A small win!

**Shazz** · 21st January 2008, 08:16

I have been in 'discussions' with the local district council re parking tickets given to me when I am parked outside my workplace.
I ride every day to work and as there are no motorbike parks or suitable areas to park my bike during the day I objected to the tickets repeatedly being given when I parked on the yellow lines.
I figured that taking a whole car park was "not fair" and having parked the bike at the supermarket car park only once, and had the bike pushed over by kids that to park outside my workplace on the no-park yellow lines where I could see it was safer.
I have heard re official letter last week that I am now given 'special dispensation' to park my bike outside my workplace on the yellow lines!
There is no motorbike parking in my local town, and now the district council are 'in time' going to change the system outside my workplace (which happens to be the local cafe/bar where many motorbikes visit) to motorbike parking.
So if you are visiting Morriesons Cafe Bar in Hawera you are able to park officially on the yellow lines both sides of the footpath courtyard area.
Would be great to see more cycles calling in (plug!) as we have awesome food, atmosphere and friendly welcoming staff.
So come park beside Betty when you are in town!

**Bikernereid** · 21st January 2008, 08:19

Brilliant food and the staff are great!! Well worth a visit if you are going through Hawera.

Was taken there by nadroj and luckily we didn't get a ticket but sat outside to keep an eye on the bike just in case. Parking news - Great news for bikers!!

**90s** · 21st January 2008, 12:32

Great. Positive action rather than cynicism or moaning on here about the unfairness of everything. If we were all like you we would find it far easier to improve our conditions.

**Max Preload** · 30th January 2008, 23:06

I haven't been to Hawera for over a decade when I was working on the big Kiwi plant expansion (powder 5) and after eating at Morriesons every weeknight for over 6 months straight, I aint ever going back there!

Have the 'roaches completely taken over 'The Furlong' yet?

**cynna** · 31st January 2008, 01:52

well done. hope you got off all the fines as well

**Okey Dokey** · 31st January 2008, 07:38

Well done you! It's so good to hear something positive happen, especially when local government is involved. You must have handled the whole situation really well, in order to get a result like that. I take my hat off to you.

Definitely will look out for the cafe when in your neck of the woods.

**awayatc** · 31st January 2008, 07:51

You mean there are councils in NZ that actualy care about the welbeing of its ratepaying residents.....?And improve conditions even for individuals.....?This brings tears to my eyes....

I will photocopy your post, and mail it to my local council.....
Truly insprirational... Well done all round.....

Go Taranaki, lead the way!

**Finn** · 31st January 2008, 08:05

Good work. Meanwhile in Auckland, our street is getting a new footpath. In traditional disorganized kiwi style, it takes forever and last night my side of the street couldn't even get into their driveways / garages so cars where being parked all over the show but none where blocking the road. Around 11pm, council decided to start towing them. Upon seeing this, the left side of my face started switching uncontrollably so I had to go make the salad dodging parking wardens life more miserable than it already is.

**jrandom** · 31st January 2008, 08:11

Originally Posted by Finn

salad dodging

Don't you mean 'salad tossing'?

**Finn** · 31st January 2008, 08:15

Originally Posted by jrandom

Don't you mean 'salad tossing'?

Nope, definitely dodging. He was obese.

**scracha** · 31st January 2008, 08:45

Good for you! I feel a letter to my local council might be in order.

If they're putting in dedicated motorcycle parking you might as well suggest they install a security rail. Not sure exactly what you call them but have seen them in England.

You sorta slot the front wheel into them so they stop -
1] bikes getting nicked,
2] mopeds parking against your bike
3] cars using the bike parking
4] cunts knocking your bike over

**Okey Dokey** · 1st February 2008, 09:15

Scracha, I always reverse the bike in so the real wheel is against the curb?! I can't picture the rail you are referring to at all-maybe I'm just dumb. Could you explain it a bit more for me?

**scracha** · 2nd February 2008, 04:34

Bit like the pushbike things you get at train stations in Amsterdam. Hmm..that probably doesn't help.

**skidMark** · 2nd February 2008, 04:43

My mate was updating her car rego the other day, came out to a ticket under the wiper for out of date rego.

she just laughed and wrote them a letter.

oh and if they had said no to ur parking u cldve always just wheelied over thier face.