Parking Inspectors

Perth parking Inspectors

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:55:02 +0000

I’m a Researcher for the Today Tonight show, based in Perth and currently working on a Parking piece.

I was hoping you might be able to help me out, do you know anyone particularly angry about the situation over here?

Or, if you ever have anything else come forward, we love doing stories on the ruthless parking inspectors, so please be in touch.

One person I was interested in talking to was the cafe worker from the post ‘Blackmailing bullies’… Is that something you can help me with?

My contact details are 08 9344 0723

Kind regards,

Stephanie

If you live in Melbourne sell your car

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:18:55 +0000

Hi there, I live in Melbourne and it just seems to be getting worse down here. I reckon it’s time to sell of the car and walk, cycle or use public transport. You see down here If you park in a train station car park, the ticket inspectors can actually fine you for parking there if you aren’t gonna use the train. Seems though they got into a bit of trouble due to the fact that there was some law that didn’t allow them to do it. They are in the middle of fixing that now. The Melbourne city council is complaining big time too. They say how much parking revenue has dropped because people are driving their cars to work less and less. You know if we all started driving into work instead of using public transport they’d have a good winge about that too. Stuff the council I say, stop your winging and get on with your jobs

Use these to help contest your parking tickets

admin — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:05:50 +0000

Hi there I found this website not long after receiving my first parking ticket just recently. I was telling my friend over coffee all about it and he told me some things you can use to contest your ticket and hopefully get it revoked. He said that they worked for him, so why not everyone.

Ok so look at the ticket you got. Make sure it contains ALL of the following.

1. Has the name and registration or serial number of the parking inspector

2. Includes the parking inspector’s station code

3. Has the car’s registration and expiry day date noted correctly

4. Includes a short title and description of the offense

5. Includes an offense code that matches the description of the offense

6. Includes the exact position of the car in the street

7. Includes the make, model, color and type of vehicle

If your ticket doesn’t contain all of these things then you have the right to contest the ticket.

Also if any of these things have happened to the sign telling you about the parking restrictions (ie: hours you can park there or no parking or whatever) , again you can contest the ticket

1. The parking sign was covered by foliage

2. Did the parking meter include the cost per hour?

3. Was the parking sign illegible or facing the wrong way?

So there you have it folks, a few things that you can use in battling the system. Good luck!

Little saving grace please

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:09:35 +0000

This always happens, you know your running out of time on your parking meter so you dash out of the office to go fill it up again and it’s like they have these radar senses that tell them when a meter is about to run out because they are always there just before me. Hooray just what I wanted another ticket to wallpaper my toilet with. How the hell do they know?

Joke of the moment

admin — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:06:51 +0000

An old guy and his wife came out of the bank and saw a parking inspector giving a ticket. The old guy said that the parking guy was an ass and that he should be ashamed for giving out tickets for nothing. The inspector wrote out another ticket for a cracked window to add to the other one. The old guy went off at him again and the inspector wrote another ticket for a cracked blinker lens and added it to the others. This time the old girl went off at him and he wrote out another ticket and told the old guy and girl to stop it as he can write tickets all day.

The old guy said, that’s OK we have another half hour before the bus home arrives. That’s not our car but we like to have a bit of fun while in town.

definately not worth the money

admin — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:18:36 +0000

I parked up the other day in a 2 hour parking zone so I could go and do my shopping. I had only left the car for an hour and when I came back I found a ticket on my car! What’s the point in having signs that say one-thing and parking inspectors doing the complete opposite? I still had an hour to go before they could issue me a ticket but they just went ahead anyway and did it. After that I’ve given up on paying tickets because they just seem to be a fraudulent way the city councils can make even more money out of the general public. Aren’t the rates on our houses high enough already? The parking fine system is flawed and something needs to be done about fixing it right now. But why would they with the amount of revenue it’s bringing in.

Paying them no more

admin — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:05:10 +0000

Each time I have gotten a parking ticket I have a legitimate reason for it, and even after trying to explain to the inspector, I get the brush-off. There just doesn’t seem to be a way to get around them even though time and time again I hear stories from people that they get out of paying the ticket. Who are these people that get away with it and how do they do it? If that’s you I’m talking about then can you give me some hints and tips? Those inspectors always seem to come out of the situation being right and I have to pay the ticket, whether I should have got it or not. And people wonder why there is no respect for authority when faced with this on a constant basis.

Not just the inspectors

admin — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:01:52 +0000

I have this huge problem with parking meters, not just the inspectors. The amount of times I have loaded up one of those meters with $2 and $1 coins only to find that the parking meter has registered no time. You can’t even retrieve your coins out of the damn thing after finding it faulty. Other times I have loaded one up for an hour’s worth of parking and when I come back early I find the thing has run out of time!! So is there a way to prove these things when trying to contest a fine? Being an honest person doesn’t seem to count for anything these days especially when it comes to fines you should never have received in the first place. If they want us to do the right thing, then why can’t they just do the right thing by us and at least maintain the parking meters and test them on a regular basis, not just sit back like fat cats and reap the benefits.

Blackmailing bullies

admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:12:03 +0000

When I used to work for a café in Melbourne, the parking inspectors used to come round and blackmail the owner into giving them free food and drinks whenever they wanted it. If we didn’t give in to them, they used to give all of us staff and our customers tickets, even if we were legally parked. Not long after I left that café went out of business because people were so sick and tired of getting tickets when they had done nothing wrong. Any time we actually confronted the parking inspector that gave us the ticket he would just give us a smug look and say we could contest it if we wanted to, knowing full well it wouldn’t make a difference if we did. His excuse when confronted was always “it was an oversight.” What a pile of crap. Those inspectors are nothing but dirty thugs, and completely ruined someone’s livelihood just to get free food. I hope they rot in hell for what they’ve done.

Will they stop at nothing?

admin — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:41:09 +0000

I was parked in a back street for 3 minutes 20 seconds last Tuesday nigt just to duck into a shop and grab a pack of smokes, and the bastards fined me for having one wheel up on the curb! I couldn’t believe it, in such a short time at night and I get a ticket that I should never have received. Was he watching me or something? I didn’t even know they could fine you for that cause boy would they be busy all day just checking out to see how many cars they could book just for that. Next they’ll be out with the measuring tape and booking you for being 3 inches too close to the curb! I reckon that the parking inspectors here might want to look at getting security guards like they do in Auckland cause I won’t be responsible for any ‘accidents’ that might happen. Up yours council!