1P parking - 1hour free parking?!

[Lord Farquaad]

Hrmm, you are right. No shit.

[The Saint]

had SFA to do at work today... so wandered around the free bike parking on esplanade, william, hay, murray about a dozen bikes with chalk mark tyres so wiped em off

You wandered around the city touching other people's bikes?

[PolishBiker]

Actually, what does the ticket say? It should give the infringement on it.

Says: 5.2(1)(a) stopped a vehicle in a ticket machine zone (failed to display an unexpired ticket)
I was in a car.

[Lord Farquaad]

Fight it then dude. Go take a photo of where you were and the sign, then email them to COPP.

[Brendon]

You wandered around the city touching other people's bikes?

didnt think of it that way, maybe I should have? would something like that piss you off? the parking nazi's touch peoples bikes

[The Saint]

The parking Nazis have lawful authority.

[Brendon]

my bad then, tis always a danger when I think

[Dr. Venkman]

didnt think of it that way, maybe I should have? would something like that piss you off? the parking nazi's touch peoples bikes

The parking Nazis have lawful authority.

To be complete bastards, a mate got fined for parking in a loading zone, he was in his work vehicle doing a quick repair in a shop that the car park was in front of, saw the nazi prick about to write a ticket and went out. The nazi said that his vehicle was not a "commercial vehicle", yet his station wagon is clearly painted with his business name, logo and phone number.

The arsehat wrote the ticket, my mate fought it at the council offices and it was over turned.

[aussieman]

The parking Nazis have lawful authority.

do wheel clampers have lawful authority to interfere with your bike, isnt it an criminal offence to interfere with another person's property , any lawyers on pbs

[mark_r]

do wheel clampers have lawful authority to interfere with your bike, isnt it an criminal offence to interfere with another person's property , any lawyers on pbs

They generally have 'lawful authority' because in most places where clampers operate, you have to agree to their conditions to use the carpark.

[Para045]

do wheel clampers have lawful authority to interfere with your bike, isn't it an criminal offence to interfere with another person's property , any lawyers on pbs

They generally have 'lawful authority' because in most places where clampers operate, you have to agree to their conditions to use the car park.

Yes - They can only clamp on private premises where it is stated as such by signage, if they were to clamp you on public roads they would be in the shit. But then they aren't worried about the public roads, that's the CoP's area of gouging
Definitely check that there isn't any signage or machines around for tickets and then fight it
I always take a piccy of my vehicle with my mobile Ph now when parking in areas like that even if it's pay and display, that way I have a time record and a record that the ticket was correctly displayed to minimise the chances of one of the low life scum giving a dodgy ticket to make up their quota
Even better I refuse to go to the city or similar unless there is absolutely no option

[aussieman]

They generally have 'lawful authority' because in most places where clampers operate, you have to agree to their conditions to use the carpark.

i disagree , under the CRIMINAL CODE no one has the right to prevent another person going about thier lawfull business, with the exception of members of the western australian police force

[xphread]

i disagree , under the CRIMINAL CODE no one has the right to prevent another person going about thier lawfull business, with the exception of members of the western australian police force

Surely parking on private property against their terms of use (for which they wheel clamped you) is therefore unlawful?

And they aren't stopping you from walking away to do your other lawful business.

[mark00001]

so am i to believe what you are all saying is that bikes may ONLY ever park in bike bays?

[xphread]

so am i to believe what you are all saying is that bikes may ONLY ever park in bike bays?

Depends on council.

For City of Perth / CBD... yes, this is unfortunately the case.

[MichaelGsxr]

Fight it then dude. Go take a photo of where you were and the sign, then email them to COPP.

Fight what?!!? he parked in a bay and did NOT buy a ticket for said bay- he did the wrong thing and got caught. nothing to fight.

[The Saint]

PolishBiker says it wasn't a ticketed bay.

[Roger Explosion]

On the way out of the city today, I had a close look at the signs. The paid ones look just like the one you posted, except they very clearly state "Fee Payable" on them. If it did not say that, then it should be free.

[Lord Farquaad]

They will say 'fee payable' if they have times free parking at one time, and ticket parking at others.
They say 1P ticket if its only ticket parking.

[radioactivedrums]

I normaly park in the motorcycle bays next to the parking signs and never bought a parking ticket cos i didnt think motorcyclists needed to pay for parking since if we displayed it someone would just knick it anyway and display it on there car. But after reading this post i wanted to know if anybody has had there motorbike ticketed for not displaying a parking ticket?