F*cking parking wardens

Because that would expose the OP is full of it and the driver of the car in the OP is a complete dope.

That car is 100% parked on a yellow box. The fact that they were trying to squeeze through the gap in the two poles is immaterial, in the heel of the hunt they parked on the box, blocking access for anyone with mobility issues. I guarantee you, that's why the bollards were installed in the first place.

Again, how did they manage to "crash" with the car perfectly straight, and the wheels beautifully aligned, on top of a yellow box in between two other parking spaces?

If they were able to straighten up and park like that, they should have been able to get the car out of there and into a legal parking space, no?

Mod note: Less of the personal abuse please. Warning given.

I'd draw the line at F*cking them, but I'd maybe take a handy.

When I was involved in an accident I waited with my car until it was towed! Same when my car broke down. Its not rocket science!

Whoever owns the car could probably get the ticket quashed but without knowing where they went nobody can say if they were right or wrong. Maybe he had to go find a phone to call a tow truck or maybe he decided its done now I may as well do my shopping & sort the car later!

There are no hypocrites posting either, maybe some people would park illegally but they'd accept the ticket & not blame the warden for doing his job!

I got halfway through the thread and then jumped to the end to ask if we're all still pretending not to have figured out that this is definitely the OP's car. I'm happy to play along if we're collectively feigning obtuseness.

I've rarely seen a thread go so badly for an OP.

Amusing,would you agree you've come across as a bit of a tit here?

Relax it's not the end of the world.

I'd still love to know the full story as to how the car got there.

My take, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, is that there was a late night mishap.

The driver discreetly left the scene and went home to his virtuous coach intending to get up early and move the car.

Our hero overslept, the warden came on duty and that's where we came in.

Am I right?

Really and truly ?

I'm not psychic and I'm often wrong but it's nice to be right some of the time.

Your probably right about that.

If the car is parked on a yellow box, in a space that has bollards protecting it, it would suggest that the car is blocking something, so certainly IMO a sanction of some sort is merited.

This then leads to the age-old argument re clamping/ticketing vs towing - if it's obstructing something then it needs to be moved, really. But that's a discussion for another day.

As the car is clearly carefully parked (after the crash, obviously! but car is straight, wheels are straight) it could and should have been moved to a legal space if it wasn't going to be removed altogether.

Photo of damage does not indicate a skid to me.

Car must have been reversing for this damage. Something like this, car driven past bollard over drainage grill, then reverses (perhaps at speed), driver misjudges space, hits bollard at wing/wheel arch. Bollard then rips through wing/arch and embeds behind bumper.

Pretty unusual for a careful parking manoeuvre on a frosty morning.

I am not psychic either, and may be wrong. That just how I see the damage occuring.

Ticket was unfortunate, but warden was not wrong to issue it.

You do sarcasm just ike that driver parks...= badly!

Perhaps the car fell from the sky onto the bollard and that's the reason the bollard is wedged behind the bumper ?

Now thats me being sarcastic..

Here's a scenario, driver parks on junction box and get ticket. Get in car and tries to drive forward but doesn't see bollard, hears the scrape as bollard pushes into wheel arch. Reverses, but it was too late, bollard catches behind panel and causes damage shown.

Warden's done nothing unusual

@Seth Brundle

That's not in doubt. OP had said car skidded into bollard while parking on ice/frost. From the second post on people saying that can't be so or how do you end up like that.....

Trying to come up with a credible story for his appeal 😂🤣🤣

If you don't want the thread to grow legs why don't/didn't you give enough information for people to actually decide if the warden was a dick or not.

Who took the photo & at what time? The op doesn't mention time or where the driver was meant to be. It's clearly daylight in the photo but you say the driver was going to work. At this time of year its not that bright at 9am. Did the driver crash & go to work ignoring the crashed car? How long after crashing was the ticket issued & how long after that was the photo taken?

I'd say any warden would have given the driver time before issuing a ticket.

Was he a dick? Maybe but probably not!

Can anyone judge from your posts? Definitely not

Is it your car? Good chance it is!