A flatbed with a car lift pulled up outside my office in Morden this morning and parked. The driver sat there for 20 minutes looking at his watch, then moved fowards next to the new merc he'd parked by. They were obviously waiting to take it.
Then he lifted it and as it was about 15 foot in the air and half over the flatbed, he dropped it. The front swung down and smashed against the side of the flatbed and just sort of hung there. /media/file/49900.aspx
/media/file/49903.aspx The owner turned up and it turns out he is less than 10 minutes over his parking time, so they were sitting there waiting for it to go overtime so they could take it. /media/file/49910.aspx
Ok, thats not going to work, weve just damaged the front now. Put it back on the truck /media/file/49911.aspx
Tell you what, hook the front wheels over the edge and lower it down sideways on the truck.
As soon as the straps were off, the traffic warden you can see in the last pic got out a tissue and polished the rather large crease running the length of the roof as though it was going to make it all better, and gave the car a second parking ticket before walking off.
Then they all got back into the flatbed trucks and drove off, leaving the car there, f!$%ed and with two parking tickets and with a stunned owner standing there. (The owner is the little old bald guy in the green jacket and white t shirt you can see in some of the pics)
The bloke operating the lift got really pissed off with me when I took his picture, and looked like he was going to cry when someone walked up and thanked him for the entertainment.
You couldnt f!$%ing make it up. Where the f!$% to they find these people to employ, a zoo?
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Pump: Where the f!$% to they find these people to employ, a zoo?
Chessington zoo, most likely, otherwise probably in the High Street in Epsom... he doesn't look very bright, does he... Blimey if that had been my car the twat in the hi-viz would be in a plywood box by now
I hope he sues the cnuts for all he can get and got everyones names/ photos including the crane operator. You evidence Pump could come in handy. Outrageous abuse of power.
Ive no idea what the outcome is going to be. I dont know the owner. I offered him a copy of the pictures, but he was taking his own so didnt need them.
The police in the police shop just stood in the window and pissed themselves. A police car turned up and they basicly told the transport london people and the wardens all they were going to do was make sure no one lost thier temper. The owner was very calm and so the police just told the TL people it was thier mess and drove off laughing. The owner appeared to be not that stressed and was on the phone getting legal advice and appeared to have all bases covered.
I have considered seeing if the papers want to buy the pics but I dont know if they would be worth anything. I will see if I can find anything out though.
sometimes things appearr beyond belief and this is one of these incidents, the owner of the car must have thought he was in the middle of a candid camera stunt
I was by a London bike courier many years ago that he made more money out of the damage these twats caused by lifting his bike that by couriering. I'm not sure if they bother lifting bikes anymore ???
These so called `Parking Services` people are a law unto themselves specially in London....they`re just out to screw the poor motorist for all the cash they can get. I know Couriers who refuse to do jobs to London now (specially Westminster) `cos they cant be bothered with the hassle....you only have to leave your van for a minute to ask directions and a CCTV will take a photo and `Hey Presto` a £60 Penalty Charge is winging it`s way to your door. Transport for London is just a new way of saying `c*unts` in my opinon... (and Ken Livingstone is a twat).
Seriously Pump - these DO need to get to the papers, this is the sort of malicious s!$% that needs to be broadly exposed (as with all the other stuff..) - d'you want me to try?
IE - the theory is that a car that is deemed to be causing a serious obstruction/is a danger etc should be removed (as in, serious enough not to warrant a simple warning/penalty)
So by royally f!$%ing around, this bunch of monkeys bring the entire street to a complete standstill for some considerable length of time - not to mention damage etc
Beggars belief
Daily Mail and Currant Bun first ports of call I reckon mate - you could even email them the link to this thread with your contact number - that would do it
Don't you know he's a poorly paid parcel runner from the country. He can't afford,let alone understand these sorts of modern technology. Check out his avatar for proof of this fact.
If he did have a portable map device what would be his excuse for stopping to ask the local wildlife for the best way for him to get on.
Another point about this incident (that you have all so far missed!) is surely this lifting operation has health & safety implications; what if they had dropped the car onto a kid? If TFL can't gurantee 100% safety (clearly it is not), then they should not be doing such heavy lifting in a public place.
Isaac....I hace Sat Nav...but even that doesn`t have Courier Delivery points marked on it...I have to ask reception where they are and thats when the CCTVs shaft you.....Bastards that they are.....a plague of Pubic Lice on Red Ken and all his acolytes...
I never got so much as a sniff at a chocolate bourbon Paul, from what I can remember....the coffee was ok tho. Next time I pop in I`ll expect choccy Hob Nobs....
Ok, I have been talking to the stories people at the SUN and they now have the pictures and are discussing whether they are going to run it as a story or not. If they do I will have beer tokens.
Ash: this is the sort of malicious s!$% that needs to be broadly exposed (as with all the other stuff..
Malicious? Hardly malicious if the cops' biggest concern is "noone loses their temper." You can bet the rent that if a traffic cop wantonly destroyed my property due to incompetence there'd be a spectacle.
The paper people phoned me back this morning and have asked for the hi res versions of certain pictures, and Ill know by tomorrow if they are going to use them and earn me a few of the uk's finest bits of paper
But no call from the sun yet and no pictures in the paper The start to my glittering reporters career is not taking off the way Ash convinced me it would
Sun still havent got back to me despite taking my pictures. I guess they arent going to run it. I had to look twice at the picture in the ES, I thought it was one of mine.
As for no damage, well what a load of bollocks. If you look at the picture in the ES and the pictures I posted, you can very clearly see the lifting gear has pushed in a section of roof, and there are two large dents on each side at the front of the roof where the lifting gear hit it as the car swung down.
There was damage to the underside of the car where it hit the side of the truck, also as it swung down.
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(and Ken Livingstone is a twat).
