Parking mayhem at local religious establishemnt
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There may be a whiff of billy goat about this, however I live under a bridge near a centre of worship and am getting exasperated at both the standard of parking and lack of enforcement going on
Its on an arterial thoroughfare with double yellows and at prayer time cars are wilfully abandoned all over the place leading to significant restriction to passing traffic and congestion
If it was anywhere else the wardens would be over it like a rash but I can only conclude that the local police and enforcement officers have been told to turn a blind eye - is this a rational thought or not?
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At least they're increasing the size but the locals aren't impressed with the parking proposals, not an issue they had when it was a church
or maybe they wouldn't have sold it.
The local fb over that way is right grumpy at the moment, Wasn't a PHer looking to move that way ?
Let's hope he doesn't get blocked in on Fridays
At least they're increasing the size but the locals aren't impressed with the parking proposals, not an issue they had when it was a church
or maybe they wouldn't have sold it.The local fb over that way is right grumpy at the moment, Wasn't a PHer looking to move that way ?
Let's hope he doesn't get blocked in on Fridays
My eldest lives by a 'vibrant', according to a local magistrate, church, a happy-clappy place that favours loud music, or at least drums.
The parking frequently blocks the road. Not for a few seconds or minutes but sometimes for extended periods, once for over an hour.
Requests to the congregation for worshippers to get off their pews to move their cars was met with horror at the suggestion that a member of the law enforcement agency should break into their sanctuary, and sanctuary indeed it proved to be. Taking the case to court - after the PC was disciplined for doing his job - proved to be a poor decision as it was found to be reasonable behaviour so the worshippers, not to mention visitors to the local high street with its cafes and shops open on a Sunday, were given the green light to abandon their cars anywhere.
The church promised to change its ways and lo and behold it hasn't. But those in authority are reluctant to prosecute as lack of convictions would mean that the parking would continue, except more so.
The parking frequently blocks the road. Not for a few seconds or minutes but sometimes for extended periods, once for over an hour.
Requests to the congregation for worshippers to get off their pews to move their cars was met with horror at the suggestion that a member of the law enforcement agency should break into their sanctuary, and sanctuary indeed it proved to be. Taking the case to court - after the PC was disciplined for doing his job - proved to be a poor decision as it was found to be reasonable behaviour so the worshippers, not to mention visitors to the local high street with its cafes and shops open on a Sunday, were given the green light to abandon their cars anywhere.
The church promised to change its ways and lo and behold it hasn't. But those in authority are reluctant to prosecute as lack of convictions would mean that the parking would continue, except more so.
gus607 said:
Nowadays it is PC not to upset the ethnics. Simple.
Gus you are ignorant! "the ethnics"? WTF, everybody is ethnic - it refers to race, even Anglo-Saxon white!This post is about parking to attend a place of worship, not what country you hail from or the colour of your skin!
There are 2 not far from me. One is on a red route Friday on a Friday you will not find a parking warden anywhere in the area.
The other has vehicles parked on the road all day everyday. I go past fairly regular and I always thought there were no restrictions. I happened to be on a bus and saw there were indeed double yellow lines etc.
I mate gave a ticket last year to worshipper who was parked on zig zigs. He had a chat with his borough commander and it was put around that no more tickets were to be issued.
The other has vehicles parked on the road all day everyday. I go past fairly regular and I always thought there were no restrictions. I happened to be on a bus and saw there were indeed double yellow lines etc.
I mate gave a ticket last year to worshipper who was parked on zig zigs. He had a chat with his borough commander and it was put around that no more tickets were to be issued.
Derek Smith said:
My eldest lives by a 'vibrant', according to a local magistrate, church, a happy-clappy place that favours loud music, or at least drums.
The parking frequently blocks the road. Not for a few seconds or minutes but sometimes for extended periods, once for over an hour.
Requests to the congregation for worshippers to get off their pews to move their cars was met with horror at the suggestion that a member of the law enforcement agency should break into their sanctuary, and sanctuary indeed it proved to be. Taking the case to court - after the PC was disciplined for doing his job - proved to be a poor decision as it was found to be reasonable behaviour so the worshippers, not to mention visitors to the local high street with its cafes and shops open on a Sunday, were given the green light to abandon their cars anywhere.
The church promised to change its ways and lo and behold it hasn't. But those in authority are reluctant to prosecute as lack of convictions would mean that the parking would continue, except more so.
Sounds similar to where we used to be - except there were two churches within a few hundred metres of each other - with our road being between the two. We used to use a different route in and out on Sundays at service o'clock, or when there was anything big on on a weekday evening.The parking frequently blocks the road. Not for a few seconds or minutes but sometimes for extended periods, once for over an hour.
Requests to the congregation for worshippers to get off their pews to move their cars was met with horror at the suggestion that a member of the law enforcement agency should break into their sanctuary, and sanctuary indeed it proved to be. Taking the case to court - after the PC was disciplined for doing his job - proved to be a poor decision as it was found to be reasonable behaviour so the worshippers, not to mention visitors to the local high street with its cafes and shops open on a Sunday, were given the green light to abandon their cars anywhere.
The church promised to change its ways and lo and behold it hasn't. But those in authority are reluctant to prosecute as lack of convictions would mean that the parking would continue, except more so.
One notable time, a parked car caught fire. It took the fire brigade about twenty minutes of bouncing cars out the way to get the last couple of hundred metres...
TooMany2cvs said:
Sounds similar to where we used to be - except there were two churches within a few hundred metres of each other - with our road being between the two. We used to use a different route in and out on Sundays at service o'clock, or when there was anything big on on a weekday evening.
One notable time, a parked car caught fire. It took the fire brigade about twenty minutes of bouncing cars out the way to get the last couple of hundred metres...
If the OP's problematic centre of worship has a wheely bin, it might catch fire and require trumpton to put it out.One notable time, a parked car caught fire. It took the fire brigade about twenty minutes of bouncing cars out the way to get the last couple of hundred metres...
Plenty have been caught round our way. Do let your council know along with the timings, it's good easy money for them. Once people get a ticket word will spread quite quickly.
Trust me, I go to these places and hate folks that think it's fine to park anywhere, to the point that when we are expecting a large crowd I will don a high vis and get out there and remind them. Also had 'discussions' with some places that think it's simply ok to tell people not to park and not have someone actually going out and checking.
Trust me, I go to these places and hate folks that think it's fine to park anywhere, to the point that when we are expecting a large crowd I will don a high vis and get out there and remind them. Also had 'discussions' with some places that think it's simply ok to tell people not to park and not have someone actually going out and checking.
PAULJ5555 said:
Dont you just love the double standards of religous people.
Yep.I don't care if it is a service of any religious group or if it is the local swingers club. PARK YOUR BLOODY CARS PROPERLY!!!
The issue being that if any tickets were issued one lot would say 'persecution' and another lot would say 'well you let the Zooistrians get away with it so why jump on us."
In my World the lot of them would get tickets and each month there would be a little side bar in the local papers say words to the effect of how many tickets have been issued in each area. Any claims of bias will look a bit silly when everyone who breaks the rules gets hammered.
In fact the only real flaw I see is that there are some religions who like to meet more than once a week, and so the figures could get a little skewed by them if there are a few die hard 'I'll park where I bleeding well like' morons.
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