arndale center - drivers beware

chav1 · 19-04-2005, 13:07

i have found out today that if you park your car in the arndale center and it is as much as an inch outside of the deignated white lines marked for parking you will be fined

if this is true then lets add it to the list ..

only 1 floor has security cameras on the carpark

no smoking yet there is an open air cafe where smoking is allowed right in the middle of the arndale

ridiculous fining policy

when somone is slightly outside the designated parking slot i will agree it is annoying if your car is parked closer to the one next to it but who the hell do these people think they are enfocing fines

somthing just stinks about accrington lately

it seems as trade has been killed off the only way they can now take our money is to think up fines and increase traffic tickets via increased amount of traffic wardens

i found out about the parking fines in the arndale center from a man with a larger car who was repeatedly driving in and out of a parking space making sure he was withing the white lines and he explained that they now fine you if your not parked propperly

WillowTheWhisp · 19-04-2005, 14:17

It would help if they had decent lighting in there so you can see where you're parking. Half the time you can't even see the flippin white lines!

cashman · 19-04-2005, 14:28

i was done once for not displaying my disk,my own fault i know,but i was in state of distress at the time having just lost a loved one. i was told by the attendant who was actually stood at my car writing out the paper that did not matter you have commited an offence. that is the nearest ive come to smacking someone in the gob.so please make sure you park correctly if thats what the b******* are doing now.

WillowTheWhisp · 19-04-2005, 14:30

jobsworths...............

vorlon24 · 19-04-2005, 14:36

You just wait, soon they'll be painting double yellows under your car, with wardens in attendance...

ShortStuff · 19-04-2005, 17:52

If the car next to you is parked outside the lines, you have to park outside the lines also to give yourself enough elbow room - you can bet by the time the warden comes around the original car will have left and you would get fined!

lettie · 19-04-2005, 18:04

I saw one of the wardens in there today, writing a ticket for either non-display of disc or parking outside the lines (or both). It is annoying when somebody takes up 2 spaces in a car park where spaces are limited. I didn't think Accy had that problem though, as nobody ever shops here anyway, there should be plenty of parking.

I have to say that it is my pet hate at work if someone takes up 2 spaces. We have trouble enough trying to find a space if we are on late shifts. I think our parking wardens at work have just started fining for this too. Maybe it's a new money spinning idea for councils and big organisations in debt in order to try and recoup their financial losses.

WillowTheWhisp · 19-04-2005, 18:12

The spaces aren't really all that big considering the size of some cars. Ours has very thick doors which means they take up more room when you open them.

vorlon24 · 19-04-2005, 18:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettie

I saw one of the wardens in there today, writing a ticket for either non-display of disc or parking outside the lines (or both). It is annoying when somebody takes up 2 spaces in a car park where spaces are limited. I didn't think Accy had that problem though, as nobody ever shops here anyway, there should be plenty of parking.

I have to say that it is my pet hate at work if someone takes up 2 spaces. We have trouble enough trying to find a space if we are on late shifts. I think our parking wardens at work have just started fining for this too. Maybe it's a new money spinning idea for councils and big organisations in debt in order to try and recoup their financial losses.

Maybe Rover should have done that - they've got a few cars (well, did have...)

Neil · 19-04-2005, 18:24

If someone has parked over the white line then don't park next to him if it means you have to as well. It annoys me when people park at an angle on level 2 because they are that bad parkers they can't get the car straight. I agree with disabled parking spaces to a point. It does make my laugh, in a sort of pee'd off way, when disabled peple park right outside the arndale entrance then go walking around town. Leave the spaces for wheelchair users I say.

Sara · 19-04-2005, 18:51

A friend of mine got fined a few weeks ago for parking over the line, she's appealed against the fine but don't know how she's got on.

Doug · 19-04-2005, 18:58

I'm pleased to say that I got myself a disk last week? I didn't realise you needed one until I was stood in front of the sign and notice the rules (I was using the sign to shield me from the b*****y rain so I could do my coat up).

I have to say if you think you have it bad you should come and live up here. You pay for all your parking in town and the b*****ds fine you for fun………

vorlon24 · 19-04-2005, 20:03

Double yellow lines are springing up in all sorts of places in Tunbridge Wells. The biggest employer in the town a few years ago is now no more (bought by an Australian company, who proceeded to asset strip and then left in the lurch), but there are still too many cars and not enough spaces. The car parks charge in the region of £5 per day.

I am glad I don't have to drive to work every day to find a parking space and then pay for it.

Margaret Pilkington · 19-04-2005, 20:06

I wouldn't ever park on the Arndale. I always park on Aldi......mainly because I am shopping there too. At least on Aldi you can see the parking spaces.......and they are of a decent size........I'm sure the ones in the Arndale are for midget cars.

Gobsmacked · 19-04-2005, 20:10

The amount of room they give you to get onto the ramps to the higher levels must have been designed for minis too. Has anyone ever succeeded in parking an mpv in there?