Couple 'disgusted' by council's 'tough luck' attitude to disabled parking error
ic Croydon
19th May 06
AN elderly couple fined for failing to display their disabled badge correctly say they are "disgusted" at the way they have been treated by Croydon Council.
Roger Limpenny, 61, and his wife Susan were charged £50 after parking their car on a single yellow line while they went to the dentist.
Susan, 62, who has Multiple Sclerosis, cannot walk without assistance and has a blue disabled badge and a clock allowing them three hours' free parking.
But because the couple forgot to put the clock on their dashboard and only displayed the blue badge when they returned after 30 minutes they found a ticket on their windscreen.
Roger said: "I hold my hands up to the fact we were wrong and I'm not asking for my £50 back but I am so angry about the way we've been treated.
"We are not fraudulently using the badge, we were not obstructing the road and we were not there for more than three hours, but even after explaining this to the council we have not received a bit of understanding. Their attitude is 'tough luck'."
The couple believe the parking attendant, who gave them the ticket in Lower Addiscombe Road, Addiscombe, and the council should have used some common sense.
A Croydon Council spokesman said: "Unfortunately, on this occasion Mr Limpenny failed to display his disabled parking permit clock, indicating the length of his stay.
"The rules of the scheme stipulate that if the car is parked in a restricted parking area, the clock should be displayed. If it is not, our parking attendants are quite correct in issuing a penalty charge notice to an offending vehicle."
19th May 06
AN elderly couple fined for failing to display their disabled badge correctly say they are "disgusted" at the way they have been treated by Croydon Council.
Roger Limpenny, 61, and his wife Susan were charged £50 after parking their car on a single yellow line while they went to the dentist.
Susan, 62, who has Multiple Sclerosis, cannot walk without assistance and has a blue disabled badge and a clock allowing them three hours' free parking.
But because the couple forgot to put the clock on their dashboard and only displayed the blue badge when they returned after 30 minutes they found a ticket on their windscreen.
Roger said: "I hold my hands up to the fact we were wrong and I'm not asking for my £50 back but I am so angry about the way we've been treated.
"We are not fraudulently using the badge, we were not obstructing the road and we were not there for more than three hours, but even after explaining this to the council we have not received a bit of understanding. Their attitude is 'tough luck'."
The couple believe the parking attendant, who gave them the ticket in Lower Addiscombe Road, Addiscombe, and the council should have used some common sense.
A Croydon Council spokesman said: "Unfortunately, on this occasion Mr Limpenny failed to display his disabled parking permit clock, indicating the length of his stay.
"The rules of the scheme stipulate that if the car is parked in a restricted parking area, the clock should be displayed. If it is not, our parking attendants are quite correct in issuing a penalty charge notice to an offending vehicle."
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