04-24-2008, 03:55 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,000
 Near Derby, England
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Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine
NO here Pieter 
Street parking meters and ticketing for illegal parking is private company.
Speed cameras are "partnerships" with Police, but in reality it's a private company.
Problem is the private companies give targets to their staff, so they can be over-zealous.. It's now VERY common to be given a fixed penalty fine of £30 4 mins after a parking ticket time ! |
Peter, do you read Evo? There was an interesting article in this month's issue detailing just how many threats a car enthusiast faces in Britain in the near future.
It'd be interesting to follow the head of the DFT, Gordon Brown, Ken Livingstone and anyone else backing the dirty schemes mentioned in this thread around and penalise them for every instance of speeding, bad driving (including their chauffeurs) and note how polluting their chosen methods of transport are (Jag XJs and other Gov't limos are hardly "green" are they?).
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