Wellington says no to bikes on footpath.

[Str8 Jacket]

I had a poor parkwise fulla bailed up at Manners Mall today while he was ticketing a very tidy R6, he had his hands all over it checking for WOF and Rego which was quite clearly visible so I asked him what he was doing.... Apparently as from today they are ticketing ALL bikes not parked legally, ie on the footpath, yellow lines etc..... I didnt bother harrasing him about it as he is just following orders however, I would have thought that they should have been giving out warnings for the last couple of days..... I noticed on my long walk to the train station that they had ticketd alot of bikes, they would have made a FORTUNE today! I have to say that I could not see any tickets on scooters, but I may be wrong......

[RantyDave]

Apparently as from today they are ticketing ALL bikes not parked legally

I was under the impression it's legal to park on the footpath provided you didn't block anyone/thing.

Dave

[Str8 Jacket]

I was under the impression it's legal to park on the footpath provided you didn't block anyone/thing.

Dave

Well according to Mr Parkwise they have been advised that as from today they must ticket all bikes pared on footpaths..... Go figure!

[davereid]

The system can't handle lots of court cases. I'd suggest just writing in, deny the offence and ask for it to go to court. If they get dozens of tickets that they have to take to court, they may rethink. If you have a scooter claim its a moped, and legal to park on the footpath. Or claim that you were on the part of the footpath, but in the part owned by the shop owner, not the council.

I'd suggest that simply getting them to court over each and every offence would stop the rot.

[unrealone]

Fucking sick bastards. This makes me so angry. That last pic is right outside my building. I'm lucky enough to start work early and tend to always get a park (as tightly as possible of course to allow for more bikes). I still see a few bikes up on footpath when I go our for lunch. Even a scooter that is parked on the other side of the barrier at the end of the park.

Never have they been ticketed up until now. No notification - nothing. Pure profit making CUNTS.

I'm sorry, but I despise the ParkWise wardens. The excuse that, "they're just doing what the boss says" is ridiculous. There aren't meant to be any quotas (although an old friend who works with them tells me they get told each morning that they should be "achieving" a certain amount), so why don't they stop being blatent fucking sheep and go and ticket someone who is actually committing an offense.

/rant

[unrealone]

these 2 bikes on the right got tickets today, one is just on the footpath by mear cm's crazy its not even in the way, well off the walking area.

The fucking BICYCLE is more of a hazard - that's what should be ticketed there.

[Str8 Jacket]

Unfortunately EVERy job has quots of some sort... thats how companies make the dollars! When I was working at Min Of inJustice as a collections officer, we had quotas we had to mame monthly.

[McJim]

Move to Invercargill - there's loads of space down here. and apart from the wee fella at the airport I've not seen too much in terms of parking wardens.

[Weaver]

Taking up car parks is defiently the answer.
Also the bike parks that are in the surrounding towns of wellington ( petone, upper hutt, etc) are taken up by cars half the fucken times. If I had a bike I couldn't care less about being knocked over, i'd park in front of the wankers.

[sels1]

Move to Invercargill - there's loads of space down here. and apart from the wee fella at the airport I've not seen too much in terms of parking wardens.

I've met that plonker, I just pulled the rental car over to uplift a (very) heavy equipment case into the boot, and he's there waving his arms and spouting off and this is despite the fact I was wearing my airport id and was working on equipment for his airport!

On the parking issue, there was an thing last year with the Council looking to charge fees for bike parking and an email campaign was carried out aimed at the Council with many submissions sent in. (And some in-fighting in Council) The upshot was a statment that Council were not going to charge for bike parking. Sounds like whoever lost last time is out for vengance. I cant remember the details but I think it is still on my work pc so will have a look.
Its probably all on public record on the Councils site any.
There were some Councillors that were pro bikes - might pay to bring this nonsense to their attention - you might find it is only a few individuals that are stirring this along - ring your elected representitive and get the story!

[Drum]

...... It was only for $40, not the $60 I was expecting. Thats a dozen of beers I saved today!

Upon closer inspection it appears I have been fined $60 for parking in an area marked with broken yellow lines. Can anyone see these lines in my original post?? (Post #17). Is this some sort of flamin' joke?

[James Deuce]

There's your defence Drum. Take some more detailed pictures tomorrow. I've walked past your bike and would be happy to stand up in court and loudly proclaim that it in no way impedes foot traffic, service vehicle, and nor does it interfere with car parks in the vicinity.

[unrealone]

The little handheld units they use take photos. If they have no photo of it then surely you can protest that there is no proof.

[Drum]

.... Take some more detailed pictures tomorrow. I've walked past your bike and would be happy to stand up in court and loudly proclaim that it in no way impedes foot traffic, service vehicle, and nor does it interfere with car parks in the vicinity.

Oh I've got plenty of photos and will be dropping my letter in tomorrow.

Thanks for the offer too. I am hopeful of not making it to court.

Regardless, I will have to stop parking there as they will be out for me after the earful I gave creeping jesus.

[James Deuce]

ahhhhhhh - it's gorn pink!

sombody fink of da kiddies!