Ticket Slapped on Funeral Car While D-Day Hero Was Having His Service

Lynibis My thoughs too L , they were lucky to get the ticket revoked , normally you have to fight tooth and nail

Lynibis I agree with you 100%.

jam45 I wrote my comment on the spur of the moment and do stand by it, but I am now wondering why there is not adequate parking facilities around funeral homes and chapels etc.

Pjran It depends P, maybe the road was congested and they had no choice , what else could they do, cancel the funeral ?

telmel surely the undertakers know the rules of the road, there are no excuses. They should have sent a member of staff earlier to reserve a parking space then move once the hearse arrives.

Pjran Its hard to know in advance if a road is going to be busy or not P, and i doubt they have staff to spare to do this, the parking attendent should have used common sense in this instance

It shows they were wrong by issuing a refund , if they were right they would have refused one

telmel I’m sure they’ve only issued a refund after being in the press.

Pjran Most likely P

Leannexxx I really think this is an exceptional case L, imagine if it was your grandfathers funeral, i know i would be devastated if the funeral car could not reach the venue, the warden should have shown some compassion, also what would have happened if the service was delayed further, would they have towed the funeral car away with the body inside ?

telmel ambulance and police get tickets so why shouldn't these be any different? And in all honesty it wouldn't make no difference to me because I wouldn't have been paying it. all they have to do is get in touch with the council and they probably won't have to pay it either instead of going to the papers traffic warden get loads of stick for doing their job do you know people drive round following them and if they miss a car they get radioed to go back and get whatever is in a parking stop that shouldn't be? And if they miss cars because they have a self conscious they could get stacked

Leannexxx I know you are right L, if they follow regulations, but maybe the warden should have called HQ to get advice, or the rules should be changed, they allow delivery vans to stop to drop off goods to shops, maybe they should allow hearses to drop off bodies ?

telmel no it's down to the funeral directors to call the local council to let them know they will be a funeral and they need some parking space that way the traffic warden knows not to put a ticket till that is done they have to do their job

Leannexxx I agree with you.

jam45 well some people think that the rules don't apply to them when I'm fact the funeral directors should already know this

Leannexxx What an awful job being a traffic warden.

jam45 it is a horrible job to have my other half did it he had no choice job centre made him he hated the abuse he got sometimes just for walking past most of the time he didn't give tickets out and then the bosses would follow him round without him knowing and they would get in touch with him saying he's missed some he wasn't there long they stacked him blessing really

martinlufc5637 Same here m, i can forgive most things but jobsworths send my blood pressure sky high, we are like sheep in the uk, everybody is being ripped off here from sevices to fines, and we all roll over and accept , other countries would be protesting in the streets, thats why the government and authorities get away with so much

Jerseydrew Its the way the world is now J unfortunately