Dear Dragons Dennis, Unfortunately in this case the OP (me) has not paid the discounted penalty.. as I was told it might be an admission of guilt... EEKS.

Thanks Daniella.. In this case they havent been too helpful.. The best advice they have given is that I should pay before it gets worse.

Dear Green & Mean I was in the AA car.. There was no other parking space to leave the car and the driver felt we might obstruct the road (the road is a small by road)

Thanks for your encouraging response. I turned to two councillors and the head of Redbridge council (Keith Prince) and they were totally apathetic. One Cllr asked me details and then has done nothing. Totally disillusioned by the councils attitude..

My car brokedown on Saturday night (16/01/2011). I called the AA.. They came within an hour.. The agent couldnt fix the car and diagnosed it as a broken timer belt with possibly bent valves. The car was dead and immobile. The car was recovered by tow truck and left outside the garage.. The car was set down by the AA agent in whatever space was available near the garage. He parked it with the two near-side wheels on the footpath. It was dark and raining heavily. The garage was closed on Sunday.. On Monday morning (18/01/2011), I met the garage guys and handed over the keys and they the

My car brokedown on Saturday night (16/01/2011). I called the AA.. They came within an hour.. The agent couldnt fix the car and diagnosed it as a broken timer belt with possibly bent valves. The car was dead and immobile. The car was recovered by tow truck and left outside the garage.. The car was set down by the AA agent in whatever space was available near the garage. He parked it with the near-side two wheels on the footpath. It was dark and raining heavily. The garage was closed on Sunday.. On Monday morning (18/01/2011), I met the garage guys and handed over the keys and they t

Thank you for the warm welcome, Martin I was away for 5-7 minutes g_and_m - it took that long because he was attending to a queue of customers due to the festive shopping (Diwali day) and then he had to look for my package which he had kept aside in the backroom The Postcode is approximately IG1 2LQ and the loading bay is on Madras Road just near the junction with Ilford Lane. And you can also see the shop M.I.M. Superstore where I had to pick up the package. Google Maps image is dated and does not show any signage.. as far as I can remember there is a signboard saying "l

I live in Ilford, London Borough of Redbridge My wife recently ordered fireworks and because it was heavy could not carry it home.. On my way back, I stopped the car to pick up the pre-ordered firework. I happened to park in a loading bay where 20 minutes of parking is allowed. It was raining heavily on the day and hence I had to park near the shop so that the firework doesn't get wet. I also had to park nearby because I had an accident 2 years ago which has now healed but in winter the pain returns and on the day I was struggling a bit I know loading does not include stop