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    GR-London wrote:
    Note the key words "drop kerb" which are usually there to facilitate vehicle access.

    This lady did a sensible thing in pulling off the road, so not to cause an obstruction and safely deliver her passenger.
    This is clearly nothing less than Sutton council extorting money out of people, it is disgusting and outrageous, those responsible should be sacked.

    As for the CCTV parasite car, from what I remember, that has been seen parking illegally on a number of occasions.

    To finish, don't hold me to this, check it out, but I seem to remember hearing that when a dropped kerb is installed, that part of the pavement becomes classed as part of 'The Highway' and you cannot be ticketed for parking on it. Worth checking out.
    You are right, it has been seen illegally parked whilst ticketing drivers. I have a video of it on my YouTube channel parked on a yellow line videoing a driver parked on the same yellow line."
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Fined in 19 seconds: Sutton motorist stung by CCTV car

7:30am Thursday 9th February 2012 in News Exclusive By James Pepper

Clips from the CCTV camera which caught Lorraine Brown in Sutton Clips from the CCTV camera which caught Lorraine Brown in Sutton

A motorist could have been given Sutton's fastest parking ticket after being fined after spending just nineteen seconds parked illegally.

It took parking enforcement officers in CCTV cars less time than world record holder Usain Bolt takes to run 200m to catch out this woman on Green Wrythe Lane, Sutton.

Lorraine Brown pulled onto the drop kerb outside her sisters house, as she always does, on January 5.

The pair had been out shopping and Ms Brown wanted to say a quick goodbye to her sister before returning to her house on Culvers Avenue, Sutton.

As the traffic was busy, Ms Brown decided against parking up on the street and instead let her sister out and rejoined the traffic.

From pulling up to driving away, clocks on the CCTV car cameras show 19 seconds - working out at nearly £3 a second.

The £55 parking parking ticket arrived on Ms Brown's doorstep a week later.

She said: " I thought, what the heck is this? I haven't parked anywhere illegally? There were no road markings?"

Ms Brown was shocked to find that it was as a result of dropping her sister off.

"This is ridiculous, I wasn't even parked. Its a very busy road, and there is absolutely no-way you could park there, you would have some very angry buses behind you."

Ms Brown has appealed the decision, which has initially been refused. If she can not argue her case to the satisfaction of Sutton Council, she could be hit with a £110 fine.

She said: "Its a good job we don't have a natter like we usually do when we say bye, we can be sat there a while. Oops, should I say that?"

Councillor Simon Wales, Transport spokesman for Sutton Council, said: “This isn’t about the length of time Mrs Brown stopped for - Green Wrythe Lane is a very busy road and pulling up onto the pavement like this is dangerous.

“Sutton Council takes a firm but fair approach to parking, and we issue one of the lowest numbers of parking tickets in London.

“In this case, there was a clearly marked parking bay further along the road which Mrs Brown could have used.”

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