People who leave Pay & Display tickets on their Windscreen?

Posted by: Paul Hutchings on 19 April 2006

It's a pet hate of mine that's just been ignited by seeing a 4x4 with a six inch square of the windscreen taken up with the things.

Am I missing a sensible reason for leaving them stuck on, or is it such hard work to pull the ticket off and stick it in the door pocket?
Posted on: 19 April 2006 by Tony Lockhart
For me it rates alongside dressing the passenger seat or rear parcel shelf with a day-glo jacket. Do you want me to think you're a copper? A road worker? A railway worker? Does your passenger seat feel at risk of collision? Does your parcel shelf need to be seen by passing aircraft?

Tony
Posted on: 19 April 2006 by manicatel
I would assume its done to make the task of the parking attendant of spotting the relevant ticket more difficult, thus possibly avoiding paying every now & then.
The dayglo jackets? Well, if you're constantly going from building site to site, you probably need easy access to it. Other than that, people trying to imitate a copper etc seems quite sad. Or am I missing something?
matt.
Posted on: 19 April 2006 by Derek Wright
The possibility of the car containing copper may inhibit other road users from harrassing them
Posted on: 19 April 2006 by Justyn
Only Police in marked cars actually wear their Hi-Vis in my experience. Unmarked Police cars of which their are at least half a dozen floating around the M4 from Bridgend to the Seven Bridge have a plain black uniform with just the shoulder epilettes on display while driving.

BTW I quite regularly keep my jacket on when travelling from site to site.
Posted on: 20 April 2006 by living in lancs yearning for yorks
Blimey - you're a grumpy lot! Live and let live...
Posted on: 20 April 2006 by Paul Hutchings
quote:
Originally posted by living in lancs yearning for yorks:
Blimey - you're a grumpy lot! Live and let live...


It is just a pet hate, it doesn't keep me awake at night - it's so trivial it's stupid, but then pulling the ticket off the bloody windscreen is so trivial too Smile