QUOTE (JeffG @ Jun 8 2010, 10:46 PM)
There's a big difference between anarchy and over-zealous enforcement (which is what we have now).
I recently had to take an elderly lady to the dentist in Bartholomew Street. The only place nearby I could park was in a loading bay and she needed an arm to walk (slowly) the short distance remaining. I was expecting one of these "gentlemen" to pounce on my car at any moment - this is what it is like in Newbury now : you live in fear of being booked.
How did it work before? I don't recall people abandoning their cars wherever they felt like it before the new lot were brought in.
I know this thread is going off topic as someone will probably remind me but the point here is what are these Parking Enforcement Officers here to achieve?
Is it for the general good of the public in keeping the streets clear in which case why are we complaining?
Or is it to simply raise money, which they bare not doing at the moment, so why are they there?
Surely anything the Council implements must be to the benefit of the people yet many complain.
As Spartacus points out - do we have a general free-for-all with parking in Newbury - or do we enforce the regulations?
If not either then where is the line drawn?
(Although I will admit that getting booked for parking in a free car park is taking it too far!)