Pensioner sickened by Blackburn with Darwen Council (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Pensioner sickened by Blackburn with Darwen Council
2:30pm Friday 14th September 2012 in News
Pensioner sickened by Blackburn with Darwen Council
A DISABLED pensioner is considering moving house after he received a parking ticket despite displaying a valid permit.
Adam Mohammed, who lives in Shearwater Drive, was told when he moved in that he would need to pay for a residents’ permit to park in one of the three spaces outside his housing association flat.
The 69-year-old applied to Blackburn with Darwen Council for the pass and was given a stamped letter which allowed him to park until the permit arrived. But, despite following the guidelines, Mr Mohammed said he was still slammed with a £35 fine.
The father-of-three, who drives a black Vauxhall Meriva mobility car, said: “I applied for a permit about four weeks ago and they told me to put the letter they gave me in the window of the car, so I was definitely not expecting a ticket.
“I spoke to the traffic warden and he said I should appeal it and the council should not get away with it.
“It is making me very ill, I struggle to get to my car as it is.”
Mr Mohammed suffers from a heart condition and arthritis and has recently been in hospital after suffering a seizure.
He said the stress of receiving the ticket, despite having done everything he could to avoid it, was making him feel even more ill.
He added: “It is an absolute joke.
“I need my car, it gets me out of my flat.”
A council spokesman said: “There is some discrepancy and he needs to formerly challenge the penalty charge notice in writing or by email.
“That way we will be able to look into the exact circumstances surrounding the case and determine a course of action.”
Comments(30)
chris283
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2:40pm Fri 14 Sep 12
MJA
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2:41pm Fri 14 Sep 12
Moonman
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2:48pm Fri 14 Sep 12
Seriously??? Doesn't the traffic warden work for the council too?? Talk about slopping shoulders..
darwenTower
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3:06pm Fri 14 Sep 12
But is this fella really fit to drive?
"Mr Mohammed suffers from a heart condition and arthritis and has recently been in hospital after suffering a seizure. "
Major Tom
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3:22pm Fri 14 Sep 12
JayEss
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3:27pm Fri 14 Sep 12
Moonman wrote:We don't pay traffic wardens enough. Pay peanuts, get Monkey's. As a result they can't think for themselves, they have simple rules and the follow them.
“I spoke to the traffic warden and he said I should appeal it and the council should not get away with it."
Seriously??? Doesn't the traffic warden work for the council too?? Talk about slopping shoulders..
No permit = issue ticket.
It's a rubbish system but for some reason they don't want warden's thinking for themselves. Common sense isn't actually that common.
onetrack
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3:46pm Fri 14 Sep 12
I thought you had to inform the DVLA if you had any kind of fits.
My sister had one fit and the DVLA took away her licence till she had not had a fit for 2 years.
I dread to think what would happen if this gentleman had a siezure whilst driving his car ..
grumpyoldlady
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4:29pm Fri 14 Sep 12
retired one
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4:40pm Fri 14 Sep 12
onetrack wrote:My thoughts too. He also has a heart condition, which could probably cause him to have an accident if he were to suffer an heart-attack whilst driving.
Forgive my ignorance, but... is a siezure not a type of fit?
I thought you had to inform the DVLA if you had any kind of fits.
My sister had one fit and the DVLA took away her licence till she had not had a fit for 2 years.
I dread to think what would happen if this gentleman had a siezure whilst driving his car ..
lwg76
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4:49pm Fri 14 Sep 12
This is the type of person this numnuts Borough Council wants to give a Parking Camera to so they can issue more penalties.
CapitaBackHander
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5:03pm Fri 14 Sep 12
accy lad and proud
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5:08pm Fri 14 Sep 12
jack daniels
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6:04pm Fri 14 Sep 12
grumpyoldlady wrote:You'd be pulling double shifts on this paper.
"He needs to formerly challenge the penalty charge". I think you mean he needs to FORMALLY challenge the penalty charge. Two different words with entirely different meanings. I am looking for a job, any chance of one with the LT as a proof reader?
Chugger
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6:56pm Fri 14 Sep 12
CapitaBackHander
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7:15pm Fri 14 Sep 12
Chugger wrote:Good story... I know what this guy is on about. I got a ticket in Bolton (never been back) for parking 5 mins over my time and they wouldn't quash it. I have threatened to jump off three bridges since.....oh heck you and this article have brought it all back.....bye.
Bloody hell this is a crap story, I got a parking ticket in Manchester and managed to get it quashed.. let me tell you, that was a roller coaster ride of emotions, it was on a damp & dreary Christmas Eve last year - Primark was packed, they'd run out of those Rudolph Xmas Woolly Jumpers.. Had to send a scanned copy of the valid ticket in and explain that it must have blown off the dashboard someway somehow. I suggested that they invest in a machine with stickers to positively afix it to the screen...like they do in smaller towns like Clitheroe.. well two weeks later they accepted my story and warned me not to o it again.. phew...
sen c ble
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7:20pm Fri 14 Sep 12
CapitaBackHander wrote:Pensioner's tend to suffer from stress prone anxieties, particularly when diagnosed with other illnesses, unless if he'd been hanging in during his young life and nicknamed tough cookie!!!
FFS - what a pathetic 'news' item. Stress and ill from getting a parking ticket.
sen c ble
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7:36pm Fri 14 Sep 12
brian jones
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8:54pm Fri 14 Sep 12
Info-warrior
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9:47pm Fri 14 Sep 12
As he been given the all clear to be on the road by his medical team and insurers..? After his heart problems and all the seizures that could occur again while driving passed schools playgrounds and hospitals were vunerable people cross the road. "My God" Its an accident waiting to happen I can see someone getting injured due to his thoughtless parking and driving antics..He could be a serial parking offender for all we know or just anti-social. He was probably treated bad as a kid comes from a broken home all the usual excuses for breaking the law.
So is this story really a news item that we should take any notice of or have any intrest in..? "as some have posted".. I think that somebody might have had a good idea telling us this sh1te if they want to get his documents checked just to make sure his insurer's know about his dreadful medical condition and his anti-social parking offences.
willerby
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10:09pm Fri 14 Sep 12
ghanto
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11:20pm Fri 14 Sep 12
anonther
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2:03am Sat 15 Sep 12
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Now with an envelope with one A4 sheet of paper, was that a hard slam or a delicate slam. Did it sound like a door slamming.
Or did it silently drop through the letter box and the flap slammed?
Re-reading, did it slam his body? in which case there may be a claim for assault against the Council.
I''m rambling.......
woolywords
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2:07am Sat 15 Sep 12
anonther wrote:there's some cans in the fridge here and am sure some of the are Heinekin..
"Mr Mohammed said he was still slammed with a £35 fine"
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Now with an envelope with one A4 sheet of paper, was that a hard slam or a delicate slam. Did it sound like a door slamming.
Or did it silently drop through the letter box and the flap slammed?
Re-reading, did it slam his body? in which case there may be a claim for assault against the Council.
I''m rambling.......
Am having this curry then going to bed but you are welcome to help yourself to them..
icannotrace
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7:30am Sat 15 Sep 12
Bloody expensive parking ticket if you ask me
icannotrace
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7:31am Sat 15 Sep 12
Bloody expensive parking ticket if you ask me
Info-warrior
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1:37pm Sat 15 Sep 12
willerby wrote:Its a mask..
He doesn't look like a Mr Mohamed to me!!!!!!!!!!!
Darwendude
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4:41pm Mon 17 Sep 12
Darwendude
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4:44pm Mon 17 Sep 12
tadeusz_s
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2:49pm Mon 8 Oct 12
midas says...
2:38pm Fri 14 Sep 12
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Cut and paste this Mr Mohammed!
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Dear Sir,
Re: Parking ticket at Shearwood Drive.
having recently moved to the area I am awaiting the Residents Permit that I recently applied for. In accordance with your instructions I placed the letter of confirmation in the window of my car. Unfortunatley i have received a parking ticket which i wish to appeal as it was incorrectly given.
Yours etc etc.
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you can have that for free!