Ex Warden lifts lid on Camden's ticketing targets

A former parking attendant has produced evidence this week to the Ham and High which claims that NCP parking attendants had their bonuses witheld unless they dished out a certain number of tickets.

A copy of the article is shown (left).

There is reference to 'The Republicans' ... a squad of parking attendants used to get the ticket numbers up.

NCP's 'excuses' are an interesting read.

Neil Herron reports on NCP's Tim Cowen's Camden apology

Parking Appeals.co.uk's Neil Herron reports...

NCP spokesman forced to admit parking ticket bonus statement ...
Following on from the story below NCP and Camden's parking woes go from bad to worse as NCP spokesman Tim Cowen is forced to admit that the Parking Attendant whistleblower did tell the truth.

If ever evidence was needed that local authority parking enforcement and private contractors do not lead to good practice this is it. Incentives and bonuses however much it is denied by councils and contractors do exist. The more tickets issued the more money for the contractors and the council. It ain't rocket science to work out that that is not a good recipe for a fair, transparent and proportionate system. However, tie in the fact that the adjudication bodies also have a direct beneficial financial relationship based on the number of tickets and you have a recipe for disaster ... which is why we are where we are at!

NCP admits: Whistleblower told the truth

editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
27 September 2007

PARKING giant NCP has apologised to the Ham&High and admitted that a warden was told his bonus was dependent on tickets issued. More ...

Camden Parking Classics ... two year old given a ticket

Couldn't help but resurrect this one ...

Toddler issued parking fine

Toddler James Reilly has only just learned to walk but he has already landed himself in hot water with his local council - for failing to pay a parking fine.
The two-year-old received a £60 parking ticket from Camden Borough Council at the beginning of January for illegally parking a white Lada More ...

Camden Council van clamped

"Oh, Sweet revenge" was the cry from the street.

The Camden New Journal reports

Renegade road warrior turns tables on clampers

Illegally parked traffic wardens jeered after rogue clamping.

THE tables were turned on parking wardens when a maverick “motorists’ champion” took the law into his own hands and put the clamps on the clampers. More ...

Camden's Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) and the legislation

Regulation 4

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002

"controlled parking zone" means either -

(a) an area -

(i) in which, except where parking places have been provided, every road has been marked with one or more of the road markings shown in diagrams 1017, 1018.1, 1019 and 1020.1; and

(ii) into which each entrance for vehicular traffic has been indicated by the sign shown in diagram 663 or 663.1; or

(b) an area -
(i) in which at least one of the signs shown in diagram 640.2A has been placed on each side of every road; and

(ii) into which each entrance for vehicular traffic has been indicated by the sign shown in diagram 665;

Parking Appeals.co.uk will show you how to successfully appeal Penalty Charge Notices issued in CPZs.

Sunderland case submission may collapse Controlled Parking Zones across the country

A submission made to the National Parking Adjudication Service adjudicator in the case of Herron v Sunderland on 12th September 2007 has the potential t collapse every CPZ in the country.

The crux of the case relied on the validity of the CPZ due to incorrect / missing / unlawful signing within the CPZ.

Remarkably, after over 6 hours worth of submissions by signing expert Richard Bentley the adjudicator decided to adjourn ... for TWO MONTHS!!!

Meanwhile, the DfT has confirmed that they are currently re-drafting the guidance on CPZs as the case has national implications.

Trouble for Camden is that a large percentage of their signs and lines also do not comply with the legal requirements and this could lead in a massive increase in the number of drivers appealing ... and winning. We will be posting the arguments on the Camden section of the www.parkingappeals.co.uk website within the next two weeks.

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Parking Appeals now has a Camden Blog

Any news, views and comment on parking matters in Camden will be posted here.

The motorist is now beginning to fight back against the lawless and the unaccountable who are maskerading as 'parking enforcement.'

Any stories, news, gossip ... e-mail us at enquiries@parkingappeals.co.uk

Tax Farming ... Parking in Camden

The Ham and High
The nitty gritty of Camden Council's iniquitous tax farming regime
23 May 2007
Written by Alex Henney of the London Motorists Action Group

One reason why Labour lost the Camden election a year ago was dislike of the council's unpleasant parking enforcement. I leafleted all of Highgate ward against Cllrs John Thane and Maggie Cosin, who were responsible for enforcement policy, and they both did badly and lost their seats; someone leafleted 8,000 cars in marginal wards; parents campaigned against school run tickets. More ...