Filed under: Government/Legal, Supercars, Bugatti, UK
That's the Ticket! Crowd cheers as Veyron gets parking fine
In some countries, folks cheer at the sight of an exotic supercar, while in others they assume the driver is a (expletive deleted). In which camp would you think England falls? We'd have hoped the former, but the crowd has spoken, and they're saying otherwise. When an evidently obscenely wealthy driver parked his Bugatti Veyron in a loading bay in downtown Manchester, a traffic warden wrote him a ticket while a gathering crowd stood by and cheered her on.
The same car was reported to have gotten another ticket in the posh Cheshire neighborhood of Alderley Edge, as well. The ?60 ticket this time, which can be reduced to ?30 if paid promptly, will probably not make or break the driver of the seven-figure hyper-exotic, but he should really be more careful about where he leaves his Veyron lying around.
Thanks for the tip, Sparky!
[Source: The Sun]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
RWD fan 11:27AM (1/28/2008)
Class envy at its finest!
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ALEXDB9 1:18PM (1/28/2008)
Haha, Gotta love the Brits.
FSM 11:28AM (1/28/2008)
Rush Limbaugh would probably accuse all of those Brits for being a bunch of liberal wackos who despise success and want to punish it. When in reality this is just people tired of the super wealthy believing they are above menial things such as traffic laws.
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cameron42985 11:31AM (1/28/2008)
Cheers to that. No one is above the law. Now, if we were only better at investigating white collar crimes...
SOhp101 11:45AM (1/28/2008)
Well they kind of are above the law, because that £60 fine is nothing to them. The only thing that would actually inconvenience them is towing their car.
Russell 11:53AM (1/28/2008)
SOhp101, that is so true its not even funny
geo.stewart 1:04PM (1/28/2008)
did the guy say he wouldn't pay the fine?
30 pounds? thats what, 50 or $60. you can pay that in NYC for legal parking.
Its not No Parking. Its if you park here, pay this.
Its obviously not that big of a deal or the fine would be higher.
get over it.
If it were really an issue, the traffic warden would have gotten a truck to run into it and start loading or unloading over the top of the car. You ever see what a hook and ladder can do to a car in a safety zone?
That would get a driver's attention, no matter what ecosphere and drive home a "No Parking" rule.
Cornholio 4:12PM (1/28/2008)
"Well they kind of are above the law, because that £60 fine is nothing to them. "
Agree, this guy probably has 60 pounds lying around between the cushions of his couch.
So, in reality, they really aren't affected by a measly ticket. Towing the car might get their attention, but good luck finding a tow company who's willing to do the job - they wouldn't want the potential liability if something happens to go wrong. Most tow companies avoid exotic cars for this reason.
So, what's left?
PooTossingApe 10:52PM (1/28/2008)
Because poor people never break traffic laws or get parking tickets...
Seoultrain 11:29AM (1/28/2008)
The license plate seems to saying something:
"What a load of BUL 5..."
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Cly 11:31AM (1/28/2008)
What's the big deal? it'll end up being the cheapest and safest place to park the car.
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kevjohn 11:33AM (1/28/2008)
What, they don't have those orange boots in England?
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AutoXN 11:36AM (1/28/2008)
Why do the rich become disrespectful of rules and think they are above the law? It's almost as if they do it for the attention.
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Derek 11:54AM (1/28/2008)
plenty of people of all income brackets think they are above the law, the rich can just do it in more spectacular ways and they get more attention when they do.
agreed 11:50AM (1/28/2008)
drivers of all socieoeconomic classes park illegally...Do not stereotype the driver of this car as someone who thinks they are above the law, unless you have something more concrete than parking in a loading dock...
There are a lot of people out there with a lot of money, good for them.
Carlos 11:56AM (1/28/2008)
How about OJ getting away with murder, or Linsy Lohan getting away with a night in jail for multiple DUI, or Paris Hilton having a "mental breakdown" in jail and getting out a couple of days later. If you have the money and the right lawyer, you are most definitely above the law.
why not the LS2LS7? 12:07PM (1/28/2008)
I agree. I wouldn't cheer unless the car were towed or at least booted. For this person, this fine is less than pocket change would be to us. Likely, this person sees it as a cost of doing business, in that parking farther away would waste more than £60 of his time anyway.
So this could be so cheap that the driver might even do it on purpose every time if he could get a press event out of it.
So unless the person is actually inconvenienced, the ticket is less than useless and not worthy of even thinking about, let alone cheering.
AutoXN 1:06PM (1/28/2008)
Derek - a less wealthy person would park there to save on parking costs, not because they need to show the law doesn't apply to them. Big difference.
Giuseppe 11:54AM (1/28/2008)
How about a fine that correlates to your income?
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sw 12:08PM (1/28/2008)
I've been advocating this for years. It'll actually hurt the wealthy that break the law and won't destroy a poor person's food budget for the month