Freedom of information Request denial (Islington council)

[Kindersley]

C O Jones said:

I would be far more worried about the time-bases of the two clocks concerned.

How do Islington (or other councils) ensure that the clock on the ticket issuing machine and the clock the ticket checker uses both tell the same time. If they are quartz then they will inevitably drift apart, if they are locked to MSF, reception in the south of England is notoriously bad since the transmitter was moved from Rugby to Anthorne (near the Lake District). If they are locked to GPS then they need a clear view of the sky to get a good time reference - are there many tall buildings nearby?

Russ

Russ

you raise a great point and one that is part of my complaint . They state that the machines are calibrated each day etc .Now they are referring to the wardens unit. I have twice asked to a warden to place his machine next to the display on ticket machine to see if they 'turn the min" at exactly the same time.
One refused ( well it was hard to tell what he said !) the other did and i was right. They where not calibrated together.

here is yet another problem.

1. The PCN ticket is issued using the wardens machine
2 The parking ticket /receipt members of the public enter into a contract with is different. They must be 100 % accurate TOGETHER to make things legal. We do not enter into a contract with the wardens machine. Only the machine we purchase the ticket from.

Also Islington now use Northhampton Courts for their hearings.. Yet another way to harass the public into giving up