The ward case work continues to come thick and fast. Anti-social behaviour, private land lord disputes and two cases on the CCTV car.
The CCTV car continues to endear itself in popular folklore as the 'white vulture' swooping down on the innocent and breaking the same laws it seeks to enforce. A policeman who does not comply by the same rules it seeks to impose on everyone else.
Mr Olde from Dunkirk Drive is one such apparent victim. A commercial taxi driver on a job, he was loading his vehicle on single yellow lines when he was caught by the CCTV car.
Despite protestations at the time that loading and unloading of vehicles is allowed on single yellow lines as per the Highway Code, Mr Olde has now received the fine and a rather abrupt letter from the Council. The pictures, quickly taken, once again prove why a mobile vehicle is not suitable when compared to a walking traffic warden who has discretion.
The rushed pictures clearly show Mr Olde parked on single-lines but do not show any loading activity because of the speed with which the CCTV car had moved around the vehicle, to show on the face of it, a traffic offence.
Of course his position will be independently assessed by the adjudicator.
Mr Olde incidently was not parked anywhere near a school and was not parking in a way which caused danger to the public.
Despite protestations at the time that loading and unloading of vehicles is allowed on single yellow lines as per the Highway Code, Mr Olde has now received the fine and a rather abrupt letter from the Council. The pictures, quickly taken, once again prove why a mobile vehicle is not suitable when compared to a walking traffic warden who has discretion.
The rushed pictures clearly show Mr Olde parked on single-lines but do not show any loading activity because of the speed with which the CCTV car had moved around the vehicle, to show on the face of it, a traffic offence.
Of course his position will be independently assessed by the adjudicator.
Mr Olde incidently was not parked anywhere near a school and was not parking in a way which caused danger to the public.
The CCTV car in this case shows why driving past and rushing three photos is the wrong approach to traffic management. The vehicle needs to be fully reviewed and it is time it follows the community priorities, and not the priorities of Conservative Councillors trying to raise a quick buck from the hard-pressed tax payer of Medway.
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