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Am I being heartless here or is it right that it's tough?
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Traffic wardens in Halifax have been criticised for handing out tickets to people during a Remembrance Day service in the town.
Drivers said cars parked in Dispensary Walk were being issued with tickets during a two-minute silence to remember war dead at 1100 GMT on Sunday.
Malcolm Walker told BBC Radio Leeds he challenged a warden about the fines.
Calderdale Council said illegally parked cars caused problems for the street's residents throughout the year.
'Cut some slack'
But Mr Walker said he felt furious with the council over the fines.
He said: "I said, do you not realise why these cars are actually parked here? They've come to remember the fallen.
"I said, could you not just go round the corner for five minutes and cut them some slack?
I said 'could you not hear the bugles playing and the band marching?' And she just looked at me totally blank
Malcolm Walker
"And the woman just actually said, 'A, I'm doing my job, and B, I didn't even know there was a parade on.
"And I said ' could you not hear the bugles playing and the band marching? And she just looked at me totally blank."
A spokesman for Calderdale Council said it had responded to "numerous" complaints from residents in Dispensary Walk.
He said: "Residents living there are frequently unable to park close to their own home because of other motorists parking illegally in their residents' parking area, and this causes them a great deal of difficulty, particularly if, for example, they need to load or unload from their cars.
"This is a regular ongoing problem for these residents, not only a once a year event."
The spokesman said the parking area for residents was clearly signed and there were more than 200 alternative spaces available so there was no reason for any motorist "to abuse the residents' parking area".
So because it was Remembrance Sunday it's okay to break the rules now? What would have happened if say an ambulance needed to park up? Selfish bastards
11-12-2007, 10:19 PM
Am I being heartless here or is it right that it's tough? Post #2
Depends on what the parking laws were. Round here the no parking zones are only Monday to Saturday between 8am and 7pm. Though not noticed if its changed since Sunday trading.
Am I being heartless here or is it right that it's tough? 
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