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Originally Posted by Osem
My opinions are divided on this - I have genuine sympathy for those who get ticketed for being 1 minute late or parking 3" over the white lines but far too. I also believe the increasing use of more complicated road signage in places like Croydon (including part time restrictions) takes so long for drivers to comprehend that many are just plain confused into making mistakes and having to pay up.
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True. They do need to signpost any restrictions, but they need to do so clearly, and without making things too complicated. While the motorist needs to know what is in force, if they have to spend 30 seconds reading all the various signs, that is actually dangerous.
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It's equally true however that far too many drivers simply take the mick when it comes to parking, selfishly causing inconvenience and/or even danger to others. Take a few minutes to observe virtually any high street and see how long it is before some lazy idiot double parks, mounts the pavement or stops where they shouldn't and disappears off to the shops without a second thought. All too often it's pure laziness but these people then spend the rest of their lives whineing about how they got fined. Well nobody made them park illegally!
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That's true. There's a few times I have nearly been hit on the way to work because at a certain junction 90% of motorists totally fail to read the road markings. It *is* confusingly laid out, as the main road they are coming from actually bear around to the right (the markings and signage say so), but the road I cross is straight ahead, so technically, before going straight ahead, they *should* indicate left as they are leaving the road.
That is an easy mistake, but I can think of a few examples of mere lazyness.
Our local high street has at least 4 car parks within 100 metres. The banks (and therefore the ATMS) are all in one part of the high street, and there is a bus stop there. The Buses frequently have to stop some way back from the stop, or even in the road (which blocks everyone else) because the area where the bus is supposed to stop is clogged with the cars of people who want to use the ATMs and can't be bothered to walk from the car parks.