9. Can you trust your council?

l'm not the author of this blog but l am now, amongst others, a contributor.

The 1992 Act specified 15 metres of lines on both High Brighton Street and Cheverton Ave. Both cul-de-sacs. 
HB St has a turn-round at the end, Chevy doesn't. But 15 metres for both. More would be a waste of parking space.

Yet the Council put 24 metres on HB St. A whole car length illegally wasted on each side.
The Police trusted the Council, and enforced the extra 9 metres for 19 years.
Anyone who paid a ticket there, (trusting the Police?) was robbed.

The new 2011 Act gave the Council the right to keep the money, and also said the lines were now legal as they are. "No change to lines or parking arrangements."
Still 24 metres for HB with a turn-round, but only 15 metres for Chevy without.

On the plans, the "no change" lines actually show 27.5 metres now, so the Council can quietly stretch them further, later.
More revenue-raising parking space destruction. But "no change", they promised.

I have raised these points at 4 Tribunal appeals for 8 tickets on HB St. The Council do not deny it, but they say it doesn't matter. Not their problem. "The Police's fault, not ours."
The Tribunal allowed all 8 appeals. I won. The Council lost, every one. But they continue to give tickets there.
The Council relies on people trusting their integrity, (or fearing their power?)

Is HB St unique? Or is the Council ripping people off, all over East Yorkshire?

Do you trust your Council? Would they steal from you, with threats of further penalty if you refuse to pay?

Mick