Just The Ticket
‘IF Iain Duncan Smith takes to novel-writing as he took to leading a political party, he could be looking for new employment in a matter of weeks.
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And, if so, he might like to consider the ancient and noble profession of being a traffic warden or parking attendant or Little Hitler as they like to be called.
Not everyone is born to perform this role, although one person who certainly was figures in a story in this mornings Daily Telegraph.
He is the NCP attendant in Ipswich who issued a ticket to Vincent Ryans Toyota Corolla because the ticket affixed to his windscreen was upside down.
Mr Ryan, from Dovercourt, Essex, has been ordered to pay a £30 fine for not displaying a valid parking ticket.
I didnt deliberately put my ticket the wrong way round, said the aggrieved motorist.
And just as well wilfully displaying a ticket at an angle of greater than 10 degrees to the horizontal carries a recommended penalty of a £1,000 fine and six months in jail.’
Posted: 6th, November 2003 | In: Broadsheets Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
