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CHINGFORD: Parkinson's sufferer targeted by traffic wardens
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| Valerie Black |
A VICAR leapt to the rescue of a Parkinson's sufferer whose mobility car was targeted by traffic wardens as she worshipped on Easter Sunday.
Rev Jude Bullock succesfully prevented the vehicle being towed away and is vowing to campaign on behalf of vulnerable people who suffer the same fate.
He was furious when he saw the car belonging to disabled Valerie Black being hoisted on to a lorry in a quiet cul-de-sac outside St Anne's Church, Chingford.
He said: "It is absolutely ridiculous. I am going to launch a campaign against traffic wardens who ticket vulnerable and disabled people outside my church.
"The traffic warden was 100 per cent insensitive and when I told him that this was a disabled woman, he seemed completely oblivious to the circumstances.
"It's cruel that they are targeting the disabled."
He stepped in and paid Mrs Black's £250 fine and is appealing on her behalf.
Mrs Black attended an Easter service at the church in Larkshall Road and on leaving was shocked to see her car being taken.
"I was really really cross. I wasn't parked illegally and I couldn't believe that they tried to give me a ticket on Easter Sunday," Mrs Black said.
| "The traffic warden was 100 per cent insensitive and when I told him that this was a disabled woman, he seemed completely oblivious to the circumstances." | | Rev Jude Bullock |
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Mr Bullock said the part of Hatch Lane, where the car was left, was a dead-end and the two businesses nearby were not open on a Sunday.
He added that traffic wardens had ticketed cars belonging to his congregation during the weeks leading up to Christmas, and he believed his parishioners were being targeted.
"They use Hatch Lane because our car park is full but it is blocked off by the railway line and are not causing an obstruction. It is one thing to give a ticket to a motorist blocking a busy street but it is quite another to issue tickets to drivers not blocking anyone," he said.
Mrs Black, of Linnett Close, Chingford, said she had to postpone a social engagement with a friend because she was worried about not being able to get there without her car.
A Waltham Forest Council spokesman said: "We are sorry this has happened and we will of course cancel the ticket and offer a full refund.
"However, we would like to remind blue badge holders to display their badges while parking."
12:00pm Wednesday 26th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: mr khalid, walthamstow on 1:13pm Wed 26 Mar 08
this warden have no sences and give ticket anybody and give no chanse anybody even disbaled with bage. just give ticket steigt away and somtime no even look just give and taking photographer. must sometim give descreation and meybe chanse for pepal
this warden have no sences and give ticket anybody and give no chanse anybody even disbaled with bage. just give ticket steigt away and somtime no even look just give and taking photographer. must sometim give descreation and meybe chanse for pepal
Posted by: Dave, Chingford on 1:49pm Wed 26 Mar 08
I notice that the council jobsworths always have to come back with a quip. I bet that the driver was displaying her badge.
Why can't drivers who are targeted like this reverse the fine back to the council?
I notice that the council jobsworths always have to come back with a quip. I bet that the driver was displaying her badge.
Why can't drivers who are targeted like this reverse the fine back to the council?
Posted by: md250, ilford on 9:03pm Wed 26 Mar 08
nicked on easter sunday, the council just does not know how disgusting this is.
should be sued to the cows come home,its immoral, as for the wardens, you now know why you cant get any good toilet cleaners anymore.....they're all giving out parking tickets
nicked on easter sunday, the council just does not know how disgusting this is.
should be sued to the cows come home,its immoral, as for the wardens, you now know why you cant get any good toilet cleaners anymore.....they're all giving out parking tickets
Posted by: rob, london on 11:09pm Wed 26 Mar 08
This is absolutely disgusting. It's about time parking enforcement was put back in the hands of police traffic wardens, and the subcontracted privateers employed by the council sent packing. Honestly, with the right boots on, some of these b******* could goose-step right into Poland.
This is absolutely disgusting. It's about time parking enforcement was put back in the hands of police traffic wardens, and the subcontracted privateers employed by the council sent packing. Honestly, with the right boots on, some of these b******* could goose-step right into Poland.
Posted by: Pete, Chingford on 9:09am Thu 27 Mar 08
I suffered from Parkinsons every Saturday night.
I'm glad he's not on tv anymore. :--)
I suffered from Parkinsons every Saturday night.
I'm glad he's not on tv anymore. :--)
Posted by: Walthamster, E17 on 11:14am Thu 27 Mar 08
There have been many similar complaints. We may even lose milk deliveries (a lifeline for many old people) because traffic wardens issue tickets to milk floats making deliveries! That makes a mockery of the council's claims to care about the environment or people.
The problem is it's contracted out to people who are paid for the number of fines they issue. It's not about keeping the roads clear but bringing in money. Just one of many 'services' the council has offloaded, to the detriment of the borough.
There have been many similar complaints. We may even lose milk deliveries (a lifeline for many old people) because traffic wardens issue tickets to milk floats making deliveries! That makes a mockery of the council's claims to care about the environment or people.
The problem is it's contracted out to people who are paid for the number of fines they issue. It's not about keeping the roads clear but bringing in money. Just one of many 'services' the council has offloaded, to the detriment of the borough.
Posted by: Mr. T. C. Hull, Walthamstow on 12:03pm Thu 27 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Pete[/bold] wrote:
I suffered from Parkinsons every Saturday night. I'm glad he's not on tv anymore. :--)[/quote] A particularly facetious comment obviously made by an ignoramus!!
Pete wrote:
I suffered from Parkinsons every Saturday night. I'm glad he's not on tv anymore. :--)
A particularly facetious comment obviously made by an ignoramus!!
Posted by: Labour Oppress Us All, Waltham Forest on 1:36pm Thu 27 Mar 08
There is a very simple way to stop this official persecution of motorists - STOP VOTING LABOUR!
There is a very simple way to stop this official persecution of motorists - STOP VOTING LABOUR!
Posted by: TRAFFIC WARDEN IN WALTHAM FOREST, WALTHAMSTOW on 12:24am Sat 12 Apr 08
YOU CAN ALL MOAN AT US BUT WHAT YOU PEOPLE STILL CANT GET IN YOUR HEADS IS THAT YOUR THE ONES BREAKING THE LAW. YOU LOT ARE LUCKY THE POLICE ARE NOT ISSUING P/C/N's BECAUSE YOU WOULD GET POINTS ON YOUR LICENCES. TAKE MY ADVICE, PARK PROPERLY AND LEGALLY AND YOU WONT HAVE ANYTHING TO MOAN ABOUT!!! DUH!!!
YOU CAN ALL MOAN AT US BUT WHAT YOU PEOPLE STILL CANT GET IN YOUR HEADS IS THAT YOUR THE ONES BREAKING THE LAW. YOU LOT ARE LUCKY THE POLICE ARE NOT ISSUING P/C/N's BECAUSE YOU WOULD GET POINTS ON YOUR LICENCES. TAKE MY ADVICE, PARK PROPERLY AND LEGALLY AND YOU WONT HAVE ANYTHING TO MOAN ABOUT!!! DUH!!!
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