Traffic wardens field day
 

Does'nt affect any in our household cos we do'nt drive but yesterday whilst necking a couple of bevvies in the Calder i couldnt help but notice how many must have signed up for the overtime(with the food festival being on).They were out in force & slapping tickets on window screens hither & thither.Come on,maybe if Accy had better free parking facilities maybe hosting an event of this scale would bring more visitors in.I'm sure a few went home with their ostrich pies & cider & cucumber cheese thinking 'over the odds priced food + parking ticket,wont be back next year'.Still i had a good day,'cept for the missus spending an eternity in the new shoe shop.Off to devour my venison steak.:)

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Isn't all parking in Accy free ?

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outside the calder is for disabled drivers so they deserve to get tickets if they arnt supposed to be there

hopefully they will catch more of those morons that choose to park on teh roundabout there as well causing problems for traffic trying to turn around

theres plenty of free parking around the town center and if people are too lazy to walk a few yards and want to run the risk of getting a ticket then more fool them

behind b&m bargains - free
arndale carpark - free
most of the side streets near lar de dars have 1 hour parking
warner street etc - free
back roads near the post office - free

plenty more places to park im sure so not realy any excuse for using the disabled places if you ask me , unless you have a blue badge that is

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yes it is free dave unlike blackburn where even 1 hour parking slots have a charge , even our arndale is free parking unlike blackburns multi story carpark

people get tickets in accy for illigaly parking, teh council even got rid of the parking disk scheme to make life easier for drivers

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food festival, so thats what it was, we walked through town on the way home from church (yes really) and i was wondering what was going on but little one was hungry and we couldnt stop.

i did say hi to lancsdave today tho :D

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Okay,so i was wrong...free parking all over the town.Try telling any out of towners where the free parking is.The arndale will always be full when theres an event like this on.Viaduct/Mcd's the same.You try explaining to an out-of-towner where they can park up.Smart arse.

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accrington is the same as every other town in teh united kingdom in that it displays signs stating what type of parking it is and how long you get and if theres a charge the signs will say so and a machine to pay your fee if there is a charge , also if you cant see the big white letters saying DISABLED PARKING painted in the roads then you shoudlnt be in charge of a vehicle

aslo theres a little thing called teh highway code that people are made aware of when learning to drive which includes a detailed explination as to what the long yellow lines are for at the side of the road which again are no different than any other place outside of accrington so even outsiders will understand parking regulations

smart ass - i can be

taken a test and passed it - yes

parking tickets - nope

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Who is aslo? :confused:

AS you know matey lots of Accys yellow lines are not enforceable due to lack of maintenance by LCC.

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The best free car park is at the back of the market, otherwise known as the market loading bay. Or at least people thought it was the best until they started handing out tickets the week before last :D

I've been driving for a few years and I find it hard to have sympathy with anyone who gets a parking ticket. Yes there are sometimes circumstances that mean it's bad luck but 99% it's down to arrogance and laziness.

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Not to mention the cost of a replacement window if you park on the one above the market :rolleyes:

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yes i do know lol infact i have advised people on this matter and if peopel get out of fines through lack of maintainance then i hope it encourages LLC to sort outteh road markings but if you want to risk parking where you shouldnt or park up without checking what the restrictions are then you only have yourself to blame if you get a ticket

considering the size of our town center and amount of shops left i would say there is plenty of parking available if your preppared to walk more than 20 yards

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Walk more than 20 yards accyman, come on, how can you expect people to do that:rolleyes: How can you come from Couch Potato, to Olympic Athlete over night:D

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I always park at the back of Abbey st, near the back of the fishing tackle shop.
I have never failed to find a parking spot in Accy.

Blackburn however, I went there today to drop my daughter off at Witton park, thought I'd go to the town centre shops for a look around.
Fat chance of that, as there was no free parking anywhere I didn't bother.

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blackburn is a severe waste of time and from my experience all teh parking has a charge

its just a maze of double yellow lines and parking meters

i guess they have to pay for teh refurbishment of their town center somehow