Parking infringement question

[Akzle]

...under the circumstances I described, was I "parked"

if you don't know the answer yourself, you're probably going to have a hard job convincing anyone else...


i'm loving how everyones throwing up legislation and bylaws and shit. that's cool.
read between the lines bro....

[rustic101]

You could have painted your car with a slogan like 'Occupie Parks' etc and then claimed the parking as a legitimate protest and the Council would have written the Infringement Notice off??? Like they did with the damage cause by those other Occupie clowns ..

[FJRider]

Under the old (very old) traffic regulations 1965, there was a definition of "parked" that included such items as engine off, and not under direct control of a driver., or words to that effect. Check to see what the current definition of parked is. You may be lucky, but I doubt it.

Actually ... the wording in the legislation is not mentioning parking as such. The term is "to use these spaces" ... and "those vehicles using a space" ...

No "definition" of the word park is therefore needed.

Uses of the spaces may be... Parking ... Dropping off/picking up passengers ... using it as a route to a legal parking space they can use ... or as previously mentioned, a turn point for a three point turn.
This is by no means ... is a full list of what the space can be used for. But unless they have a disabled parking permit (in their name or in that of a passenger) those spaces are not allowed to be used.

Mobility Parking (Disabled Parking)
These spaces are reserved for the use of people with a disability or by those who do not have full mobility.
To use them, a vehicle must display an approved permit which can be obtained from CCS Disability Action. Either the driver or the passenger must be the person named on the permit. Vehicles found to be using a space without a permit on display can and will be ticketed.

[scumdog]

It's all to do with the laws catering for the biggest wankers, but being applied to everyone.

I know - and now thanks to that philosophy I can't drive home pissed anymore...

[jellywrestler]

The time is on the ticket.

you seem brain dead, I asked if you had the time on the EFTPOS receipt, got that? as i know that there will be already a time on your ticket, they do that, or at least have the odd time i've had them
So the time should match up exact should it not as you were there for less than two minutes

[idb]

I know - and now thanks to that philosophy I can't drive home pissed anymore...

I bet you could if you really put your mind to it.

[imdying]

I do get "very angry" at people who abuse disabled car parks, but your situation doesn't actually sound like abuse.

That I agree with.

Abusing the intent of the law is one reason why pigs occasionally get the shit kicked out of them whilst groups of people stand around unwilling to lend a hand.

[scumdog]

That I agree with.

Abusing the intent of the law is one reason why pigs occasionally get the shit kicked out of them whilst groups of people stand around unwilling to lend a hand.

VERY fuckin' occassionally...like when was the last time? eh? eh?

[FJRider]

Abusing the intent of the law is one reason why pigs occasionally get the shit kicked out of them whilst groups of people stand around unwilling to lend a hand.

As I understand ... in this case, it was an initiative of the Auckland city Council, to place cameras in an attempt to reduce the abuse of disabled parking spaces.

I dont hear much about council workers getting attacked .... So there must be another reason Police get attacked.

Perhaps people know Police powers are more far reaching ... and people have more to LOSE from Police. FEAR and desperation do strange things to some peoples decision making abilities ...