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Hey guys,

My friend just copped a parking fine on malvern road (stonnington).

My question is, if the smart inspector thought the car was a "ford sedan" when it is in fact a "holden hatchback" (re. Astra) can my mate get off the fine?

And to all the people that are going to say just go and pay it, i'm not having a cry, just trying to save him $60 from a little accident.

Thanks for any good info :P

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if it was any other council id say pay it, but stonington council are a bunch of scum.

They have parking inspectors who work between 2-6am............ seriously... who does that.....

If i was your friend i'd be asking for proof it was realy his car, and if the parking inspector can make such a basic mistake like getting the car wrong, how can we be certain the car was even parked illegaly....

they will just reissue it, like i said if the correct rego is on there and you ring up and say its not my car

first thing, is the rego the same? bang, fine gets changed.

but yeah, stonnington are the pits, inspectors fined a friend of mine @ 1am on a sat, just pathetic

you see our local paper this week ? How the counil is digging up some road and gave the people who live there 30 minutes notice. Guy at work lives in that street.. his car is trapped in the garage for the next month or 2.

they will just reissue it, like i said if the correct rego is on there and you ring up and say its not my car

first thing, is the rego the same? bang, fine gets changed.

but yeah, stonnington are the pits, inspectors fined a friend of mine @ 1am on a sat, just pathetic

Nope - i no longer live in that prick of a council's area :P

Collingwood now, AND i have a off street park... so no more issues like the ones of Stonnington :)

But that honestly doesnt surprise me they would do something like that. They let the towies park illegally EVERYDAY waiting to tow people... its such a hypocritical revenue council

i got fined outside the emergency department of the alfred, i had dumped my car as my fiance wasn't breathing properly... then i wrote a letter explaining this thinking the council might have a heart.... NUP

If you were parked illegally just pay up. If I remember correctly it should only be $69.

$57 to be exact :)

if it was any other council id say pay it, but stonington council are a bunch of scum.

They have parking inspectors who work between 2-6am............ seriously... who does that.....

If i was your friend i'd be asking for proof it was realy his car, and if the parking inspector can make such a basic mistake like getting the car wrong, how can we be certain the car was even parked illegaly....

Couldn't have said it better..

they will just reissue it, like i said if the correct rego is on there and you ring up and say its not my car

first thing, is the rego the same? bang, fine gets changed.

but yeah, stonnington are the pits, inspectors fined a friend of mine @ 1am on a sat, just pathetic

They are allowed to reissue fines and change what they want?

What if he was distracted while fining the car behind my friend, or in front or whatever? That just happened to be a Ford Sedan, and he accidently put in my mates rego, and said stuff it i'll just stick it on this one?

And with the whole Stonnington council thing, my guess is that they don't let anyone off, purely on the fact they assume most people can afford to pay it, and it won't really affect most (financially at least).

What if he was distracted while fining the car behind my friend, or in front or whatever? That just happened to be a Ford Sedan, and he accidently put in my mates rego, and said stuff it i'll just stick it on this one?

How are you going to prove he WAS distracted? That's what it'll come down too. :)

Write a letter, but i can assure you Stonnington are likely to reject it.

Here is a little story - and you'll see why they probably wont care

I had an issue when i used a friends car in very early '08 i was using for 2 weeks, car broke down and i had to leave it there overnight due to a busted fuel pump.

Got a fine (was in a street sweaper zone).

Got it fixed.

Unluckily the same thing happened a week later lol (turned out the replacement pump was a factory fault, warranty job)

Another fine for me (street sweaper day again)

The second time it luckily started that arvo when i came home as it was intermittent, so it worked for about 1km and got me within a few hundred meters of the mechanics.

Second one i didnt have a towie reciept (i drove it away myself). I even told them they could ring the mechanic to confirm the warranty/failed pump

I send this all in the same letter as proof, towie/mech reciept for the first job... but only the first fine was cancelled. Second fine i didnt provide enough proof (i didnt get a warranty reciept)... so i paid it in the end. Too much effort to take time off work, go to mechanic, get reciept, type another letter and so on.

Fken pricks they are. Just fken pricks. I must admit for the year i was in Stonnington after that, whenever i saw a parking inspector i gave them an absolute ear full - made me feel better about it even if it achieved nothing

Fken pricks they are. Just fken pricks. I must admit for the year i was in Stonnington after that, whenever i saw a parking inspector i gave them an absolute ear full - made me feel better about it even if it achieved nothing

Lmao love it!

I know I can't prove that he was distracted, and I doubt he was, he was probably just an idiot, but how can he prove that it was my mates car, when it is not the car listed on the fine?

And in the end if he can't prove that, he can't issue a fine, correct?

Wont work in Stonnington - they will always ask for written proof... they are the filth of victoria, almost as bad as Bracksie

cant remember if the alfred is stonnington or melbourne, but either way, they are flamin mongrels... asif i am looking at signs when my partner is turning grey :S

whats to say that the parking inspector wasn't having an off momnet, wasn't concentrating... and wanted to book the ford parked behind you, but whilst writing out the ticket glanced forward at your car parked infront of it and noted your rego down... once it was printed he realised he f**ked up and then just stuck it on your car?

as once a ticket it printed, it cannot be reversed, f**kup or not.

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