Poole school parking fines (issued by $camera car) written off

[The Bald Eagle]

Poole school parking fines written off

5 December 2013 Last updated at 14:58 GMT

See link for video report

A Dorset woman has successfully appealed against parking fines amounting to more than £200.

Jo Green, from Parkstone in Poole, was issued with three separate penalty charges within six days - all picked up by CCTV camera cars.

Her appeals were accepted on the grounds there were no signs to warn motorists not to park outside Baden Powell School near her home.

She also successfully argued that there was a lack of evidence showing the cars were working to approved guidelines.

Katy Austen reports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-25234522

Can someone please tell me why (according to the video report) Poole council will be consulting with the BPA Ltd on an issue that has feck all to do with them?

[Ewan Hoosami]

"We have spoken to the Borough of Poole and they say this is actually the first time that the issue of no signage being up has been raised in a decision like this."

  This illustrates how successful the numbers game has been in Poole. 

Can someone please tell me why (according to the video report) Poole council will be consulting with the BPA Ltd on an issue that has feck all to do with them?

Oh all right then, since you asked nicely. If Councils want to use their CPE powers to manage kerbspace properly and promote traffic flow then they consult the Secretary of States Statutory Guidance to Local Authorities on the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions 2008. The Secretary of State, as many of you will know, is the recognised authority on parking.

If on the other hand, Councils want to bastardise regulations laid down by parliament and use their CPE powers to earn as much spond as possible, then they consult the Bullshit Purveyors Association. The BPA Ltd, as many of you will know, are the recognised authority on bastardising regulations and turning parking enforcement principles into a multi million pound industryprofession. Sorry, I meant to say profession. I must try to remember that they like to be seen as morally similar to the oldest profession in the world.