Imagine it’s 4.30pm on a weekday. Are you allowed to park here? if so, how long for?
This is a great example of disinformation design from Haringey council in North London. Because the council profits from poor information design, this sign is unlikely to ever get fixed.
Poor readability > parking mistake > £100 ticket > profit for council
I’m sure we’d all love to be in a position where bad design makes you MORE money. But of course that never happens on the web, does it? Or does it?
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Haringay council are the worst for this kind of thing - and their ticketers are paid on commission! It’s a money-making machine, they don’t really care about the parking conditions.
i) Yes ii) 2 hours
Anonymous - that’s what I thought! I am now the proud owner of a £100 ticket which was issued at 17.14pm.
You might want to challenge it. Seems to have worked in Scarborough.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/3630624.stm
Thanks for the pointer Tom, I am challenging it now… Fingers crossed!