Council Parking Ticket

[Akakpo]

My wife stopped on a red route (approx 8.30PM) to buy some tables few months ago when she was pregnant and suffering from occasional persistent migraine. The car was picked up by a CCTV monitoring traffic and a fine issued. I immediately wrote to the Croydon council to explain the situation and her condition at the time yet the council doesn't want to accept that. I have found a copy of a letter written by her mid-wife to another council and going to send it off to Croydon council. My question is, is there a way that I can seek an injunction against Croydon council should they start harassing my wife as I think this is so unjust?

[NORMANTHEDOG]

the rules are,that there is NO stopping on a red route,no excuses.by the way what has her condition got to do with it,she was ok to stop,go in a shop and buy some goods,so how can you use her condition as a excuse,get real mate,pay the fine and have a nice xmas.

[jake-the-peg]

Is this a wind up?

Red routes don't have exceptions for pregnant women who want to buy tables.

Unless it was an emergency and she went into labour or something I think she'll have to learn to obey road restrictions or it'll start to get expensive!

[Akakpo]

Normanthedog, did you read what I wrote? She suffers from persistant migrane and blackouts. Are you saying that it is safe to drive when you suddenly feel unwell with a migrane and a possible blackout? Surely not!

[jake-the-peg]

You wrote that she suffers from an occasional persistant migraine.

You also wrote that she stopped to buy some tables - not that she was forced to stop from a migraine attack.

Grow up and stop trying to bend the rules to suit yourself

[squarebear]

Irrelavant. If she isn't well enough to obey the rules of the road then she shouldn't be driving.

[redcrx]

Pregnancy is a condition not an illness. If you wife was suffering a migraine and likely to blackout at the time then she shouldnt have been driving. If she was just popping to chemist to collect tablets on the offchance she may need them (I presume this is a prescription) then why didnt she stop and park at the correct place.

I cant see what reason she has to get away with it.

what do you mean by having found a 'letter written by her midwife to another council'? Is that for your wife? or was if for someone else in exactly the same situation?

[river]

Why is she driving if she tends to black out? I know of a diabetic who had similar problems and she couldn't even get insurance.

To be honest I'd pay the fine before its goes up into the hundreds and theres nothing you can do about it.

[Akakpo]

It's amazing the way some of you think! No one can predict when sudden illness can strike. What about people who are fit but suddenly suffer from heart attack whilst driving? Does that make them unfit to drive in the first place? She stopped to pick up tablets (not tables) if that will set your thinking straight

[Akakpo]

I understand that pregnancy is a condition. Similarly, it is a known fact that different women do fall sick at different times. If she was unfit to drive, then she wouldn't have driven. You can be well today whilst driving and suffer some illness the next second. How can you predict that?

[redcrx]

you said she suffers from persistant migraines and blackouts! Thats an ongoing condition and as such she should perhaps not have driven when she felt that ill she was likely to collapse.

If she didnt feel ill and was driving as she felt perfectly well then why did she stop on a red route?

[redcrx]

Im pregnant so i do know how quickly something like morning sickness can perhaps occur but a migraine to the point where she could collapse? That wouldnt come on in a matter of seconds would it.
She would have had time to stop at the correct area.

[Pippa68]

I agree, red.

I have an under active thyroid and even though I am on medication I have 'off' days when I am so tired I cannot think straight. I am fit to drive on those days, but can't walk very far.

If that is the case I wouldn't drive in case I had to park a mile away! I would ask someone else to get my tablets or wait until I felt better. Appealing against a parking fine is rarely successful.

[river]

So am I right in thinking, putting what you've just said into context that is just like saying well I need to park on a red route incase I have a heart attack? or incase i pass out etc. Everyone would be doing it if that was the case, no one knows whats going to happen, if she was having an attack at the time then fair enough she parked this just incase she did...or have i got that wrong?

[Loosehead]

This has got to be a wind up, what a prat! Disturbingly I agree with Norman! If what you say is true she should not be driving at all. the rules are quite clear, she stopped to go shopping! for christ sake you must be a total plonker if you cannot see how untennable your position is! Deluded soul

[bednobs]

this post has made me laugh a lot.

As if someone should be driving if they are prone to blackouts! The DVLA have very strict rules on this, and in fact i think she should report to the dvla that she is so risky to drive she might have to stop at any moment to get a headache tablet!
No wonder the council have had no truck with her excuse. As for them harrassing her, what are you anticipating? They'll send a council officer round to shout at her from the street? Just pay it and dont be such a big baby!

[up4it]

If she is so iffy to drive then perhaps she shouldnt have a driving license in the first place

[Twenty20]

I love the way it's changed from buying some tables to buying some tablets! If you don't get the answer you want, change the story! Brilliant!

[bednobs]

i've been thinking about this a bit today.
If your wifes migraines come on so quickly that she absolutely must stop at the nearest shop lest it becomes a full blown migraine, then she should carry the tablets with her. To sstop, go in a shop (which may or not have the pills she needs), take the pills then wait for the 30 minutes it takes for them to start working is ridicuous. if she dosent need them to start working before continuing then why cant she drive another 10 mins to the next tesco express?