I Can/Can't believe this stuff goes on. A couple of years ago I was living in Kingston (Surrey not Jamaica. One night there was some flash flooding at around 1am which produced a hole in the road behind my flat. This road, which is a cul-de -sac, contained all residents parking bays for our flats. Basically the council got an emergency road repairs team to turn up at 8am, along with a council parking tosser. He suspended all parking with little signs and then got a traffic warden to ticket EVERY car on the road. No warning, no waiting, every ticket was issued within a 5 minute gap, mine said 8.01am. When I came out to get my car at around 12.30 I was a touched miffed to say the least. Whilst standing around scratching my head one of the workmen came over to me and told me exactly what they did. He then said he would happily supply evidence/testimony should it be needed as he couldn't believe the action of the council. I appealed and got an officious letter saying that it was my fault etc. etc. with the phone number of the Director of parking or whatever jobsworth scumbag she was. One phonecall later and with the threat of some local newspaper coverage, I had the ticket rescinded. Utter tools, the lot of 'em.