Fake "fixed penalty notice" stickers illegal ?
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My apartmentcomplex has its own private car park in which all of us have an allocated space.
Most of us leave this carpark to the front of the building where it enters on a small sideroad, which futherdown has an exit onto the main road.
It also has a small back entrance but the road that exits on is much lower then the exitramp (probably not the right word, but i mean this small "hill" you also see/use to get on and off drives) so you will damage your bumper using that exit, especially with a low car.
The exit at the front of the building has 2 double yellow lines along it, as has the rest of that road. So it not allowed to park anywhere along that road on that side.
But when i came home some idiot was parked on the double yellows and right in front of our entry/exit to the carpark. So no-one could leave the carpark onto the public road, and no-one from the public road could get onto it.
I've waited for over 10 minutes and still no-one showed up, leaving me with no choice then the use the backentry of the carpark, for which i have to drive through 2 other small one-way streets, and then scrapped my bumper whilst going onto it, and i was only going like 1 mp/h, it's just to high from the streets.
Now what if, hypothetically speaking,
my neighbour got this set of fixed penalty notice stickers from ebay and gave me one, and i then, hypothetically, placed on of those stickers on this jackass's carwindow, would i be doing something illegal ?
Could this be seen as impersonating a traffic officer or something like that, or is it just a good way of getting back at some moran who blocked in an entire aparment complex ?
These are the stickers by the way, it's 5 of them for £1.99
Most of us leave this carpark to the front of the building where it enters on a small sideroad, which futherdown has an exit onto the main road.
It also has a small back entrance but the road that exits on is much lower then the exitramp (probably not the right word, but i mean this small "hill" you also see/use to get on and off drives) so you will damage your bumper using that exit, especially with a low car.
The exit at the front of the building has 2 double yellow lines along it, as has the rest of that road. So it not allowed to park anywhere along that road on that side.
But when i came home some idiot was parked on the double yellows and right in front of our entry/exit to the carpark. So no-one could leave the carpark onto the public road, and no-one from the public road could get onto it.
I've waited for over 10 minutes and still no-one showed up, leaving me with no choice then the use the backentry of the carpark, for which i have to drive through 2 other small one-way streets, and then scrapped my bumper whilst going onto it, and i was only going like 1 mp/h, it's just to high from the streets.
Now what if, hypothetically speaking,
my neighbour got this set of fixed penalty notice stickers from ebay and gave me one, and i then, hypothetically, placed on of those stickers on this jackass's carwindow, would i be doing something illegal ?Could this be seen as impersonating a traffic officer or something like that, or is it just a good way of getting back at some moran who blocked in an entire aparment complex ?
These are the stickers by the way, it's 5 of them for £1.99
Similar problem with the apartment complex where I live (sounds so much better than block of flats dont you think ?) & various individuals who block off the entire (one way entry only) street due to fact that they have IQs akin to their shoe size.
Since in the past a quiet word has A) fallen on deaf ears & B) lead to threats of violence (which as I live in Bradford is more than likely to occur, I myself being a lover & not a fighter) I find that a large sheet of A3 paper with instructions on how to park & liberally coated with prit stick or some similar adhesive & placed over their windscreens usually works a treat.
Since in the past a quiet word has A) fallen on deaf ears & B) lead to threats of violence (which as I live in Bradford is more than likely to occur, I myself being a lover & not a fighter) I find that a large sheet of A3 paper with instructions on how to park & liberally coated with prit stick or some similar adhesive & placed over their windscreens usually works a treat.
I had a similar problem some years ago, my i went to my car put a jumper between both bumpers and gently pushed the car forward, the other cars steering was slightly off center so car ended up in the middle of the quiet side road. Or failing this get 3 0r 4 people and bounce car out of the way.
JustinP1 said:
By using the words 'Fixed Penalty Notice' or FPN you are actually purporting that you have an official government authority to issue these notices.
I cannot find the statute now, but I do know that would be a criminal offence...
Hmmm, that's not really the anwser i was hoping for. Any of the bibs here who can indeed confirm this ?I cannot find the statute now, but I do know that would be a criminal offence...
Call the cops, say there is a vehicle parked on double yellow lines preventing access to he public highway.
They should be reasonably speedy in answering the call.
The fixed penalty idea is a non starter as he will ignore them, and he will probably post on here about some d***head putting mickey mouse fixed penalties on his car and ask what should i do, and the reply will be tear them up.
They should be reasonably speedy in answering the call.
The fixed penalty idea is a non starter as he will ignore them, and he will probably post on here about some d***head putting mickey mouse fixed penalties on his car and ask what should i do, and the reply will be tear them up.
SLCZ3 said:
Call the cops, say there is a vehicle parked on double yellow lines preventing access to he public highway.
They should be reasonably speedy in answering the call.
They should be reasonably speedy in answering the call.
Don't want to sound anti police but i highly doubt it that they will respond to something silly like this at all, let alone "reasonably speedy".
I my job i quiet often call for the police (agressive/violent patients, assistence at rta's, breaking in doors ets) and since they are often quiet busy we have to wait, sometimes upto 10-15 minutes (25 minutes yesterday before we could enter an adress which we refused to enter without police presence) so i'm sure they won't come or would take hours for someone parked on yellow lines.
And there's always the chance the cars leaves whilst i'm waiting for the police to show up.
I think the sticker is an good idea, it only happens on a rare occasion that someone parks there and since it's not the same car all the time the sticker will just make him annoyed because he thinks he got a ticket, but since he made a lot of others annoyed they couldn't enter their property that's what he deserves!
And i doubt he'll park there again, affraid for another ticket.
Medic-one said:
JustinP1 said:
By using the words 'Fixed Penalty Notice' or FPN you are actually purporting that you have an official government authority to issue these notices.
I cannot find the statute now, but I do know that would be a criminal offence...
Hmmm, that's not really the anwser i was hoping for. Any of the bibs here who can indeed confirm this ?I cannot find the statute now, but I do know that would be a criminal offence...
I have fond the statute, and it is the Administration of Justice Act.
You wont contravene that as long as at no time you mention any kind of charge or payment that needs to be made. So, as long as there are no details placed inside the little plastic wallet, then according to that you are fine as far as I can see.
However, I am unsure how much use the sticker would be without the contents inside....
Well, when they come on this forum to find out what the **** is going on then I am sure this thread will get linked! Make sure you delete any details from your profile page which could link you or your property to your profile and posts!
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