The bizarrest parking ticket ever??

[Richard from Rotterdam]

see: http://www.thelondonpaper.com/thelondon ... ing-ticket" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Air ambulance helicopter given parking ticket

Jobsworth traffic warden hands £80 penalty to baffled pilot as he saves pedestrian's life

by: Tom Chivers12 May 2009

An air ambulance received a parking ticket in Cavendish Square
AN AIR ambulance pilot got the shock of his life when he landed his helicopter in central London on an emergency call – and was given a parking ticket.

The ambulance was responding to a 999 call in Cavendish Square, Westminster, when the bizarre event occurred.

Despite giving life-saving aid to a stricken pedestrian, the £80 ticket was issued. Thankfully, the pilot was able to laugh about it.

Off-street parking is available in Cavendish Square – at a cost of £32 a day.

[Hans]

Makes me think of this German guy, who helped a woman who suffered from a heard attack on the street a couple of weeks ago; http://www.tz-online.de/aktuelles/bayer ... 16855.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (in German)

Those parking ticket writers are the same all over the world

[jaah]

Those parking ticket writers are the same all over the world

Yeah, In Denmark a few years ago, some one issued a parking ticket to a Policecar .

[Copter]

The London story must be a joke to my opinion.

I can't imagine that there are traffic (parking) laws which also speak about flying vehicles instead of road vehicles.

[Richard from Rotterdam]

The accompanying photo shows the pilot with the ticket in hand. Doesnt seem like a joke to me!

[Mad Viper]

That doesn't say anything if it is a joke or not. Cause every good joke is prepared in the best way, a photo with the ticket in your hand can be part of that preparation.

Ah well, nice story.

[Shannon spotter]

Well, at least the warden is trying his best to help the UK beat its recession. But someone should explain that following emergency vehicles isn't the optimum way.

regards,
Dirk.

[Polecat]

I recall a story with a US Navy S-3 Viking somewhere in the UK (think it was Abingdon or Waddington?) which overran the runway , ended up with its nose through a shrubbery, on the road side. Must have been 15+ years ago, but I think I saw a picture of it (maybe in Aircraft illustrated?) with a parking ticket under the windscreen wiper... Did some googling but was unable to find it.. anyone??

[andel]

I recall a story with a US Navy S-3 Viking somewhere in the UK (think it was Abingdon or Waddington?) which overran the runway , ended up with its nose through a shrubbery, on the road side. Must have been 15+ years ago, but I think I saw a picture of it (maybe in Aircraft illustrated?) with a parking ticket under the windscreen wiper... Did some googling but was unable to find it.. anyone??

I know the story too
I think it was at AIT at Boscombe Down or Greenham Common when it overran the runway at arrival.

[aviodromefriend]

What about that story I read last week in a newspaper:

A car in New York had a lot of parking tickets but hadn't moved for days. Just every time a policeman came by another ticket was put under the screenwheeper.

When a company came to pull the car away, they found the driver sitting behind the steering wheel. Dead for some days. No cop had witnessed while filing the tickets.