :confused:
You went to a council event about motorcycles and parked in a motorcycle park, yet got a ticket from the council. (now thats just great advertising for PNCC, maybe the tickets is a way to help make up for the lowered entry price for the show)

Did you ask them what would they have done had you parked on the footpath?

How did they attach the ticket to ya bike? :Police:

Nice to see you won

haha, yeh was pretty sweet deal on the ticket prices.

No though i did ask whether that was the standard parking infringement fee, its not, 40 bucks is standard for parking without a pay and display ticket. I would be interested to see how much a footpath ticket is.

my bike has a strap thing that across the seat so he tucked it under that.

[ajturbo]

frig mate.. it's a honda.. thats why you got the ticket...:jerry:

[bogan]

frig mate.. it's a honda.. thats why you got the ticket...:jerry:

cud well have been, I imagine warden saw the awesome sight of the beast and got a bit jealous, so took petty revenge by giving a ticket. :Punk:

[Mumbles]

my bike has a strap thing that across the seat so he tucked it under that.

The last PNCC ticket guy i argued with reckoned he was going to put the ticket under my windscreen wiper.. :no: and what made matters worse was the fact I asked him to point out exactly how he was going to do this and he tried :laugh: even better was he was so annoyed he forgot to write out the ticket and stormed off!

[bogan]

The last PNCC ticket guy i argued with reckoned he was going to put the ticket under my windscreen wiper.. :no: and what made matters worse was the fact I asked him to point out exactly how he was going to do this and he tried :laugh: even better was he was so annoyed he forgot to write out the ticket and stormed off!

bahahaha, theyre not the smartest bunch it would seem. I guess theres some rule which states they have to put in in regulation place or summat, would piss me off if some numpty tucked it under the fairing and i never saw it then get hit with late fees as well.

[ajturbo]

cud well have been, I imagine warden saw the awesome sight of the beast and got a bit jealous, so took petty revenge by giving a ticket. :Punk:
yeah.. your probably right.....

you just never know how they think...

[YellowDog]

Sell you bike and get another.

Your card has been marked and they will get you back!

[Babelfish]

pic attached, off to the left is broken yellow along the curb, i dont have the council pics on file, but they did not show the sign.


Sell you bike and get another.

Your card has been marked and they will get you back!

I'll rarely back the fuzz, but you should have thrown the book at you just for having that shit on your fairing....man oughta have his ass removed! :crazy:

[bogan]

I'll rarely back the fuzz, but you should have thrown the book at you just for having that shit on your fairing....man oughta have his ass removed! :crazy:

haha, to what do you refer, the honda stickers? or the visualy halarious look twice cager angry face?

[Elysium]

I know a guy I used to work with who's currently a PNCC parking warden. You find out what the warden lookes like?

[bogan]

I know a guy I used to work with who's currently a PNCC parking warden. You find out what the warden lookes like?

not the one that gave me a ticket, but the one i talked to bout getting it canceled was a big bloke.

[Deano]

Public servants are mutants, they are not programmed to make decisions.



You gotta go a long way up to find a thinker.


You are probably bang on in this particular example.

However it isn't always easy when you are bound by legislative requirements.

Don't tar us all with the same brush please.:girlfight:

[Elysium]

Must be a new head warden. Few years back I fought them and won because they lost all my evidence as I only found out I had a ticket was a final notice from the courts. Had some head warden with a goatie and he so wanted to win but they screwed up.

[Babelfish]

haha, to what do you refer, the honda stickers? or the visualy halarious look twice cager angry face?

The face on the bubble...sheesh! :Pokey:

[bogan]

The face on the bubble...sheesh! :Pokey:

hahaha, yeh knew id eventually cop some flak for it, took far longer than expected though, maybe most people like it :2thumbsup