Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Parking Charge Notice RESULT!!!" video.
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Quite some time ago, I parked my motorcycle in a "half length bay" - standard width, still had the white paint at the sides, but it was half length because half of it had been converted to paving, and it was directly outside the shop entrance (the shop I was going into). There was approximately 2m of paving for people to walk on outside the shops, with some bollards, and then half of this space (and the adjacent one) were paved over.
Me, presuming they did that because they didn't want cars parking too close to the shop doors, and not seeing dedicated motorcycle parking, thought this was ideal. So I parked in it.
I came back to the bike to find a parking charge notice for "blocking a fire exit" (note that I was about 4m from said "fire exit" - main shop doors, with a motorcycle that is about 75cm wide at it's widest point). So I took pictures, had a little chuckle to myself and went home. I considered it utterly ridiculous that anyone thought I was blocking a fire exit, when it appeared to still be a designated parking space.
Instead of writing to the company, I picked up the phone, and to my surprise, got through to a human. On explaining, the chap replied with a "what bike do you ride?" - I answered and he chuckled with a "don't worry, I'm a biker too, the attendant in that car park is well known for hitting bikes with pointless tickets. Let me cancel that for you. Have a good day."
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