A resident of Croydonan English borough of Greater London, Englandquestioned his local council after receiving four fines for parking in a disabled place.
However, a video from his security camera showed how a municipal worker marked the pavement after he parked in front of her residence in New Addington.
«I park my car and it’s not in any kind of handicapped space or restricted parking. As you can see, there is no yellow line. I think there is no problem, I can travel, my car is fine. And that’s when something crazy is about to happen: They’re making a handicapped space around my car!«said singer Silver Stone.
A man went on a trip and when he returned he discovered he had four tickets for parking in a handicapped spot. Photo: Screenshot/Facebook/Silva Stone.In a publication of Facebookwhere he shared the video from his security camera and with his voice-over narrated the events, the musician who owns a black Audi insisted that he «never» parked his car in an exclusive space for the disabled, and He criticized the traffic officers who fined him.
«This is not right. This is not fair,» he said, while maintaining that «someone has to be held accountable for this»and criticized local authorities by maintaining that they are «busy issuing fines», which he considered «crazy.»
According to the British media Daily Mailbetween November 22 and 26, Stone received four penalty charge notices (PCN) while he was traveling.
The space was marked as exclusively for the disabled after leaving his car there. Photo: Screenshot/Facebook/Silva Stone.The PCNs have a position of £160 each one, a little more 212 US dollarswhich is reduced by 50 percent if paid in advance. Croydon Council explained that the fines «were canceled a week before the video was posted on social media.»
Croydon Council’s response to the scandal
After apologizing to Silver Stone, local authorities explained that the space was marked as exclusively for the disabled in response to the request from a neighbor.
The municipal worker who painted the pavement took a photo of the parked car so that he would not receive fines. «Unfortunately, one of our valets was not informed«said a spokesperson for the municipality of Croydon, according to the aforementioned British media.
«The contractor painted around a car, as usualotherwise I would have had to wait for the space to be free, which could have taken weeks,» he said.
