Man takes parking grudge to the top

This is Hertfordshire

A MOTORIST is refusing to pay a parking fine in protest against the double yellow lines in his street.
Simon Lascelles is threatening to fight the case through a High Court judicial review, the Lord Chancellor and even the European Union.
He said: "It will take years and cost them a lot of money to get through this legal process.
"It would cost a lot less to remove the double yellow lines."
He said that after residents had submitted a petition asking for the lines in Ramsbury Road, St Albans, to be removed two years ago, highways officers had offered to review the situation, although nothing further had been heard from them.
A county council spokesman said parking rules had to be enforced, whether the people agreed with them or not.
Parking restrictions can only be removed by a formal "traffic order", which has to be advertised by press notice for a set period to allow people to comment or object.
She said the district council wanted parking restrictions in Ramsbury Road to allow easy access for its refuse vehicles.
A meeting is scheduled between the two authorities to discuss parking restrictions in several St Albans streets including Ramsbury Road.