tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19453705943886653442024-03-13T02:04:12.724+00:00BOLTON PARKING ISSUESBarry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-10692629415721439692010-03-28T09:56:00.017+01:002011-02-04T01:03:35.098+00:00GMPS CLAMPERS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy__qUM5ssBkJfGFLuym57IeI5ByRotRjEvyKzp_Ur9WxUaf8XhXsAQsVRjnSnLivKNhq-qdr6jEgrLtQSA5eF3DhoeEK3_ITZBdZX7UYk5CKdUSyTWq45eI4KmmdRJnOVGfzSyYZ8YFgO/s1600/Letter+Clamper.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnRtVwBHJtL-XE0lsz9lLkZrrpKP4bYeCzylZ6GrzAlvbct5XFZCnRidlr0odoQ6L6Wx0KM_7qbbvlrYXUTxRltQxawlYckOe2kcEXuNSjR8TqXserWBOu6cBQCunAIiNG8WggwEQGaA_/s1600/IMG_0001.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453612350106094034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnRtVwBHJtL-XE0lsz9lLkZrrpKP4bYeCzylZ6GrzAlvbct5XFZCnRidlr0odoQ6L6Wx0KM_7qbbvlrYXUTxRltQxawlYckOe2kcEXuNSjR8TqXserWBOu6cBQCunAIiNG8WggwEQGaA_/s400/IMG_0001.JPG" /></a>Clampers are the dregs of society, modern day Dick Turpins that prey on unsuspecting motorists and wrest money from them at any opportunity they can get.<br /><br /><div>Miss X from Bolton got in touch with me for help after her car was clamped in Lottery Row at the back of Wetherspooons Nelson Square Bolton, it was the night of the rally of the two groups, unite against facism and the english defence league, Miss X had tried to park near Nelson Square but the Police moved her on and told her to find a parking place elsewhere, she parked in lottery row and failed to notice that signs for clamping were deployed very high up on the wall in front of where she parked, but when she returned to her car on Sunday the car had been removed, she telephoned the Clampers and spoke to Danny who told her that her car had been towed away to a compound in Wigan, it was actually parked near a scrap yard on Kirkless Industrial Estate Cale Lane, Danny told Miss X that the Bill would be £500 plus £35 per day storage fees.</div><br /><div>I phoned Danny and informed him that I would take him to court if Miss X handed any money over, I arranged to meet him at the location in lottery row, I arrived there early and phoned him again we remonstrated over the phone, at one point he told me that he was on another phone talking to a solicitor, the solicitor turned out to be his mummy, who must have set up Danny and taught him how to screw money out of motorists, but then thats what solicitors do best, Danny clamper refused to meet me, Mummy's knowledge of litigation appears to be somewhat limited, most solicitors have some basic knowledge of litigation but she appears to know nothing, Danny is also a Bouncer and the folk I spoke to around where he clamps say they don't like him.</div><br /><div>Miss X phoned me again and informed me that Mummy's boy Danny clamper had said that he would remove the clamps for the initial clamping fee of £150 which she didn't agree with. £150 to clamp and £250 are excessive and this sum is deemed as a punishment, only the state have the legal authority to punish anyone in this country, I informed Miss X that if she had to pay the £150 then do it and I will still take him to court, no judge worth his salt will allow anyone to have to pay £150 for a parking contravention. especially by an emotive subject of clamping.<br />On Friday Miss X phoned me and told me that Mummy's boy Danny said that he would release the clamp for free provided that she signed a waiver not to take him to court, we arrived at the location at 1815 hrs, Miss X's mum had already been to the location to recce the area during the day, so she knew where the car was parked, but Clamper Danny didn't know this, Danny clamper was already there, he produced a piece of paper with notes on it stating that the clamp would be removed only if Miss X signed the waiver, Bully boy Danny clamper had told me that his Solicitor mummy had made out the letter, not well up on the law then is she, she should have known that one cannot sign away your rights under duress in this country and it is Blackmail to ask anyone to sign something under duress, the definition is as follows:<br />The exertion of pressure or threats, especially unfairly, in an attempt to influence someone's actions. and To attempt to influence the actions of (a person) by unfair pressure or threats.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUOnBRTcbErBCOuTzOUwNcDT8eAiP4YgXfliKFsilphpqFal-aQAsXXu_nzK6pEQBJxdVvdH5NTyiCX1nimlW8aFNm1WLUwlHOkybKjwbpeXZVOkEJaGFQ45PeCybA0ITn7g-GCJOaA5n/s1600/Letter+Clamper.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 334px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453631821215967714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUOnBRTcbErBCOuTzOUwNcDT8eAiP4YgXfliKFsilphpqFal-aQAsXXu_nzK6pEQBJxdVvdH5NTyiCX1nimlW8aFNm1WLUwlHOkybKjwbpeXZVOkEJaGFQ45PeCybA0ITn7g-GCJOaA5n/s400/Letter+Clamper.jpg" /></a> I phoned the police but theyt said it was a civil action, they are wrong.<br /><br /><div>The clamp was eventually removed only to find that the car wouldn't move because the handbrake was stuck on, Danny clamper had to find a mechanic to free off the brakes so it could be driven. Danny clamper was given the invoice before we left.</div><br /><div>Danny clamper had no lawful right to move the vehicle from lottery row, he did it to free up the space so another fly could get caught in his expensive trap, there are three criteria that a car can be removed lawfully, these are:</div><br /><div>1. Dangerously parked</div><br /><div>2. Causing an obstruction</div><br /><div>3. Blocking an emergency exit<br /><br /></div><div>The car was not causing any of these three criteria, so why was it towed away? was it to make room for another sucker, I believe it was, if it did not meet the criteria and Danny Clamper removed the car then it is theft. Miss X was deprived of her car for six days because of Danny Clamper's unlawful actions, Danny Clamper told Miss X that had it been an older car the charges wouldn't have been as high, this is surely unlawfull, at the time of writing this I have just come off the phone speaking to Danny Clamper who said I must stop harrassing him because earlier I had phoned him to ask him for his SIA number which he has refused to supply me with, he had already given me the number but when I entered it onto the SIA website it was refused, I believe he gave me the wrong number on purpose, Danny clamper put the phone down on me so I phoned again this time his mummy answered, she is supposed to be a solicitor and by the way she spoke to me I do not believe she is a solicitor, she was extremely rude and wouldn't allow me to get a word in edgeways, she said she was recording the call, I will put in a subject access request to get a copy, she repeated that she would report me for harrassment, I have now reported the incident of the clamping to the Independent Police Authority, who will now investigate why the Police took no action when I phoned them on Friday last regarding Danny Clamper forcing Miss X to sign a waiver under Duress. </div><div>Danny Clamper charges £35 a day for storage for keeping the vehicle on Kirkless Industrial Estate, clamped vehicles are not even kept in a secure compound.</div></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-61784629795415140932008-08-16T01:03:00.011+01:002008-09-02T11:54:41.059+01:00Tree with a preservation order saves £60 parking fine...(click on pics to enlarge them)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrqaljm6w2unaT3Ljv6_cgKtEjq75Zo20ceSrc3F-rAQsFQJpixdGKqiRouD49keoiRGd4412MZKmSPSAjWW0rdjQ51tkbT0kRJeQGGXmwOHNirBYM6wEzFbpxPpw0TbcOnBPNVB4TuHP/s1600-h/Trees+pruned+sefton+council+cancelling+PCN.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235202378305367122" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrqaljm6w2unaT3Ljv6_cgKtEjq75Zo20ceSrc3F-rAQsFQJpixdGKqiRouD49keoiRGd4412MZKmSPSAjWW0rdjQ51tkbT0kRJeQGGXmwOHNirBYM6wEzFbpxPpw0TbcOnBPNVB4TuHP/s400/Trees+pruned+sefton+council+cancelling+PCN.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihImmx_TkSyB93ATXlkk7oXmMnznvbCTFJty18QjQUphZVwfwsIWHcu3Iz-mwPozqz6eKZezS9eKt9ho-a2Azo_DnUPygXMg7HR3UoCq0q-gGrf5HvV3pCMogCDVfSmdStDRcWLnHX25v-/s1600-h/trees+pruned+sefton+council+rejection+letter.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235196337419297522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="366" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihImmx_TkSyB93ATXlkk7oXmMnznvbCTFJty18QjQUphZVwfwsIWHcu3Iz-mwPozqz6eKZezS9eKt9ho-a2Azo_DnUPygXMg7HR3UoCq0q-gGrf5HvV3pCMogCDVfSmdStDRcWLnHX25v-/s400/trees+pruned+sefton+council+rejection+letter.jpg" width="205" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdsqGkKSGz5SQ7LQ8PHtIQS-5T6T0lv1HqAPLOF-dECaj_wKw8dWItmBgV4W4l3z9BtziSNpj8_0_Z05bcfX1KMTDqYM0Pmzv9IwbWLrb1ypJoROS6aqXgWRHlrtIfWF0q80BsWFuhUQP/s1600-h/trees+pruned+sefton+council+offending+tree2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235196144145532162" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px" height="260" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdsqGkKSGz5SQ7LQ8PHtIQS-5T6T0lv1HqAPLOF-dECaj_wKw8dWItmBgV4W4l3z9BtziSNpj8_0_Z05bcfX1KMTDqYM0Pmzv9IwbWLrb1ypJoROS6aqXgWRHlrtIfWF0q80BsWFuhUQP/s400/trees+pruned+sefton+council+offending+tree2.JPG" width="344" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-nFbNvmDKKqW6CF-oUBU-CPGgosJ5qP_8cifPcFhP-6pYjWCRvKu9Rwo39gX8_58VDZXXQs1_p_UTONr63xdGNNhKUQ8VBRyHvAeXZxLf3Tyu-nOaooFuwoirHJGW9HXmdGtexqNtqxI/s1600-h/trees+pruned+sefton+council+offending+tree1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235195800757742770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px" height="263" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-nFbNvmDKKqW6CF-oUBU-CPGgosJ5qP_8cifPcFhP-6pYjWCRvKu9Rwo39gX8_58VDZXXQs1_p_UTONr63xdGNNhKUQ8VBRyHvAeXZxLf3Tyu-nOaooFuwoirHJGW9HXmdGtexqNtqxI/s400/trees+pruned+sefton+council+offending+tree1.jpg" width="337" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>After a TV programme I appeared in some months ago on North West Tonight regarding parking in Bolton a Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Halpin</span> from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Sefton</span> Borough saw it and got in touch with me, she told me she was taking her disabled child to the doctors but there was no parking spaces on the surgery car park (sounds familiar) she parked outside on Double yellows and took her son into the Doctors, she made sure he was safe and returned to the car to move it, but a Parking Attendant was already issuing a Parking Ticket, Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Halpin</span> explained to the parking attendant what she had done, but he just said you can stay there for 24 hours now, you can only get one ticket every 24 hours. Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Halpin</span> sent informal mitigating representations to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sefton</span> Parking Services but her pleas for mitigation were turned down by Mrs S. Lynn from parking services informing Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Halpin</span> that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">PCN</span> was issued correctly and Pay up or appeal.<br />I asked Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Halpin</span> for pictures of the area where she got the ticket and found that the kerb tab on the double yellow lines (no loading between certain times) was badly faded, but more significant was the upright <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">signplate</span> which though carrying the correct diagram for the restriction was covered by foliage, it is not a motorists job to hunt around for sign plates showing the restrictions and certainly not her job to move foliage about to read the sign, the council sneakily sent Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Halpin</span> pics of part of the yellow kerb tabs which were in good repair and the picture of the sign plate (above) however it transpires that the Tree had a preservation order on it and presumably that was why it was overgrowing the sign, but how many parking Tickets were issued where this sign is, not to mention the lies on the letter from Mrs E. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Morriss</span> stating that she was cancelling the ticket on the original representations from Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Halpin</span>, sorry but it is Hogwash had Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Halpin</span> not asked for my help, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Sefton</span> Council would have taken £70 off Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Halpin</span> without batting an eyelid, so I accuse <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Sefton</span> parking services of lying to Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Halipin</span> regarding her initial appeal to the Council, Why did the Council not cancel the ticket after Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Halpin</span> wrote to them with advice from me what to put, its because they were caught with their hands in the till, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Sefton</span> Council join the ever increasing list of lying corrupt councils who are interested in only screwing what they can from vulnerable folk.<br />Mrs S. Lynn should now do the honourable thing and resign along with Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Morriss</span>, the public want only public servants who do the right thing first time, <strong>not after they have been caught out. </strong></div></div></div></div></div></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-24526840374752136042008-08-10T00:54:00.005+01:002008-08-10T01:29:03.282+01:00MALFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE<ul><li>The offence of misconduct in public office, which has been defined as:-<br /><br />"Where a public officer is guilty of misbehaviour in office by neglecting a duty imposed upon him either at common law or by statute, he commits a misdemeanour and is liable to indictment unless another remedy is substituted by statute. The liability exists whether he is a common law or a statutory officer; and a person holding an office of important trust and of consequence to the public, under letters patent or derivatively from such authority, <span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">is liable to indictment </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">for not</span> faithfully discharging the office."</span> </li></ul><p></p><p>SEE POST BELOW</p>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-30289187029732200012008-08-09T11:02:00.014+01:002008-08-16T00:40:26.122+01:00Alan Eastwood Legal Services Director, Bolton Council.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43063yQ4g3YkndmuhvDWy2Oo-chUgpKZ_3Y6gD4Zfch06CGvPZgcAv6hBT5Bj6hbg-R27e0LcrVXqE5rnTtRSIuDu3a8-bGNB1Dyiq3pjfUOYRThmOiugRKcb5EMi_ZsvFrvqkErtLKNW/s1600-h/Sean+Harris.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232844732394312834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px" height="192" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43063yQ4g3YkndmuhvDWy2Oo-chUgpKZ_3Y6gD4Zfch06CGvPZgcAv6hBT5Bj6hbg-R27e0LcrVXqE5rnTtRSIuDu3a8-bGNB1Dyiq3pjfUOYRThmOiugRKcb5EMi_ZsvFrvqkErtLKNW/s400/Sean+Harris.jpg" width="210" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMXpx_rZY-9YSi2DIbXYvKXS1fur1Ougr_ADhXpI89lf05x5UsdlH2wL1f9oLcNxBA2mjbeQ5lO_3kyfL48-_obpYQj7Aqm1oCS0zLwdz63qRAdJi_M-29KLS-rxXyvmMPOoE3bo_ahvP/s1600-h/Alan+Eastwood.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232673274442298066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" height="261" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMXpx_rZY-9YSi2DIbXYvKXS1fur1Ougr_ADhXpI89lf05x5UsdlH2wL1f9oLcNxBA2mjbeQ5lO_3kyfL48-_obpYQj7Aqm1oCS0zLwdz63qRAdJi_M-29KLS-rxXyvmMPOoE3bo_ahvP/s400/Alan+Eastwood.jpg" width="258" border="0" /></a><br />Alan Eastwood (left) Director of Legal Services and Sean Harriss (right) Chief executive of Bolton Council. Mr Alan Eastwood is the main Protagonist in denying anyone with a claim for restitution of a Penalty charge paid since September 2000 up to and including August 2nd 2006, all of Bolton Councils parking tickets were illegal between those dates.<br /><br />Printed here is a recent Freedom of Information request from a friend to Bolton Council on these illegal parking tickets.<br /><br /><strong>Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000<br /></strong><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">In response to your request for information received at this office on 10 December 2007, Bolton Council is happy to supply the following information. I regret that we were not able to provide this information within the statutory deadline which was 10 January 2008; thank you for your patience in this matter. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">You requested the following:</span><br /><br />003.1 a The Number of Penalty Charge Notices issued between: the 3rd August 2006 and the 22nd August 2006 inclusive.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Answer: 2182 parking tickets.</span><br /><br />003.1 b The number paid and their total value<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Answer: 1,342 totalling £41,170</span><br /><br />003.1 c The number that went to Bailiff stage<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Answer: 0 PCN’s went to Bailiff stage.</span><br /><br />What happened to the other 840 parking tickets valued at <span style="color:#ff0000;">£25,762</span><br /><br />Bolton Council knew those 2182 parking tickets to be illegally issued as a result of a high court ruling which every council operating Decriminalised Parking Enforcement were awaiting the outcome of, this case law now known as Barnet v Moses deemed that all parking tickets with only one date were non compliant, Bolton Council are Corrupt and are made corrupt by a very small minority of the people who run the the council, Bolton Council Legal Dept knew the tickets were not compliant yet fraudulently obtained £41,170 in 20 days from illegally issued Parking Tickets. <span style="color:#ff0000;">Mr Alan Eastwood and Mr Sean Harriss</span> the Chief Executive are refusing to give that money back to the people they took it off despite the fact that it was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">illegally</span> derived income, this is known as unjust enrichment and the council must pay it back now.<br />Now you can see just who are the culprits for not giving back more than £6.5 million every penny of this taken illegally since September 2006, to 22nd August 2006.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">If you paid for a parking fine between September 2006, to 22nd August 2006 then you are legally entitled to your money back.</span><br /><br /><br />The following is from Bolton Councils website:<br /><br /><strong>Legal and Democratic Services:</strong><br />Welcome from the Director:<br />Welcome to the Legal and Democratic Services Department of Bolton Council.<br />The Department's role is to enable the whole Council to fulfil its corporate and democratic responsibilities towards serving the Community.<br /><br />Legal and Democratic Services includes the following services:-<br /><br /><strong>Democratic Services -</strong> plays a major role in the cycle of meetings, the compiling and distributing of agendas for meetings of the Council, Panels, Committees and various other meetings ;<br /><strong>Elections -</strong> deals with the Electoral Register and both Local, Parliamentary and European Elections;<br /><strong>Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages -</strong> plays a vital part in peoples ' lives;<br />Services to elected members;<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Legal -</span> discharges the Council's legal obligations</span><br />Communications and Marketing Agency -</strong> provides effective public relations, communications and consultation service together with the marketing of Bolton nationally and internationallyBarry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-51485591747707676832008-08-09T10:50:00.002+01:002008-08-09T11:01:40.767+01:00Bolton council cave in on Pilkington v Bolton Council reviewBolton Council have done a U turn on the Pilkington v Bolton Council review which they lost in March, after speaking to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal (Formally NPAS)I asked yesterday why was there a delay with this review, I was informed by their appeals Coordinator that Bolton Council were no longer contesting the review, the coordinator was surprised that neither Mr Pilkington or myself had been informed of the decision, she said that the Council should have informed us both of their decision a month ago, sheer incompetence and complaceny from both the Council and the TPT, so nothing new there then, both the Council and the TPT are supposed to inform the appellant and anyone acting on their behalf of these decisions, I have asked legal services for confirmation of this U-Turn but at the time of writing nothing has been received. No reason was given for the climb down.Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-20841715356292305222008-05-09T13:54:00.004+01:002008-08-09T11:20:08.516+01:00Bolton Council apply for a review of the David Pilkington -v- Bolton Council appeal<div><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /></script><br /><br />Bolton Council have applied for a review of the David Pilkington -v- Bolton Council appeal which was heard in March (see below).<br />They have gone bleating to Mr John Hunter Barrister from Kings Chambers in Manchester who has been dusted down and brought out of the cupboard yet again By Alan Eastwood in the Legal dept to waste Bolton taxpayers money, he really does chuck our money around like Confetti, this will be another wasted £1000 to add to the other £2000 already wasted for bringing in Barristers who do not have a clue about the parking Laws, yes Mr Hunter I mean you. </div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-54215812646482499702008-05-09T13:44:00.002+01:002008-12-11T01:06:15.851+00:00NEW LOADIND BAY, Atherton, Wigan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr0jnAUP7Q-waFwTgS_kxuhDanoHg3SqMCiiCc963CGV3BYdY08lG2vhMjAYFQ9EAqLl41VwzS04S17edErBgtP3RI9JxaMwAAJxg2CoS2kvy64rTtOC1r-MeoQ_7XmHrpUz0EvnsnbVk/s1600-h/Loading+bay+Atherton0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198358997779726674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIr0jnAUP7Q-waFwTgS_kxuhDanoHg3SqMCiiCc963CGV3BYdY08lG2vhMjAYFQ9EAqLl41VwzS04S17edErBgtP3RI9JxaMwAAJxg2CoS2kvy64rTtOC1r-MeoQ_7XmHrpUz0EvnsnbVk/s400/Loading+bay+Atherton0001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>United Utilities have been digging up Atherton town centre, Wigan Borough, for over a month , they are now in the throes of completing the reinstatement works of the road, only problem is they got someone to repaint the loading Bay who must have lost his Spellchecker in the trench, either that or they phoned Bolton Council to ask the Highways and Engineering dept how to spell this very difficult word, anyway this is how your money is spent and ultimately wasted.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /></script></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-73636375256904984582008-03-28T01:44:00.012+00:002009-12-02T10:51:07.945+00:00Another Pilkington v Bolton Council win against unlawful bays in Cheadle Square, Bolton.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv-_jy11RpbPewADIOjMKBd5EoOMiIQFv2atiUbhjKCWQ40X5oXQ7-qMhWHgqahiFE1dwRoqs46pwb-r9aWzdR4ZtC8beM0z4Q5VudgZnbI3KfZ_YEeDyA1zA3-1D6BTMAu7-969QtUkz/s1600-h/Cheadle+Sq+Bolton.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182603592603347346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px" height="257" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv-_jy11RpbPewADIOjMKBd5EoOMiIQFv2atiUbhjKCWQ40X5oXQ7-qMhWHgqahiFE1dwRoqs46pwb-r9aWzdR4ZtC8beM0z4Q5VudgZnbI3KfZ_YEeDyA1zA3-1D6BTMAu7-969QtUkz/s400/Cheadle+Sq+Bolton.JPG" width="291" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nWGMEpe3cMzPnFIivkh6ZhnANvoPXroThnDE7Eg9mt74hkTxFf2UJvROS6JeMYEzqylvwl9CK3nSHindUhhs_-M8aRVRzkRx54JHUbYwzBmc0BNaMBeqwN5aGldLaicl8_Qbkwy8MS1u/s1600-h/Cheadle+Sq+REMADE-rs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182603639847987618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" height="225" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nWGMEpe3cMzPnFIivkh6ZhnANvoPXroThnDE7Eg9mt74hkTxFf2UJvROS6JeMYEzqylvwl9CK3nSHindUhhs_-M8aRVRzkRx54JHUbYwzBmc0BNaMBeqwN5aGldLaicl8_Qbkwy8MS1u/s400/Cheadle+Sq+REMADE-rs.JPG" width="295" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /></script></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>The full Adjudication decision is now out for this appeal, Which Bolton Council LOST! unfortunately it is too long to put on here, 14 Pages so if anyone wants a PDF file of the decision please email me at <a href="mailto:bmoss@ntlworld.com">bmoss@ntlworld.com</a> and I will send you a copy</div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-21840632653444685582008-03-28T00:38:00.009+00:002008-12-11T01:06:17.081+00:00PRIVATE PARKING COMPANIES Judge Quashes £300 parking Fine. and the guy in the picture who owns excel runs the Excel car park for Bolton Council<img alt="Add Image" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.photo.gif" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhcXtCVrBfA5tdsft7a7UDiHb0A5ODNRzOovaMGhdIiz54yABdjHo0D41MwVRjHdIHa0-UrgN1zx6Eh9W4w9M5XjrCHdehxtjr64XqS2PdcdTpPeYATsypdTftHmXrtun4GbrHmFjyA8F/s1600-h/Private+parking+Court+Case1%3Drs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182588461433563474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px" height="292" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhcXtCVrBfA5tdsft7a7UDiHb0A5ODNRzOovaMGhdIiz54yABdjHo0D41MwVRjHdIHa0-UrgN1zx6Eh9W4w9M5XjrCHdehxtjr64XqS2PdcdTpPeYATsypdTftHmXrtun4GbrHmFjyA8F/s400/Private+parking+Court+Case1%3Drs.jpg" width="341" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlkpPhsIc3pKW9WvOEIqM8ooMgjPGGOuY_Wl5RTVJIJvYAMTotA7o0CdziT7UF7ugl1R4WSaJw3kNxP47rFwfOktv87nbJDXj_JvDC4noz6xw5LKA7mOJv7kHhJlbaBhetILpZzVdZTJu/s1600-h/Private+parking+Court+Case2-rs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182588744901405026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 358px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px" height="241" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlkpPhsIc3pKW9WvOEIqM8ooMgjPGGOuY_Wl5RTVJIJvYAMTotA7o0CdziT7UF7ugl1R4WSaJw3kNxP47rFwfOktv87nbJDXj_JvDC4noz6xw5LKA7mOJv7kHhJlbaBhetILpZzVdZTJu/s400/Private+parking+Court+Case2-rs.jpg" width="334" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To read the images please click on them.<br />Fines from Private Parking companies are nothing more than invoices, provided you do not admit to driving the car you will not have to pay anything.<br /><br /><br /><br />Whilst a Council parking ticket is directed at the owner or registered keeper, a Private Parking Company (PPC) parking ticket is directed at the driver, Whilst I don't advocate telling lies to the PPC by informing them that you were not driving if you were, if you do not admit to driving then they cannot do a thing about trying to get money, whilst they cannot take you to a magistrates court, they can however take you to the county court, you do not have to incriminate yourself by telling the court you were driving even if you were and you do not have to tell the court who was driving if it was not you. As far as I know NO private parking company has ever taken anyone to court for this type of offence.<br />These PPC's use illegal tactics to scare drivers and most end up paying for fear of the price rising most PPC's are operating a con and should be exposed and made to refund their ill gotten gains.<br />Ignore all letters other than an initial letter informing them that you will treat any further communications as intimidation and harassment and will inform the Police.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtxfueA5SYVdO08m3L_2mmLQgGuiMEJp6Ctx3AbWiXVytNFfMt2ZYvPY4WHASdyrvNBHw9rEHoIDvGZgK_T7fux4Bu_sFZkgFSAeJxtFcIiDYmJLgf-gba7EO2Q6hmn8Nn5At3ZVaZzIG/s1600-h/Moorcroft+Debt+Recovery-rs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182597983376058754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtxfueA5SYVdO08m3L_2mmLQgGuiMEJp6Ctx3AbWiXVytNFfMt2ZYvPY4WHASdyrvNBHw9rEHoIDvGZgK_T7fux4Bu_sFZkgFSAeJxtFcIiDYmJLgf-gba7EO2Q6hmn8Nn5At3ZVaZzIG/s400/Moorcroft+Debt+Recovery-rs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Click on the image to read it larger.<br />This is from a debt recovery company for an unpaid Parking ticket, now totalling £235 and climbing, as I have advised the recipient not to pay them.<br /><br />Notice how they use the name of the company they are acting for as PCN (North West limited) the use of PCN is illegal as it is purely intended to make you think it is a council PCN.<br />Notice how it is from the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Pre Court Division</span> in <span style="color:#ff0000;">RED </span><span style="color:#000000;">to frighten you, then they use the Red Bordered <span style="color:#ff0000;">NOTICE OF INTENDED LITIGATION </span></span><span style="color:#000000;">again to scare you into paying, this is intimidation of the highest kind.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNIVSkvO6mwIIGqUtcZDErBhM1IuaFZZDsNYl7fDiv_M6FXLRaNsrg2oFzdkvSweGjKNaZmeiumQ9fjvWoF65mTjceg3YaUzu_DhX6PBuPYJoBA23oIttCtEzua8bmFo5UyW95ij_xxYL/s1600-h/Moorcroft+Debt+Recovery-rs.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></script>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-13697294230666694082008-02-06T22:49:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:17.613+00:00Bolton Council are missing a Controlled Parking Zone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9yLwFv5iIsnBga_FvlFhtIHgKBYp6W9tri27_QJMbduvkBYna1tMJmVVsa5o3xnkyvnwp8YpFAf3kh3De_59eame8O4xzKy39M2BTwv3TMBLzT-Qa4GlcEHw3RJzwJy21Vhrp1UpwrHx/s1600-h/Dowson+st+in+Dorset+st+CPZ.JPG"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0C74CaLIH8OlZS2xq2a6r7P3QuZh5zjUNj5BGHUwS36z_Hx4AxejcU1dkL4-Fu-kpqavYcVG3uCdfOpeVe4kSiVyUBmVMAT9HDlidYMDgUrA_3HiFiiywGplWus7yoE0nanedFO_57TN/s1600-h/Halstead+St+removed++Plate+sign.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164018034226190034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" height="262" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0C74CaLIH8OlZS2xq2a6r7P3QuZh5zjUNj5BGHUwS36z_Hx4AxejcU1dkL4-Fu-kpqavYcVG3uCdfOpeVe4kSiVyUBmVMAT9HDlidYMDgUrA_3HiFiiywGplWus7yoE0nanedFO_57TN/s400/Halstead+St+removed++Plate+sign.JPG" width="338" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164016711376262818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 339px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px" height="189" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXenS08flaXKo7mz8NJ8DP0IX-tovBJKPDtHGyymwGFs8SXBJJpZjtY_XSuhTRjc9rZrpipRAit58nLoz5iekPip16Et6eBqrn2bOjpcq6PFu_odzyLZ_dW1G8ab0Cj5WC8pkdLI-_-8eD/s400/Halstead+st+in+CPZ.JPG" width="236" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br />Monday 4th Feb above picture with sign in place and Wednesday 6th Feb above picture with sign missing<br /></div><br /><div>A few weeks ago a lady got in touch for help for a Parking ticket she got in a bay in Dorset St Bolton, the lady took some pics of the signs and it transpires she got the ticket in a Controlled Parking Zone.<br />I sent a few emails to the council asking for a copy of the CPZ Order, this order legalises the CPZ so the council can enforce the restrictions within the ZONE.<br />after exchanging a few emails with the Council I got this back the other day:<br />The Subject line reads:<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Controlled Parking Zone, Dorset Street Bolton</span><br />Dear Mr Moss<br />Sorry I missed your call on Friday, I was out most of the afternoon. I’m also likely to be in and out most of today. I think your call may have been in regards to this request. I have spoken to XXXXX XXXXXXX about the order and <span style="color:#ff0000;">can confirm that Bolton does not have any ‘controlled parking zones’.</span> I am still awaiting confirmation from Parking Services about enforcement and will let you have the information as soon as I receive it.<br /><br />All entrances to a CPZ must have a sign to show motorists that they are entering a CPZ and all exits must have a sign that shows motorists that they are leaving a CPZ.<br />On further investigation I took some pictures on Monday 4th Feb of the Controlled Parking Zone Signs, I then emailed the Pics to the Council informing them that a CPZ does exist and low and behold it was in Bolton, yesterday I sent this email.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Hi Paul<br />I have been out today taking pics of the Dorset St CPZ please view the attached pics and let me know whether the CPZ order exists, today I visited the CPZ to check on some other things within the CPZ , as I entered Halstead St I noticed the sign showing that I was entering a CPZ had been</span><span style="color:#000000;"> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">REMOVED</span>.</strong> after a quick drive round I found that </span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>all the entrance and exit signs had been removed.</strong> <span style="color:#000000;">when I returned home this email was received from the Council:</span></span></div><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="color:#000000;"><div><br /></span>Dear Mr Moss<br />I’ve spoken to Parking about the CPZ in Dorset St. There is no CPZ order for the area and they are currently in the process of removing the signs. Parking are not currently enforcing in the area.<br /></div><div><span style="color:#000000;">What a Palaver, Bolton Council said they did not have a Controlled Parking Zone and when I pointed it out to them that one actually existed in and around Dorset st they tried to hide it by removing all the CPZ Signage, then they admitted that they did not have a legal order for it and had to cease enforcing it. the area is about half a square kilometre how can they not know it was controlled, each household pays £30 per year so they can park, now if you are a resident in the area the Council called a Controlled Parking Zone Dorset St you can get your money plus interest back for the last six years, which is about how long the Council didn't know they had this CP Zone for, yet continued to take £30 off each household for the priviledge of paying for parking in a free area because the law was not in place to back up the Zone, also if you received a parking ticket in the Zone in the last six years you too can ask for restitution plus interest, email <a href="mailto:bmoss@ntlworld.com">bmoss@ntlworld.com</a> for advice. </span><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-45089671372358331742008-01-21T18:40:00.001+00:002008-01-21T18:49:05.917+00:00Bolton Council's Contract with NCP or is it NCP ServicesThere appears to be something going on with the contract for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NCP</span> and Bolton Council when I requested a contract so I could submit a tender on behalf of <span style="color:#ff0000;">Mossy Enterprises (parking solutions made easy)</span> I was told that the Council and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">NCP</span> are renegotiating the contract, it appears that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">NCP</span> have changed their name to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">NCP</span> services and it also appears that there is no authority to issue Penalty Charge Notices by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NCP</span> services, it also appears that any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">PCN's</span> issued in the interim could be unlawful i.e invalid, non compliant, void. will keep you posted when I have more info.<br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-80272773227451790722008-01-21T17:57:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:17.932+00:00More proof against this corrupt council 2 more parking tickets cancelled totalling 4, Sheilas Wheels of Conspiracy, Corruption, Fraud, Deception<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvB_Q1VwaI8WrFNWUok4zR-1ou2ZMB2bmwBR0lqww3cuw6-3d4uX90aMduHuaQzqPCfHLmiWaTLnPubMNrTSyafx8JYUFEHs4ibFHIMqE-9qGaDON3TpCkgPEWJkGWTie7d9i1jymSg6Rk/s1600-h/Letter+From+Bolton+Council+canceling+Cheadle+Sq+PCN-rs2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157997849219291618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvB_Q1VwaI8WrFNWUok4zR-1ou2ZMB2bmwBR0lqww3cuw6-3d4uX90aMduHuaQzqPCfHLmiWaTLnPubMNrTSyafx8JYUFEHs4ibFHIMqE-9qGaDON3TpCkgPEWJkGWTie7d9i1jymSg6Rk/s400/Letter+From+Bolton+Council+canceling+Cheadle+Sq+PCN-rs2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SsQW392o-O2BHXhsAN1w9tkJWTyS3ueli0PRwnI1d6i0bC2ce7mhj0gzGrpGUWumHNuvm4NflveAYZJ2wzRxKAzJ-fcTsmsLezU6jNPab9s8Z0ZbI_lN1M_UQ6Hxq4oPU2o4VP-3Xn3W/s1600-h/Letter+From+Bolton+Council+canceling+Bolton+Market+PCN-rs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157996526369364434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SsQW392o-O2BHXhsAN1w9tkJWTyS3ueli0PRwnI1d6i0bC2ce7mhj0gzGrpGUWumHNuvm4NflveAYZJ2wzRxKAzJ-fcTsmsLezU6jNPab9s8Z0ZbI_lN1M_UQ6Hxq4oPU2o4VP-3Xn3W/s400/Letter+From+Bolton+Council+canceling+Bolton+Market+PCN-rs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Bolton Council Corrupt parking regime have cancelled another 2 Penalty Charge Notices, one because because of the delay in dealing with paperwork and the other one because Mrs Jackson says she has lost the paperwork, if you believe her put yer hand up, not many hands up there then, oh yes just the one, oh, its Mrs Jackson, sorry love you can't vote, voting is only for those who believe in justice, put yourself up for a Councillor love they don't believe in justice either.</div><br /><div>Well Sean <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Harriss</span>, CEO of Bolton Council, what sort of a seedy organisation are you running in Bolton, it has got to be the most Corrupt Parking Regime in Britain and getting worse by the day, but if anyone reading this knows a more corrupt Council let me know, and if you can get any logic round the two letters from Mrs Sheila Jackson here let me know. Copies of these are going to the National Parking Adjudication Service so they can see at first hand how Bolton Council are corrupting the Parking Appeals Process. They really are taking the Pizza.<br /></div><div>Anyone reading this and whose <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">PCN</span> is more than 4 months since issue should write to Sheila Jackson and ask for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">PCN</span> to be cancelled, send a copy of the letters above and below or if you want a copy I can email, request and you shall have. <a href="mailto:bmoss@ntlworld.com">bmoss@ntlworld.com</a>. </div></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-389995212795505612008-01-16T13:49:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:17.985+00:00THE PROOF THAT BOLTON COUNCIL ARE CORRUPT<span style="color:#ff0000;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55GPTeD0kN5Pf_x5f9pFjm25kJTRv6_4VPY1mCYPIK4bxLRqP3TpXv-Z2m5uggJfCs_jaUrHPAyiNRu8Day3irTc34drWabmWeGW1LSZMjkcoPgWRtdhlftajkoa6rZNGoi6dTagnh9Z5/s1600-h/Letter+From+Bolton+Council+canceling+2+PCN%27s-rs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156074781907474882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 105px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px" height="180" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55GPTeD0kN5Pf_x5f9pFjm25kJTRv6_4VPY1mCYPIK4bxLRqP3TpXv-Z2m5uggJfCs_jaUrHPAyiNRu8Day3irTc34drWabmWeGW1LSZMjkcoPgWRtdhlftajkoa6rZNGoi6dTagnh9Z5/s400/Letter+From+Bolton+Council+canceling+2+PCN%27s-rs.jpg" width="246" border="0" /></a> Please click on the Page to read insert.</span> <div>Attached is a letter from Parking Services run by an incompetent woman by the name of Sheila Jackson, it is Mrs Jackson who runs a Corrupt Parking regime with the blessing of Councillors and Council Officers, Alan Eastwood, Malcolm Cox and the CEO Sean Harrass who appears to do very little but oversee the running of this Corrupt Council. read the attach letter and see if you can understand the rantings of a totally illogical woman who is running of all things a Parking Services. She has used a decision in an appeal that did not exist and was never ever brought to light to cancel two Parking Tickets both of which were mine, she has corrupted the appeal process by lying on Bolton Council headed notepaper, does she think we are stupid.<br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /></script></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-65990978699724658942008-01-15T12:58:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:18.247+00:00Costs Awarded Against BOLTON COUNCIL<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hPwh8gUaokb5meDYjZWUNHnw75AwBz_u2rhdJnTvltRvkOzBuvm3lvjn3Qbj7RdnmyhSwltu47oZ0DbnE2M71e9V49oqSTP9vpri4SJQ8bUUMLE-clf6NNnSAvNo6xrCLICInlZ6md2_/s1600-h/NPAS+Costs+award+John+Burns+JPEG+Page1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156067716686272930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px" height="298" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hPwh8gUaokb5meDYjZWUNHnw75AwBz_u2rhdJnTvltRvkOzBuvm3lvjn3Qbj7RdnmyhSwltu47oZ0DbnE2M71e9V49oqSTP9vpri4SJQ8bUUMLE-clf6NNnSAvNo6xrCLICInlZ6md2_/s400/NPAS+Costs+award+John+Burns+JPEG+Page1.jpg" width="132" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvTvgDEzRh-H5uEtgQ6gmaAUiIIMP1zFAcdJ5-mpAU28iLkOVgi4yF6Cjfk-uS8FGls1HdcBgW3ygCY24IjYuXuDy5k3c0T0y8zNlRLJBmWq0spOSGL2oO2AgKZi8oVFqqEEvcwyoKQZ5/s1600-h/NPAS+Costs+award+John+Burns+JPEGPage2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156069640831621554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px" height="289" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvTvgDEzRh-H5uEtgQ6gmaAUiIIMP1zFAcdJ5-mpAU28iLkOVgi4yF6Cjfk-uS8FGls1HdcBgW3ygCY24IjYuXuDy5k3c0T0y8zNlRLJBmWq0spOSGL2oO2AgKZi8oVFqqEEvcwyoKQZ5/s400/NPAS+Costs+award+John+Burns+JPEGPage2.jpg" width="199" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">Please click on the page images to read.<br /></span></em></strong><div>This Corrupt Council that is Bolton has had costs awarded against it by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NPAS</span>, this may be a first for costs awarded regarding a no contest plea by any council. Bolton Council gave a no contest plea to an appeal regarding Mr John Burns.<br />I first got involved with Mr Burns when he phoned me for help as he had received a Parking ticket in a Taxi Bay in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Knowsley</span> St Bolton. I checked the bay and confirmed the bay did not comply with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">TSRGD's</span>. (nothing new there then in Bolton) Mr Burns had already exchanged several letters with the council who gave the two fingers to him basically saying we want our £60, John came down to my house and we spent a few hours compiling a defence, we had got the info back from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">NPAS</span> giving the date of the appeal and a copy of Bolton Councils Defence came the week before appeal day. Then with just days to go Mr Burns received a letter from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NPAS</span> informing him that Bolton Council had put in a NO CONTEST plea so there was no need to go to appeal, a victory but an Hollow one, it transpires that this Corrupt Bolton council found out I was involved and didn't want to take me on because they knew they would lose the appeal. I phoned <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">NPAS</span> and asked for what reasons did the council enter a No Contest plea, they said the Council gave no reasons, at this news I put the wheels in motion for a review to force the council to the appeal procedure, I knew this could not happen but it laid the foundations for a costs award for not revealing a reason for No Contest plea, I again wrote to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">NPAS</span> on behalf of John asking for cost and damages for stress and anxiety about £200, but they said they would not allow an award for damages and if a realistic amount was submitted he would look at it. I entered £46 for Johns costs and submitted this and on Saturday John received this enclosed important letter from Mr Stephen Knapp informing him that costs had been awarded against Bolton Council of £46, this is one in the eye for this corrupt council and hopefully others who read this can take heart that Councils cannot take an appeal to the wire then suddenly back out without giving a reason, and expect not to be punished, Thank you Mr Knapp.<br />If you require a copy of the decision in PDF format please reply to this blog leaving your email address and I will send the PDF to you. or email me at <a href="mailto:bmoss@ntlworld.com">bmoss@ntlworld.com</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></script></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-65361045104375206062008-01-10T13:28:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:18.545+00:00Mr K Jalali V Bolton CouncilThis adjudica<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUG98mVVa99O37jrHQJnj8aKHNUABGyjiHWHsmtE-AeXmg2SDA3SuyHHCoNtyWroVxrXs_gLzMGbk2k9tYwLVcaJhVSrpZhoICeie7ewvwtctlai8e-D10pc4BtnigQC6_TrWW_SyWy8Hc/s1600-h/Mawdsley+St+Loading+Bay2-rs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153849224343968146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" height="238" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUG98mVVa99O37jrHQJnj8aKHNUABGyjiHWHsmtE-AeXmg2SDA3SuyHHCoNtyWroVxrXs_gLzMGbk2k9tYwLVcaJhVSrpZhoICeie7ewvwtctlai8e-D10pc4BtnigQC6_TrWW_SyWy8Hc/s400/Mawdsley+St+Loading+Bay2-rs.JPG" width="314" border="0" /></a>tion was heard on 14th Decem<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfgCOImybKN3TwOU6QKLChZAtyZNnZKTu7tZs_VHqJxqZrQXBoPkeMf4x8-ST0SjAlrwgw8TQ4zVAzb84snM8jAqkGYsEcXdlb0RmXwI5qkbTG68bjIowR7sphEcV422EhOxJBuSzZa_2/s1600-h/Mawdsley+St+Loading+bay+newly+painted2r-s.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153848399710247298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 198px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" height="164" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfgCOImybKN3TwOU6QKLChZAtyZNnZKTu7tZs_VHqJxqZrQXBoPkeMf4x8-ST0SjAlrwgw8TQ4zVAzb84snM8jAqkGYsEcXdlb0RmXwI5qkbTG68bjIowR7sphEcV422EhOxJBuSzZa_2/s400/Mawdsley+St+Loading+bay+newly+painted2r-s.JPG" width="145" border="0" /></a>ber and I had a hard job convincing the adjudicator that the bay in the picture was unlawful, he was the type of guy who just because there is a bit of paint on the Tarmac that looks like it was a bay then it must be a bay, however as the Adjudicator Mr Mark Hinchcliffe did not have a copy of the TSRGD's with him and I had my copy, I was able to prove that the bay did not exist in Law therefore it was unlawful, of which the DfT agreed with. Mr Hichcliffe was a biased ajudicator and made appellants feel that they were on test and not the Council, in a fit of Pique he had a go at the selfish motorist who park illegally, may I remind Mr Hinchcliffe and the Council, it is not illegal to park in an unlawful bay. The pictures are before and after the Council Changed the bay.<br />The Following day I sent a letter to NPAS complaining that Mr Hinchcliffe was not qualified to continue as an adjudicator as he had made several errors in law and did not have the necessary reference material required for an appeal to be heard justly and fairly.<br /><br />I can send a PDF copy of the adjudication or read it here.<br /><br /><br />National Parking Adjudication Service Case No: BO 05375E<br />Adjudicator’s Decision<br />Mr Keivan Jalali-Bijari and Bolton Metropolitan Council<br />Penalty Charge Notice BO61050311 Penalty Charge £60.00<br />Appeal allowed on the ground that the alleged parking contravention did not occur.<br />I direct the Council to cancel the Penalty Charge Notice and Notice to Owner.<br />Reasons:<br />The PCN was issued on 02 September 2007 at 16:32 to vehicle MT51 KKV in Mawdsley Street<br />for being parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading.<br />In a remarkable email from the Appellant to the Council dated 25/10/07, Mr Jalali-Bijari accepts that he parked in a loading bay – albeit, he says, for only 10 minutes. Nevertheless, he resolved to exercise his right to appeal and, when composing his email, indicated that he would reveal no more details of his grounds of appeal until the hearing. This strategy had, I was told, been successful for other motorists in Bolton. The Council sent a Notice of Rejection.<br />Mr Jalali-Bijari’s Notice of Appeal, however, raised an issue in advance of the hearing, albeit one<br />which I find to be without merit. Mr Jalali-Bijari asserted that the PCN failed to comply with<br />S66(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 because, he says, instructions for payment appeared on the<br />tear-off slip. The papers contain a full copy of the PCN. The instructions for payment are, in fact, on the back of the PCN itself.<br />At the hearing, the Appellant raised a new point. I considered whether to adjourn the case, but<br />since Bolton Council had chosen not to attend, and since the point raised seemed to be<br />unanswerable, I decided not to adjourn.<br />Mr Jalali-Bijari demonstrated that the markings of the bay on 2/9/07 were inconsistent with the requirements of the Traffic Signs Regulations 2002. Recently, the bay has been re-painted<br />correctly. I have photographs in the file of ‘before’ and after’.<br />In my judgment, the potential for confusion is, in this case, miniscule. The bay is clearly a<br />loading bay, and it is manifestly clear from Mr Jalali’s email that he knew it was a loading bay,<br />and he was not confused at all by the signage.<br />However, save for de minimis variations, the design of signs, and marked-out bays on the road,<br />must comply with the regulations.<br />I therefore have to ask myself - is the double line at the end of this bay a de minimis variation?<br />An email dated 5/10/07 from an official in the Dept for Transport to a Mr Moss (in relation to a<br />different, but similar case) described an identical instance of incorrect marking, where the end of<br />the bay is wrongly marked with a double white line instead of a single white line, as “an unlawful<br />hybrid of 1028.4 and 1032 which does not conform to a single diagram in TSRDG 2002”. The<br />official (john.munns@dft.gsi.gov.uk) will presumably have chosen his words with care, and be<br />aware of the implications of such a rigid analysis, and the use of the word ‘unlawful’. If a bay<br />design is ‘unlawful’, it is clearly unenforceable and, consequently, anyone can park there<br />(without doing any loading or unloading) for as long as they like – which is clearly a recipe for<br />chaos, and to the great detriment of the people and businesses in the area who need ready<br />access to a loading bay unencumbered by selfish motorists who park there with no intention of<br />loading or unloading.<br />I was shown what appears to be evidence that, in May 07, Mawdsley St was on a list of<br />highways requiring attention due to lines having sustained “wear + tear”. It has now been repainted correctly. I have also considered the wording of the PCN, the Notice to Owner and the<br />Notice of Rejection, and have found the wording of all these documents to be unobjectionable. I<br />therefore find the various additional points raised at the hearing in relation to these matters to be entirely without merit.<br />Solely because, at the time the PCN was issued, the Loading Bay marking did not strictly<br />comply with regulations, I have decided to allow the appeal.<br />Mark Hinchliffe<br />Parking Adjudicator appointed under Section 73 of the Road Traffic Act 1991<br />Date: 16 December 2007<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br /><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br /><br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /><br /><br /></script>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-18750241080668809192008-01-10T12:39:00.000+00:002008-01-10T13:28:24.776+00:00James Keiller v Bolton Council October 2007The above was an appeal heard on 26th October 2007, this was an adjudication Mr Keiller could not lose, yet Bolton Council Spent nearly £1000 defending the appeal of which they would have received only £60 had they won, yet it was only the conceited legal dept who thought they could overturn an high court ruling. the Barrister Mr Hunter from Kings Chambers Manchester was given a good rattling by Mr Stephen Knapp the Adjudicator.<br />Bolton council used a Barrister because they thought if they could convince the Adjudicator that the PCN's they issued were legal because there was only a date of issue on the PCN and no date of Contravention they would be able to hold onto around £6M of income taken unlawfully, but as Bolton council were the only ones who believed that they could win the appeal spent good taxpayers money defending the indefensible. however they are obliged by law to issue restitution plus interest. If you or anyone you know had received a parking ticket before August 22nd 2006 you can now get your money back. phone me on 01942 818687 for more information or email me on <a href="mailto:bmoss@ntlworld.com">bmoss@ntlworld.com</a> for a template letter.<br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-31780157865080178582008-01-10T12:29:00.001+00:002008-12-11T01:06:18.783+00:00Darley Street Farnworth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4V94SmoXXUaSGd9-wIEGx5aT57Iohhi4CMFV0SOwUhBRMuLRoxXjfdAPHSeDQZpxMTeITBkL9GwuovaAww8_hQiLXvyv1-P82PnzeoeMWsPJLLAToRyk6ZPIJORSyF3x8ZZEToo_q6aZ/s1600-h/Darley+street+farnworth.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153824197569534322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px" height="208" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4V94SmoXXUaSGd9-wIEGx5aT57Iohhi4CMFV0SOwUhBRMuLRoxXjfdAPHSeDQZpxMTeITBkL9GwuovaAww8_hQiLXvyv1-P82PnzeoeMWsPJLLAToRyk6ZPIJORSyF3x8ZZEToo_q6aZ/s400/Darley+street+farnworth.jpg" width="361" border="0" /></a> Yes!!! there are supposed to be double yellow lines running up from the white line at the bottom of the Picture and running under the wheels of the white van on the right of the road joining up with the yellow lines further on. Bolton Council have been informed about this lack of signage and have been asked to cease enforcement until the signing complies with statute. If anyone reading this has been given a ticket in Darley St you should put in for a refund as the TRO is not in use because of the lack of signing. I think I may just go down there next week and invite a Parking Attendent to give me a ticket.<br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /></script>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-6701150850841369752008-01-10T12:18:00.000+00:002008-01-10T12:27:34.822+00:00New Knee<script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><br />Sincere apologies for lack of posts on here since having my new knee fitted.<br />I got a very serious infection and was in Hospital for 10 days over the Xmas period, however after having 67 bags of broad spectrum Antibitocs dripping into me the aggressive treatment brought the infection under control, after isolating the last of the offending bacteria I was discharged on 31st December taking home nearly 600 differet penicillin tablets, I came out with a severe cold, the first cold I have had for many a year, this minor irritant floored me for a further 10 days and I am now just beginning to regain my strength back to what it was pre op.<br />So it is all systems go against this Corrupt Bolton Council<span style="font-family:arial;">. </span>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-69818944325533697822007-12-02T11:56:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:19.319+00:00New Left KneeBEFORE<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TCLBZs7wVHltb8PeoBuE_KXjW7v2iLGb8EedmWIoUtDxZtfxJSgz5zeCChg7-Nhy_ZDIyvQmVjTSBV_QToFiGqn7LUaCn8rq5X5f4qdVlU4uL5L5XSS8lzyA-ja79hbiTXw08gLLXYQd/s1600-r/xray+before.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139349535929703282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 252px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px" height="352" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQvLx0YL7ZHF5MAUslkGkOGBX004Q0ZfyBVWUS6t50rbyEyPb_GwMJbYlV2TZI9rcIuEmBldxzKJkr-58DI2J-5rzI6SMIJnL4_YY1B0mLLL-wBFX8UwJFyUoz-n2NeSk52ZmjJYYe_pkT/s400/xray+before.bmp" width="265" border="0" /></a> AFTER <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtW7_TnmF1Mz5ogWadxbYss1-58jIBYvxXzD4-s1j1RExUJHU1jzCLHiWz0VmhcUGROXYkcWUW3VzUOBIR2VVn0WQ3G0jYFu3Xq6BAeLnB59f08eyjMduAhHJXFYsL0GaJsaqOWfNxZra/s1600-r/xray+after.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139530289628355490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 366px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" height="222" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniURQv5e6Jshaj14PlVEdduJmCGK-NCapIuzl1SsTahYfhZTIop_okWh-rB5BXZjSaDPtkYz_-_MsScfPWW3dGKOVT6xl_1disLZb9AUoQ28du7DfgE30FIZmGa14YDhXSrJK7xj_NCBe/s400/xray+after.bmp" width="363" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JkMvuyeA7rx2PirrkDHa2U3jOUY5PQWYXeZWlISNw23ioHlW287weyS1zDIW8B1K8pN149uAJOhB7hi0pGs6gj2l1jlo0wn_DLwrTzt9bnR5Vq-vG0mzY9XV1z7dimzgCvbjh-GsPNbv/s1600-r/xray+after.bmp"></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtW7_TnmF1Mz5ogWadxbYss1-58jIBYvxXzD4-s1j1RExUJHU1jzCLHiWz0VmhcUGROXYkcWUW3VzUOBIR2VVn0WQ3G0jYFu3Xq6BAeLnB59f08eyjMduAhHJXFYsL0GaJsaqOWfNxZra/s1600-r/xray+after.bmp"></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Well i'm back and together with my brand new Oxinium Left Knee fitted by the pioneer of Oxinium knee replacements in this country Dr John Davidson at the Broadgreen University Hospital Liverpool. Still a bit sore but occasionally I can walk on it, very happy that everthing went without a hitch they even sent me home a day earlier to continue my campaign against the Illegal Bolton Council. This new Knee will come in very handy when I'm measuring the new lines on the new illegal bays in Bolton.</div><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></script></div></div>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-42493893902606156892007-11-17T00:05:00.000+00:002007-12-02T11:56:03.005+00:00No Blog for a weekI am at Liverpool's University Hospital later today 07:30 for a new Knee, if I can get to my PC when I come out I will continue to lobby the Council regarding the unlawful Bays. Incidentally Malcolm Cox's remarks earlier this week in the Bolton News throws up another criminal charge against the Council, that of Conspiracy, definition of Conspiracy "A secret plan or agreement between two or more people to commit an illegal or subversive act"<br />So we now have. Deception, Fraud and Conspiracy.Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-36849361687660268972007-11-16T23:36:00.000+00:002007-11-17T00:02:58.080+00:00Letter sent to CEO Bolton Council and Local CouncillorsDear Mr Harriss and Councillors,<br />In Wednesday's Bolton News the council are reported as stating that only two bays within the Borough were unlawful. As everyone involved in parking issues realises this is incorrect to a degree that cannot be mistaken for a genuine mistake, far from there being only two illegal bays I would put it to you that we will be hard pressed to find two bays that are compliant with the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002. (TSRGD) I have investigated many bays at various locations throughout the Borough and ALL are unlawful and this has been verified by the DfT which unconditionally states the Bays fashioned by the Highways Department and subsequently supported on several occasions by Parking Services, Legal Services and various councillors are illegal Hybrids of a 1032 bay and a 1028.4 bay.<br />Councillor Peel stated that the council has acted in good faith and the council were updating the Traffic Orders, this statement verifies the bays were unlawful by stating the Traffic Orders were invalid, and Malcolm Cox has now admitted an abuse of office by stating that the Council have known since 2002 that the bays were wrong, despite this knowledge Bolton Council continued to issue unlawful Penalty Charge Notices on Unlawful bays across the Borough, and as a consequence unjustly enriched the council finance department coffers with illegally derived income.<br />The statement in The Bolton News Wednesday 14th November by Mr Cox is untrue, there were no changes to the design of the bays, just a recommendation that some bays can be narrowed to 1800mm to minimise any obstruction, (See below) there were changes to sign plates but not to bays see information below from Department for Transport, a full script of the changes from 1994 TSRGD to the 2002 TSRGD is attached.<br /><br />The problem goes back to Sept 2000 when the Council took over Decriminalised Parking Enforcement from the Police, yet after 7 Years the Council have done nothing to change the bays to make them Lawful, the Council were more concerned with deceiving the public by not informing them that the bays did not comply with Statute, enforcement should have been suspended until the bays were made Lawful, The council did none of these and continued to extort money from an unsuspecting public by defrauding them<br />Mr Harriss and Councillors, are you aware that more than 22,000 Penalty Charge Notices were enforced by Bailiffs since September 2000? The largest payment I have found paid to a Bailiff was £800 paid for parking in what is now admitted was an unlawful bay and the vast majority of these 22,000 Warrants of Execution will have been issued unlawfully and very possibly that number will have to be increased now that you have admitting that the Traffic Orders are not compliant, if the Traffic Regulation Orders do not comply, a parking contravention cannot occur. If the Bay is non compliant the contravention cannot occur.<br />I now ask the Councillors in the interests of Justice to force the issue of a public meeting regarding the circumstances surrounding parking bays in general and the unlawful application of PCN’s in particular and I will continue to insist for this in the interests of maintaining democratic processes and open-ness in Local Government.<br />The Council have lost the trust of the Public because of the lies, spin and misinformation that has been issued time and again from more than one department but which has subsequently been shown for the fiction that it is.<br /><br />The local press and the vast majority of the public are behind my campaign against such deliberate illegality in local government and the Council are quickly losing credibility which it may be already too late to regain and thereby restore the situation to one of trust and reconciliation.<br />If the Council do not act in a positive and constructive manner soon this issue will get worse before it gets better.<br />The Council has been well and truly caught appropriating cash illegally, much better to address the situation now by admitting the irregularities rather than at a later date when the situation has been made worse by even more lies and deceit because by that time the public will be left in no doubt as to whether the Council is corrupt or not.<br /><br />A requirement of regaining that trust must surely be disciplinary action against those responsible because they MUST have acted contrary to Council Policy. There is also a requirement for an honest and determined effort to be made to track down and make full and proper restitution to all those people illegally deprived of money and goods and thereby put right a grave miscarriage of Justice.<br /><br />Incidentally I have now discovered that all the Bus Stop Bays in the Borough may also be unlawful, the Council were given until 31st December to comply with the New regulations from the TSRGD’s 2002 if Councils did not change the bays by then they should have been removed from the roads, see attached PDF file. The Council have just spent maybe a couple of hundred thousand pounds to resurface and re-sign Deane Road, it appears that the bus stop signing is illegal and the Bus Stop bay should be to Diagram 1025.1 on page 175 of the TSRGD’s 2002, however they can be easily rectified to make them compliant.<br /><br />The mind boggles at the blundering incompetence of Bolton Council’s Highways and Engineering Department, The Legal Department and the Environmental Services Department, Mr Cox is quoting the 2002 Regulations to excuse the re-signing of the unlawful bays due to cost but he doesn’t use the same regulations to make everything lawful, i.e. Parking Bays, Bus Stop Bays, Signs and Plates etc, he apparently wants it both ways. How many copies of the TSRGD’s do the Council require before someone actually picks one up to read it.<br /><br />Barry Moss<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>TSRGD's 1994 amendments 2002 TSRGD's<br /></strong></span>For disabled badge holder parking spaces (diagram 1028.3) may be reduced to a width of 1800mm where, on account of the nature of the traffic using the road, the width of the carriageway is insufficient to accommodate a wider bay.<br /><br />20. Parking bays for buses are now prescribed as a variant of diagram 1028.3 (white marking and legend) rather than diagram 1028.2.<br /><br />21. A new variant of the bay marking to diagram 1028.4 allows bays to be marked “Permit holders only”, which may be helpful where adjoining sets of bays are reserved for different classes of user.<br /><br />26. Not all bus stops will have to be clearways if the bus stop flag sign is the only sign used (as may be appropriate on roads where buses can always pull up at the stop without being obstructed by parked vehicles).<span style="color:#ff0000;"> But any bays marked out for bus stops or stands after the TSRGD 2002 have come into force will have to include the edge of carriageway clearway marking shown in diagrams 1025.1, 1025.3 or 1025.4, and be accompanied by an upright sign to diagram 974 or 975 indicating that stopping by vehicles other than buses (or local buses) is prohibited. </span><br /><br />27. A saving has been included in regulation 3 for existing bays to diagrams 1025 and 1025.2 to be retained until 31 December 2006 – <span style="color:#ff0000;">by which time the bays should either have been converted to clearways by the addition of a continuous yellow line along the edge of carriageway, <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>or the bay marking should have been removed.</em></strong> </span></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;">It could be argued that the Council are still using the TSRGD's 1994 which has now been revoked. This would not surprise me in the least.<br /></span></span><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-61865526962551400062007-11-14T23:23:00.000+00:002007-11-15T01:43:36.720+00:00Information on Restitution and Template letter for claiming such.<span style="font-family:times new roman;">Si<span style="font-size:130%;">mple definition of restitution for a fuller <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">explanation</span> search for "Laws of Restitution"</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">res·ti·<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tu</span>·<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">tion</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">rĕs'tĭ</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">tū'sh</span>ən, -<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">tyū</span>'-) n.<br />The act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered. .<br />The act of making good or compensating for loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.<br />A return to or restoration of a previous state or position.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Restitution based on Unjust Enrichment by Bolton Council due to the fact that the Council took away money from an individual in this case motorists, this income was unlawfully derived and as such you can ask for it back, in Wednesday's paper the Council are admitting that some bays are not correct, two in fact, (Does anyone really believe that) The Council cannot hold onto unlawfully Derived income they must with all due diligence trace the person who paid the Council the sum of money demanded on an unlawful bay and offer restitution, any money left over cannot be kept it must be given to a Charity or Charities.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">For example: Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Bloggs</span> pays £90 for a parking ticket for not displaying a Pay & Display ticket in Le-Mans Crescent in 2005, it later transpires that the bay was found not be be lawful because it did not comply with the Traffic Signs Regulation and General Directions 2002 it was an unlawful Hybrid Bay, this was confirmed by an email from the Department for Transport run by our very own Ruth Kelly, the council admit that the bays are unlawful in a statement issued by the Director of Environmental Services Malcolm Cox, on the same day another statement was issued by the Director of Legal Services inviting motorists who have been given a Penalty Charge Notice on any unlawful Bay that they could apply for a refund.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">If you don't have the Parking Ticket details then first you must ask the Council for these details, Phone Parking Services on 01204 336352 give the vehicle reg No of the car you got the ticket for or your address and they will give the ticket number ask where the location was and the day it was issued and the Contravention on which the ticket was issued.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Now write to Parking Services at The Parking Shop, Minerva House, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Chorley</span> Street, Bolton, BL1 4AL. stating this:<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Dear Parking Manager.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">With reference to recent newspaper reports, regarding unlawful bays, I received a Penalty Charge Notice BO 1234567 for a contravention code 06 Parked without clearly displaying a valid pay & display ticket or voucher, this was in Barn St, Bolton on 15<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">th</span> August 2006, that bay has since been declared unlawful, therefore under the laws of restitution I ask that you repay the £90 I paid plus the parking charge of £0.70 plus statutory interest of 8% from the date you received payment and up to the present date, this amounts to a total of £107.04 which includes interest of 8% £16.04 interest will be added at 2p per day until payment is received</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Failure to pay could result in a claim being filed in the County Court</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Yours Faithfully </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Joan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Bloggs</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">If you had the Bailiffs in then it is different:</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Example 2: Mr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Bloggs</span> got a parking ticket for Parking on the Mayors Bay (Permit Bay) in October 2006, it transpired that the bay was later deemed to be unlawful and the Council by their actions after a call from a parking campaigner changed the bay twice in just over 5 months and apparently it is still wrong. the Council in a local newspaper article admitted the bay was wrong actually straying away from the word unlawful, but by their own actions deemed the bay to be unlawful.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Using the letter above but adding in the relevant bits send this.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Dear Parking Manager.<br />With reference to recent newspaper reports, regarding unlawful bays, I received a Penalty Charge Notice BO 2345678 for a contravention code 16 Parked in a permit space without displaying a valid permit, this was in Victoria Square North , Bolton on 15<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">th</span> October 2006, that bay has since been declared unlawful, therefore under the laws of restitution I ask that you repay the £384 I paid to the Bailiffs plus damages of £175 for anxiety and distress plus statutory interest of 8% from the date you received payment, this amounts to a total of £607.53 which includes interest of 8% £48.53. interest will be added at 13p per day until payment is received.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Failure to pay could result in a claim being filed in the County Court<br /><br />Yours Faithfully<br /><br />Joe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Bloggs</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">If you had the Bailiffs in and they levied distress on your Goods and Chattels (Goods that <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Bailiffs</span> can move, Car, T.V, Dishwasher. DVD, etc)</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Using the letter above but adding in the relevant bits send this.<br /><br />Dear Parking Manager. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">With reference to recent newspaper reports, regarding unlawful bays, I received a Penalty Charge Notice BO 3456789 for a contravention code 30 Parked for longer than permitted, this was in School Street <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Westhoughton</span>.on the 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">th</span> September 2003. that bay has since been declared unlawful by a spokesperson from the Department for Transport, therefore under the laws of restitution I ask that you repay the £85 I paid to the Bailiffs plus damages of £175 for Anxiety and Distress plus Compensation for the removal of my goods and Chattels (See inventory list left by the Bailiffs) amounting to £3,230 which at auction and other Bailiffs charges amounted to realising only £397 off the cost of the Penalty Charge which was £472, I also claim statutory interest of 8% from the date you received payment, this amounts to a total of £4659.66 which includes statutory interest of 8% £1169.66. interest will be added at 81p per day until payment is received.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I also reserve my right to file a claim in the County Court for Punitive Damages.<br />Failure to pay could result in a claim being filed in the County Court </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Yours Faithfully</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Mrs Janet Smith</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-52251008976852532662007-11-14T22:24:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:19.362+00:00The Unlawful Bays and The LIE the whole LIE and nothing but LIES from Bolton Council<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8ihCwHZF88SUUn6IAgV5_dEMECG0uyYLOXDzLjSMSbS6TI1eOHkdE-q83cNQ3lDe3JZAubGRJYj8OYuvfXpax40kPVq2QC1xOZuj0SqIuvUF2JCk_8jPvPHtfUt8am3vlxCGy5dwyjOi/s1600-h/Barn+St2-rs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132833696091536498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8ihCwHZF88SUUn6IAgV5_dEMECG0uyYLOXDzLjSMSbS6TI1eOHkdE-q83cNQ3lDe3JZAubGRJYj8OYuvfXpax40kPVq2QC1xOZuj0SqIuvUF2JCk_8jPvPHtfUt8am3vlxCGy5dwyjOi/s400/Barn+St2-rs.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The back alley to the left in Barn Street is still being enforced despite me informing the Council that the lines are unenforceable.<br /><br />In response to Bolton Council's statement in the Bolton News on Wednesday 14<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> November 2007 about there only being two bays that were wrong and if it was you who made the statement Mr Eastwood then your nose should be getting fairly large by now, also if you are a lawyer in the Legal department you have brought shame on your profession by being economical with the truth.<br />Below is a list of all the Parking Spaces I have checked out, photographed and documented, there are 89 locations in Bolton where a parking ticket can be issued if I haven't found any lawful bays in the 24 locations listed below, what are the odds of me finding any in the remaining 55 locations, anyone want to give me some odds, no takers eh!<br /><br />If anyone wants a pic and an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">explanation</span> of why any of the bays numbered below are unlawful email me, I will reply to your enquiry to the best of my endeavours, please leave your email address so I can make the reply, if anybody wishes to put in a claim for a refund then now is the time to do it.<br />I am away for a week in hospital from Saturday having a knee replaced (and my head examined) when I get back I will reply via email. <a href="mailto:bmoss@ntlworld.com">bmoss@ntlworld.com</a> or <a href="mailto:illegalfines@ntlworld.com">illegalfines@ntlworld.com</a><br /><br /><br />If you wish to get your money back then please read the next blog for a template letter.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">BOLTON'S UNLAWFUL BAYS<br /></span></strong>1. Le- mans crescent = 3 Pay & Display bays approx holding 18<br />2. Le- mans crescent = 1 Loading Bay approx holding 2<br />3. Howell Croft North = 1 Pay & Display bays approx holding 5<br />4. Howell Croft North = 1 Taxi Bay approx holding 5<br />5. Victoria Sq North = 1 Taxi Bay approx holding 4<br />6. Victoria Sq North = 4 Disabled bays approx holding 10<br />7. Victoria Sq North = 1 Permit bay approx holding 1<br />8. Victoria Sq South = 1 Disabled bay approx holding 4<br />9. Victoria Sq South = 3 Pay & Display bays approx holding 8<br />10. Victoria Sq North = 2 permit bays holding 2<br />11. Howell St South = 1 Pay & Display bays holding 2<br />12. Howell St South = 1 Loading bay holding 1<br />13. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Cheadle</span> Square = Series of Echelon bays approx holding 16<br />14. Queen St = 2 Pay & display bays approx holding 12<br />15. Queen St = 2 Disabled bays approx holding 2<br />16. Barn St = 1 Pay & Display bay holding approx 6<br />17. Back St Gardens = 1 Pay & Display bay holding approx 10<br />18. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Silverware</span> St = 5 Pay & Display bays holding approx 20<br />19. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Churchbank</span> = 1 Disabled bay approx holding 3<br />20. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Churchbank</span> = 4 Pay & Display bays holding approx 20<br />21. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Churchbank</span> = Series of Echelon bays approx holding 7<br />22. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Mawdsley</span> St = 1 loading bay approx holding 1<br />23. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Mawdsley</span> St = 1 Pay & Display bay approx holding 2<br />24. Back <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Cheapside</span> = 2 Disabled bays approx holding 8<br />25. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Knowsley</span> St = 1 Taxi bay holding approx 6 Taxis<br />26. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Knowsley</span> St = 2 Loading bays approx holding 3<br />27. Back <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Knowsley</span> St = 2 Loading bays approx holding 4<br />28. Central St = 1 loading bay approx holding 2<br />29. Crown St = 1 Loading bay approx holding 2<br />30. Dawson Lane = 2 Pay & Display bays approx holding 12<br />31. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Gartside</span> St = 1 permit holders only bay approx holding 6<br />32. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Gartside</span> St = 4 Pay & Display bays approx holding 14<br />33. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Marsden</span> Road = 1 Pay & Display bays approx holding 5<br />34. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Marsden</span> Road = 1 Loading bay approx holding 2<br />35. Lorne St = 1 disabled bay approx holding 2<br />36. Deane road = Free outside 257 Deane Road approx holding 7<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Westhoughton</span><br />School St = 1 Free bay restricted times approx holding 6<br />King St = 1 Loading bay approx holding 2<br />King St = 1 Disabled bay approx holding 2<br />Mill St = Resident permit bay approx holding 5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /></script>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-37622179993561362712007-11-09T23:49:00.000+00:002008-12-11T01:06:19.762+00:00Illegal Parking Bays repainted, Still not Correct TAXI BAY Victoria Sq North<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCTYP6UNaTkIt_QonH9EuIlUGk9JkfyFORwSLYiFWBu2NjECy2jBoD2STF1MZoJ6ZsfHeAm0u3rrn_CgTA0ul5HuhqTHS-Jlx-9nmJRnRY95E0wSgvfi89H4tIvgdgQP0JiEEnSHD9dak/s1600-h/Vic+Sq+N+Taxi+Bay+2-rs.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131014780750356354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px" height="226" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCTYP6UNaTkIt_QonH9EuIlUGk9JkfyFORwSLYiFWBu2NjECy2jBoD2STF1MZoJ6ZsfHeAm0u3rrn_CgTA0ul5HuhqTHS-Jlx-9nmJRnRY95E0wSgvfi89H4tIvgdgQP0JiEEnSHD9dak/s400/Vic+Sq+N+Taxi+Bay+2-rs.JPG" width="235" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130996763362549618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" height="323" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIstStWN4LbuqfDCS0Lxaf2ahkzgqrW9Fid_q8EEYqVVU33slkGPUM0B-p7CQUmQyrpNiQHL7XtJpkYic6WnpXS3EOxkWkvg1T5avdS2dBXO9GLCsB5yH0_ssEWPjjCbNn2oaIuY6ns3aF/s400/REMADE+TAXI+BAY+VIC+SQ+N-RS.JPG" width="400" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />>>>>>>>>> BEFORE >>>>>>>><span style="font-family:courier new;">Click on the pics to enlarge</span>>>>>>>>> AFTER >>>>>>>>>>>><br /><br />I have had a look at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bolto</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">n's</span></span> new bays yesterday and whilst they have still not yet finished them all, this taxi Bay appears to be nowhere near what the bay should look like, the signing is totally incorrect, they are haphazard, </div><blockquote><p><strong>A spokesman for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Department for Transport </span></span>said:<br /></strong>The upright sign seems to be a permitted variant of sign 650.2 in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 and the bay may conform to road marking 1028.2 This bay reserves parking for taxis should not have road marking 1018.1 which means <strong><em>parking is prohibited at any time.</em></strong> One may imagine circumstances when one combines road markings diagrams 1028.2 and 1017 but not 1018.1.<br /><br />a 1017 diagram is a Single Yellow Line a 1018.1 is a Double Yellow Line so it appears that Taxis are not even allowed to park lawfully. There are 3 lines at the start of this bay and two at the other end, there should be two lines only at each end. the lines should be 600mm and the gaps can be 600mm Min to 2400mm Max, the minimum and maximum measurements gives the council Latitude to make the bays so that the <span style="font-size:130%;">Character of the Marking is maintained</span> within the length of the bay, in other words the Gaps and Lines <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">longitudinally</span> should all be the same size, i.e the Lines should all be 600mm and the gaps should be whatever calculation the length of the bay determines them to be, there is a variance of 15% above and 10% below , but the character needs be maintained despite the variance. So despite all the money the council have thrown at this bay it is still unlawful, <span style="font-size:130%;">"It <strong>does not exist in Law".</strong><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">S</span></span>o nothing new there then and more to the point.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Free Parking and</span> Wasted Council Tax<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Mr Molyneux please take Note!<br /></span></strong><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /><br /><br /><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br /><br /><br /><br />urchinTracker();<br /><br /><br /><br /></script><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/display.var.1814406.0.illegal_parking_bays_are_repainted.php#comments">http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/display.var.1814406.0.illegal_parking_bays_are_repainted.php#comments</a></p></blockquote>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945370594388665344.post-56687457779393005052007-11-06T11:28:00.000+00:002007-11-06T12:07:21.561+00:00Police put parking investigation on holdThe Police have put the investigation on hold until the Council can come up with a water tight excuse for illegally taking money off motorists for parking in illegal bays in and around the Town Centre. Superintendant Durkin from Bolton central told me that the Council were using Chapter 5 of the Traffic Signs Manual to back up their reason for laying down illegal bays, The Traffic Signs Manual reinforces my allegation that the Bays are illegal and nothing in the TS Manual overrides the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002.<br />On Thursday through Mr Paul Winnard a spokesman for the council, I gave the Council until Midnight on Monday 5th November to Cease enforcement of all on street parking bays where a penalty charge notice can be issued and to issue restitution to all motorists who were given a Penalty Charge Notice in those bays, I can say that no communication has been received from the Council.<br />I must now ask Bolton Police to carry out a full criminal investigation of the Illegal Hybrid Parking Bays in Bolton.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;">The following was taken from Saturdays Bolton News<br /></span></blockquote></span><script type="text/javascript"><br />_uacct = "UA-2918786-1";<br />urchinTracker();<br /></script><br /><br />POLICE have put an investigation into claims parking bays across Bolton are illegal on hold.<br />Leading officers agreed to look into the allegations after they were contacted by campaigner Barry Moss.<br />Mr Moss, aged 61, of Daisy Hill, says he has yet to find an on-street bay in Bolton where the white markings comply with regulations.<br />He claims some bays are the wrong length, while in others individual parking spaces have not been marked out and the gap between split white lines alongside the bays is the wrong size.<br />Mr Moss says the council is guilty of misfeasance - wilful misconduct by a public officer.<br />But police have put their investigation on hold while the council seeks legal advice.<br />Supt Andy Durkin said: "The council do not accept at face value what Mr Moss is saying and are seeking legal advice.<br />"Until such time that advice is clear I am not going to add a third dimension to the situation."<br />Mr Moss said he accepted Supt Durkin's decision.<br />But added that the council must now suspend enforcement across all parking spaces, make them legal and then repay more than £6 million in fines.<br />The council this week suspended enforcement on two parking bays with space for 18 cars in Le Mans Crescent and Victoria Square North.<br />It admitted they had been repainted to the wrong length.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>By removing these lines, could the Council be accused of Tampering with Evidence, however I have photographs of the bays before they were changed.</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.neilherron.blogspot.com/">http://www.neilherron.blogspot.com/</a>Barry Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05798942036678717650noreply@blogger.com0