| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:South Ealing parking | |
| Posted by: | Gordon Southwell | |
| Date/Time: | 08/12/25 14:04:00 |
| I'm not sure what this wilful misunderstanding achieves. A patrolling enforcement officer can note the time that a vehicle is observed parked and circle back to the same point later to see if it is still there. I am sceptical that tickets are being given out after 2-3 minutes. Any such ticket would be vulnerable to appeal. The generally accepted time for observation seems to be between 5 and 10 minutes. Ealing says in its Code of Practice that it employs variable observation times depending on circumstances but given the description of the way these are determined - 5 minutes would seem to be a minimum. I'm sure I am not the only person who will look up and down the road to check if an enforcement officer is in the vicinity when I park so in practice you should get much longer between parking and getting a ticket. https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/15040/parking_code_of_practice.pdf If Greener Ealing (which is a council owned organisation) is targeting Stop and Shop bays as a lucrative opportunity, then the council needs to step in. |