DCC Parking Nazis

[MarkH]

One of my flatmates got a ticket for parking facing the wrong way on a one way street. It was the street we live on. It isn't a one way street!

[DougieNZ]

I can't believe how many of these threads I have seen.

Often attached is a clear photo of them parked on a FOOTPATH. Along with words along the lines of:

"The B....ds! Thy ticketed me for parking on the FOOTPATH!!!"

Can someone help me here?

Let me give you an example. Blind person walks around seat (detected by cane and expected) and trips over your bike (shouldn't be there/illegal and not expected). Falls forward, hits head on rubbish bin and dies... Who is to blame?



ALONG WITH SPEEDING. IF YOU DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL AND GET CAUGHT/TICKETED - DON'T BITCH ABOUT IT!

[sunhuntin]

in most cases, bikes are parked where no logical person would walk anyway [between sandwich boards, rubbish bins etc] and well out of the way of general foot traffic. if a blind person is in danger of falling over a motorbike, id say they are just in as much danger of tripping over the other assorted hazards on footpaths.

i do remember a local rider parking on the footpath in the main street up against a garden fence. ticket issuer walked along, and commented to me that they should give him a ticket, but as he had no kickstand, they wouldnt.

[Ixion]

Blind person walks around seat (detected by cane and expected) and trips over perambulator/mobility scooter/pile of crates being unloaded (shouldn't be there/illegal and not expected). Falls forward, hits head on rubbish bin and dies... Who is to blame?

[idb]

Blind person walks around seat (detected by cane and expected) and trips over perambulator/mobility scooter/pile of crates being unloaded (shouldn't be there/illegal and not expected). Falls forward, hits head on rubbish bin and dies... Who is to blame?

Another blind person walks around seat (detected by cane and expected) and trips over first blind person lying dead on the footpath (shouldn't be there/illegal and not expected). Falls forward, hits head on rubbish bin and dies... Who is to blame?

Another blind person walks........

[DougieNZ]

Another blind person walks around seat (detected by cane and expected) and trips over first blind person lying dead on the footpath (shouldn't be there/illegal and not expected). Falls forward, hits head on rubbish bin and dies... Who is to blame?

Another blind person walks........

I do like that....

[Ixion]

If these blasted blind people keep cluttering up the footpath, where am I going to park my bike ?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

If these blasted blind people keep cluttering up the footpath, where am I going to park my bike ?

In the handicap car parks

[Ixion]

Well, I'm not handicapped. But the blind people obviously are . So why can't *they* be stacked up in the handicapped parks ? And leave the footpath free for its proper purpose, parking bikes.

[JimO]

while im no fan of the parking wardens there is a FREE BIKE PARK 20 meters down the road from where you parked i know this because my bike spends most days parked there FREE ALL DAY for FREE and is doesnt cost anything because its FREE

[idb]

while im no fan of the parking wardens there is a FREE BIKE PARK 20 meters down the road from where you parked i know this because my bike spends most days parked there FREE ALL DAY for FREE and is doesnt cost anything because its FREE

Well you'd have to wouldn't you - there's obviously no room on the footpath anymore what with all the dead blind people piling up...

[MDR2]

today alone, while walking around i spotted 3 bikes parked on the pavement. There is a regular down by the uni hospital/physio place and has done it all year.

And a bike was parked on the pavement in the octagon today.

I think it also comes down to just how grumpy the warden is at the time.

[Mully]

I thought people in Dunedin were one-eyed, not blind.....

(p/t)

I got a ticket for parking on the footpath behind work (4 bikes there that day, so thought it was all good) came back and all the bikes had a ticket. Now I park in the ACC carpark (they are free for bikes, as well as under cover, well lit, etc).

Was going to appeal (Council policy to reduce carbon footprint, reduce congestion, etc) but decided it was a fair cop. Now I take a whole carpark when I am out (and not at work)

[merv]

Yeah Aussie kids must definitely be smarter, the Victorian ones at least, because you remember my earlier threads on Melbourne bike parking eh!

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=297

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=39491

Then there was that day way back we did a ride with BB#1 (now Terminated) and we all parked on the footpath outside the Bristol and nobody bothered us except the dude from the Waikato that took a liking to Paul's Triumph - so I guess its not always bad in this country.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41088

[Huntaway]

Thanks everybody for your interest and comments. I've especially appreciated the humor
I did note (with irony) the motorcycle park around the next corner when I moved away. Room for three bikes and at about 7:00 pm on a Friday evening, all taken...
Perhaps DCC does have every right, but in my view (and looking at the size of the penalty - $40, heaps more than overstaying your welcome in a metered space) this rule is to prevent obstruction of pedestrian thoroughfare and to prevent damage to the footpath from HEAVY vehicles. I am adamant I did neither, though in hindsight, parking practically at the front door of DCC offices may have been viewed as provocative...
When all is done, I will come out of this a lot more belligerent about where and how I park my bike. I don't think the exercise has served DCC or any other council well towards addressing inner city traffic problems. I will tell them so too when I get to paying the fine, though I do doubt anyone will take a scrap of notice.
Cheers guys.