WTF - jolly old (socialist) England
Makes me want to emigrate -- from the
UK Daily Mail:
Grandfather with 'For Sale' sign in car window given �100 fine for running street business
A car owner who put a for-sale note on his Ford Escort soon found another sign on the window - a �100 penalty ticket.
Victor Abrahams was accused of 'offering goods for sale in a parking place'.
When the 67-year-old grandfather called the council, he was told the offence had been introduced a year ago and had been advertised in the local paper.
But as he does not live in the North London borough of Barnet, he says he had no idea that new rules had been brought in.
'I don't live in the area but I've had my office here for the last 25 years and I've never heard of anything like it,' Mr Abrahams said yesterday.
'I've got a tax disc, I've got insurance, I was parked legally but I was penalised for advertising my car for sale.
'Lots of people do it so I can't believe it can be an offence. And why is the for-sale sign in my car window any different from a delivery van with the name and phone number of the company on the side? Or why is it different from a driving instructor's car that has the name and details of the driving school on the side? Surely if I'm offering goods for sale, so are they.'
But the government is there to help you. To guide you. To lead you.
Posted by DaveH at June 30, 2008 12:13 PM