Clamp down on the real culprits (From Warrington Guardian)
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Parking in Lymm - clamp down on the real culprits
3:21pm Thursday 12th July 2012 in Letters
I SYMPATHISE with last week’s correspondent Kevin O’Brien who was fined for forgetting to display a ticket in the free Pepper Street car park in Lymm.
I too have been fined for the same thing, a simple mistake which is costly. What frustrates me even more as a regular visitor to the village is that it’s all very well the wardens blitzing the car park but what about the rest of the village?
Last Saturday it was mayhem with lazy motorists parking on the yellow lines outside Pepper Street car park to get to the cash point, the yellow lines outside Sainsbury’s, the yellow lines by the lower dam, the yellow lines outside the Spread Eagle and the yellow lines outside the sweetshop on Eagle Brow.
All parked because they are too idle to find somewhere sensible but they are the real nuisances by causing obstructions. Do they get tickets from the warden? No.
I suggest if the council wants to make some real money it looks to the other parts of the village – they would have a field day.
CAROLINE MARLFIELD Grappenhall
Comments(12)
Nick Tessla
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5:32pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Perhaps some of the people parking elsewhere are doing it because of people overstaying their free parking time.
local man
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9:45pm Thu 12 Jul 12
silverlady54
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9:10am Fri 13 Jul 12
The Maestro
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11:09am Fri 13 Jul 12
silverlady54 wrote:parking on double yellow lines doesn't mean they are causing an obstruction, that is a different motoring offence. How many of the cars on the yellow lines display blue badges? I'm sure WBC would have sent a parking attendant to Lymn if there was money to be made
I have to agree with Caroline about the appalling parking in Lymm village. I drive through the village around 1.45pm several times each week, to avoid Brookfield Road which is a nightmare. The number of vehicles causing an obstruction by parking on double yellows is amazing. They seem to have absolutely no consideration for other drivers.
silverlady54
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12:03pm Fri 13 Jul 12
The Maestro wrote:As Caroline said, the cars are left there by people going to cash machines or just 'popping' into a shop and not bothering to use the car park properly. Most of the vehicles are not displaying blue badges and are indeed causing an obstruction because of the narrowness of the roads in the village and the poor visibility for those trying to negotiate the bends safely.
silverlady54 wrote:parking on double yellow lines doesn't mean they are causing an obstruction, that is a different motoring offence. How many of the cars on the yellow lines display blue badges? I'm sure WBC would have sent a parking attendant to Lymn if there was money to be made
I have to agree with Caroline about the appalling parking in Lymm village. I drive through the village around 1.45pm several times each week, to avoid Brookfield Road which is a nightmare. The number of vehicles causing an obstruction by parking on double yellows is amazing. They seem to have absolutely no consideration for other drivers.
The Maestro
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1:09pm Sat 14 Jul 12
old-codger
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7:58pm Tue 17 Jul 12
local man
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7:33am Wed 18 Jul 12
Nick Tessla
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2:17pm Wed 18 Jul 12
local man wrote:Getting a London cab to travel up to Grappenhall and take her into Lymm would cost a fortune!
Or take a taxi, better value than a London cab.
:-)
AppleJunkie
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12:07pm Thu 19 Jul 12
old-codger
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2:30pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Flash123 says...
4:10pm Thu 12 Jul 12
Oh, the irony.
From someone who is too idle to get a simple ticket out of a machine.