Re: Metric martyr takes on parking wardens over 'stealth tax' tickets
in landmark legal case
Doug wrote:
> Ooooh! A motorist campaigner with a campaign!
If he is a 'motorist campaigner' then he must have a 'campaign'
This will leave the
> motorists who dominate this transport newsgroup in a bit of a dilemma
Why does it leave us in a dilema?
> cos they hate campaigners and campaigns, if their previous posts are
> anything to go by.
Obviously you have not read or understood these posts
>
> What does he expect, motorists be allowed to park on public roads for
> free?
>
Does it say that/
> "Metric martyr' Neil Herron is launching a landmark legal challenge
> over the use of parking tickets as a 'stealth tax'.
>
That's his opinion & right, he might even have a point in some cases
> If he is successful, drivers could demand the return of hundreds of
> millions of pounds of penalties for parking on single yellow lines.
The answer is don't park illegally, but I have no problem with checking
if it is fact illegal
>
> Mr Herron - who led the campaign to stop the prosecution of British
> shopkeepers still using imperial measurements - has remortgaged his
> home to take on the parking industry..."
Some might call him an idiot to do this, but it's his call
>
> More:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1061296/Metric-martyr-takes-parking-wardens-stealth-tax-tickets-landmark-legal-case.html
>
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Tony the Dragon
date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:46:58 +0100
author: Tony Dragon
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