New Zealander paints his own parking restrictions

A New Zealand man who has unlawfully painted yellow line parking restrictions outside his house in Wellington for the last 20 years says he has done so to improve road safety and to protest against gentrification.

Russell Taylor said it was necessary to stop cars from parking dangerously in an increasingly busy street. The city council says the lines are illegal and will be removed.

Mr Taylor has lived on Holloway Road since 1979, he says he has painted the lines intermittently over the last two decades when the parking problem in his street has become especially bad.

The roads have changed a lot since he has lived there and a lot more people now have cars. Mr Taylor sees it as a protest against the failure of the council to take action.

"Cars park on blind corners, and on occasions fire lorries and rubbish collection vehicles have been unable to turn around because vehicles are parked on both sides of the road.

"More recently we have had the additional problem of drivers going far too fast down our narrow street."

A city council spokesman, Richard MacLean, told Stuff New Zealand that it was aware there was a parking problem in Holloway Road, and it will shortly be discussed by residents and councillors.

The spokesman added that it was unlikely that Mr Taylor would be punished for his long-running, unofficial road-marking campaign.

Ford Ka fitted with light blue parking sensors

Watton Towing fitted this 2010 Ford Ka fitted with light blue rear audible parking sensors ( Dolphin Automotive DPS400).

Woman jailed for tampering with parking ticket in Dubai

A 25-year-old German woman has been sentenced to three months in jail after she tampered with a parking ticket.

The Court charged the woman with forgery after the public prosecution recommended for strictest penalty for her.

The offence took place on June 16, 2016. A ticket inspector noticed that one of the cars had a ticket on where the month had been changed by hand. "The fare paid and the parking time did not match," the inspector told the prosecutor.

"It looked obvious that the ticket was issued on May 16 but the car owner changed the date on the ticket to June 16 and left it on the front of the car. I reported the matter to my superior and then to the police."

The defendant admitted that she had got a paid parking ticket on May 16, 2016 and she used the same ticket on June 16, 2016, by changing the month from 5 to 6 so as to avoid buying a new ticket.

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Traffic warden photographed parking on double yellow lines

Workers in an industrial estate were left shocked after a traffic warden parked on double yellow lines before proceeding to check the parking of others.

A passer by photographed the car after seeing a warden in uniform, with ticketing machine, get out and lock his car to begin his rounds.

The photographer joked: “We were wondering whether his was going to be the first ticket he issued or the last.” 

He continued: “We could not believe it when he pulled up, got out of his car and walked off, presumably to do his rounds, bold as brass. The county council put double yellow lines all over the industrial estate because of the parking problems, yet it seems that doesn’t apply to traffic wardens. I guess that if you are the warden there is no one who is going to ticket you. We were just so struck by the irony. He was parked there for around three-quarters of an hour and then left. I don’t know whether he gave it up as a bad job or had a very lucrative trip. Either way he should have some questions to answer.”

The photo of the car was sent to Nottinghamshire County Council, to which Mr Gary Wood, of the highways team replied:

“Although we haven’t had a direct complaint made to the council, we have been made aware of a Civil Enforcement Officer parking on double yellow lines on Wednesday afternoon (of last week) along Brunel Drive, so will be following this up and carefully looking into the circumstances.

“While most Civil Enforce-ment Officer work is carried out on foot, occasionally a car is necessary so they are exempt from most parking restrictions while carrying out their duties.

“This includes double yellow lines, as alternative parking is not always practicably possible.”

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Parking Sensors Fitted to Suzuki Swift

Dolphin Automotive parking sensors installed on to a Suzuki Swift 63 reg.  The parking sensor kit used was the DPS400 in white The kit was installed by Dennis in Rickmansworth.

Front and Rear Parking Sensors Installation on to Vauxhall Adam

This installation was carried out for front and rear parking sensors on to a Vauxhall Adam.  On the front of the car, micro sensors were installed in matt black. On the rear of the car, standard size sensors were installed in pearl.

 

  

Vauxhall Vivaro's Fitted With Parking Sensors

Watton Towing recently fitted Dolphin Parking Sensors to a couple of 2015 Vauxhall Vivaro's.  The sensors on both vans were matt black.  The kits used were rear audible parking sensors DPS400

2005 Landrover Freelander Fitted With Parking Sensors

This 2005 Landrover Freelander went in to Watton Towing for replacement rear parking sensors and they were kind enough to send us these images. 

The factory fitted parking sensors had developed a fault, they were able to remove them and replace with a set of Dolphin Automotive Parking Sensors.  Matt black parking sensors mounted in the original mounts saved their customer ££££s on using genuine parts.

Van installed with flush fit parking sensors

On this van the fitter used a cone cutter to drill a pilot hole, then finished with the hole punch. For this installation the bumper also had to be removed from the vehicle.

Mercedes A 180 Fitted With Custom Sprayed Flush Fit Parking Sensors

This Mercedes A 180 was fitted with flush fit DFM400 parking sensors. The sensors were custom spray painted by the fitter before putting on the car. The fitting was carried out by Celtrack.