16 December (Part 2) - Bexley parking services. Up to their old tricks again
After
the Abbey Road resident told me about
the daily nightmare of parking there and my reminder of how Bexley council is deliberately
profiteering with their inadequate signage, I thought I might revisit the scene of their daily crimes.
The basic problem is that there is a very long parking bay with a £3.80 for two
hours ticket machine at each end. However neither the machines nor the signs on
poles mention that non-residents may only park very close to the machine. It’s a
trap and typical of Bexley council.
My short walk did not go unrewarded. As usual Bexley council had helped itself
to another £110 - plus of course the outrageous £4.00 for two hours parking.
Bexley’s machines don’t give change, legalised theft is right up their street.
As
may be seen from the large version of Photo 1, Honda RY07 ZZW is parked about
four car lengths from the ticket machine but that is not close enough for Bexley
and the driver was not a clairvoyant; so is fair game to a council as dishonest as Bexley.
What annoys me just as much is that one of the Lesnes councillors lives in the
next road to me and can’t be much more than five minutes walk from where Bexley
council is cheating on a daily basis. You would have thought he might have noticed by now.
In the early days of BiB I used to email the councillor who
supposedly looked after Lesnes Abbey ward, Conservative John Davey, who would
systematically ignore me. Looks like Labour is not a lot better.
The paid ticket was displayed on the driver’s side, which may be a mistake if the
CEO is particularly lazy. The photos are framed so that they all include the blue colour.
Hopefully it will add to the driver’s evidence if he sees this report. Probably
he won’t, there is a Barking and Dagenham Residents’ Permit behind the windscreen.
All complaints to Mr. Ben Stephens, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3UH.
Wear the blighter down.