How to Respond to an Illegal Parking Charge

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Some odd news in London, United Kingdom recently reported about an illegal parking charge. Well, this seems pretty common, one might think. In fact, what could be the possible responses of one person to an illegal parking charge? When one is faced with an illegal parking charge, it’s either he or she simply accepts the ticket, or disputes it. This British guy however, does respond differently.

A 40 year old man, Ian Taylor disputed the illegal parking charge but he did something else. It wasn’t him who was charged the illegal parking though. It was his stepson. Before I tell you what he did, let me tell you why an illegal parking was cited. His stepson’s Ford Fiesta was said to have been illegally parked. The authorities have clamped and impounded the car. According to the ruling made, there were two inches of the rear wheel of the car that was sticking out of the driveway. Thus, the car was impounded and they were charged illegal parking.

Well, Taylor wanted to make a point. It was just a mere two inches. So what he did in response to the charge, he took their power disc and cut the car in two! After he cut the car, he told the authorities to take just the rear half since it was the only part that was supposedly parked illegal. Well, why didn’t anyone think of that before? At least you get to keep the half of the car, right?

When asked by the media, Taylor said that he had to prove his point. According to him, “they are so petty and won’t even listen to what you have to say”. Taylor tried to reason out with the authorities who clamped and impounded the car but apparently, they didn’t listen. According to Taylor, he was supposed to show them a permit that allowed them to park the car where it was. Prior to parking the car, it was already beyond repair so they just had it lying there in his driveway. Nevertheless, authorities still stood by what their staff did in clamping and impounding the car because they have a photo to prove that half the car was illegally parked.

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