Driver fined for failing to display tax disc

[Langweilig]

From AOL Money - after the Daily Wail's published it.

http://money.aol.co.uk/2015/04/21/driver-fined-for...

[Cliftonite]

No he wasn't. The ticket clearly states it was for not displaying a parking ticket.

Total fail for the muppet concerned. And for the DM.

And for you? Is there not already a thread about it?

[Davie_GLA]

Sigh.... Did you read the article?

[Who me ?]

Davie_GLA said:

Sigh.... Did you read the article?

Obviously not ,as copy of ticket also says "Tax disc -NONE" .
But then if councils pay peanuts, what else do they expect to employ but monkeys.

[Cliftonite]

So the council hasn't updated the software on its ticketing machines?

Yawn!

I repeat, the PCN was for 'failure to display a parking ticket' Everything else is incidental, although man reckons he has a valid defence.

All just DM BS.

Edited by Cliftonite on Tuesday 21st April 22:52

[Cat]

I could be wrong but I the ticket appears to be for failing to display a pay and display ticket, not for no tax disc. I suspect that the parking attendant's ticket machine requires the details of the vehicle's tax disc to be entered - in this case as the car was legitimately not displaying a tax disc the reason for the details not being entered onto the ticket is logged as "Tax Disc None".

Cat

[Slidingpillar]

Hee hee, the parking attendant would have fun with my vintage car as the tax disc ran out on the 31st December 1930 (it's a replica).

[grkify]

its bks didnt put up a ticket up to much pride to admit he fked up. Using press to batter council in to submission to make it go away.

Update

Many assumptions resulted in the ticket due to not meeting requirement of some sort of parking scheme they have in that neck of the woods for disabled drivers

http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Car-parking-...

Edited by grkify on Tuesday 21st April 23:44

Edited by grkify on Tuesday 21st April 23:46

[Hackney]

How on earth did this even make it as far as the press?
Utter brainless idiocy.

"parked in a pay and display car park without displaying a valid pay and display ticket"

The tax disc information is for.... information.
They may aswell have used the headline: Driver fined for having silver car even though silver cars are allowed

[Cliftonite]

Many of the comments left on their website under this story speak volumes about the Daily Mail readership!

[telecat]

Nobody has read the article and the ticket properly have they. The Ticket, on the reason for issue, clearly states that the reason for the ticketing is that the vehicle was not displaying a valid RFL. The Pay and Display ticket was not purchased because the Driver had a valid Permit for the car park. The Problem is that the Permit probably refers to the RFL which needed to be displayed to validate the Permit. If the Car no longer needs to display the RFL then that council needs to sort out the wardens and their system!!!

[carreauchompeur]

What a ridiculously lame article.

[grkify]

From article I poseted earlier

Phil, who had parked at Beacon Quay car park, says he has since discovered the penalty notice was issued because he was not displaying his blue badge.

He said: "I have spoken to a representative at the council who said I had been issued with a ticket because I didn't have my blue badge on show, as I am disabled. Apparently, I have to have the parking permit and my blue badge on show in order for the permit to be valid and not just the car park permit on its own."



Read more: http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Car-parking-...


can we not just end this now?

[anonymous-user]

If only there was some way he could have been aware of that requirement. Like, I dunno, the documentation from the council?

"Torbay Council offer a car park permit for Blue Badge holders who have reduced mobility to enable them to park in Torbay Council operated car parks without payment. This permit may only be used when the blue badge holder is in the vehicle and the permit is displayed alongside a valid blue badge."

[fushion julz]

Maybe he is blind and can't read the instructions?

[Drawweight]

O/T As an aside I saw a DeLorean (the first one I've ever seen on the road) at a local garage with a 1984 Irish tax disc on the windscreen

[58warren]

Did anyone notice the other glaring error?

'While people selling used cars could previously pass them on taxed and INSURED, this is no longer the case'.

[Cliftonite]

telecat said:

Nobody has read the article and the ticket properly have they. The Ticket, on the reason for issue, clearly states that the reason for the ticketing is that the vehicle was not displaying a valid RFL. The Pay and Display ticket was not purchased because the Driver had a valid Permit for the car park. The Problem is that the Permit probably refers to the RFL which needed to be displayed to validate the Permit. If the Car no longer needs to display the RFL then that council needs to sort out the wardens and their system!!!

You need to visit an optician.

Seriously.

[QBee]

Drawweight said:

O/T As an aside I saw a DeLorean (the first one I've ever seen on the road) at a local garage with a 1984 Irish tax disc on the windscreen

I thought all DeLoreans came with 1985 tax disks as standard?

[Hackney]

telecat said:

Nobody has read the article and the ticket properly have they. The Ticket, on the reason for issue, clearly states that the reason for the ticketing is that the vehicle was not displaying a valid RFL. The Pay and Display ticket was not purchased because the Driver had a valid Permit for the car park. The Problem is that the Permit probably refers to the RFL which needed to be displayed to validate the Permit. If the Car no longer needs to display the RFL then that council needs to sort out the wardens and their system!!!

You're half right

article said:

Business owner Phil Haste was also accused of not showing a valid pay-and-display parking ticket, even though he had a valid parking permit on his dashboard.

But the photo of the ticket says:
"parked in a pay and display car park without clearly displaying a pay and display ticket"

So, the issue is, he had a permit but was still issued a ticket.
The tax disk "issues" is not relevant

And I admit, I didn't properly read the article but went from the headline to the image which shows the headline is wrong.