Silly Picture Thread.

red750 · January 11, 2023

Supposedly, the council had notified residents a couple of days prior, but like your son's car, this may have belonged to a non-resident. Now residents are complaining how stupid the road looks.

facthunter · January 11, 2023

Like a bad haircut. You won't notice it after a while. nev

octave · January 11, 2023

1 hour ago, red750 said:

Supposedly, the council had notified residents a couple of days prior, but like your son's car, this may have belonged to a non-resident. Now residents are complaining how stupid the road looks.

If the council notified the owners and they did not move their vehicle, I can only see 2 alternatives , move the car or go around the car. If you were in charge what would you have done?

red750 · January 11, 2023

One has to assume it was someone parking in an unrestricted street. I guess we've all done it at sometime.

onetrack · January 11, 2023

In my neck of the woods, there is no such thing as "unrestricted" parking. You are not allowed to park a vehicle in one spot for more than 24 hrs, or it will become the focus of the local rangers.

The first thing they do is find out the registered owner and notify them they are parked illegally, and the vehicle must be moved forthwith. If the owner does not respond, the vehicle is logged and marked as an abandoned vehicle (with a huge orange notice on the window - "This vehicle has been reported").

If the vehicle is still not moved within another 48 hrs, it is towed and stored, while the owner is traced.

If the owner is found and responds, he/she has to pay to get the vehicle out of council storage. If they cannot be found, or decline to pay, the vehicle is auctioned as an abandoned car.

red750 · January 11, 2023

Fair enough. But Joe Owner goes to work, goes to an interview, goes shopping or whatever. He doesn't want to pay parking fees or be fined for overstaying a timed parking spot. He arrives in the residential street an hour or so before the road crew and returns four hours later. The car is not "abandoned", just parked.

onetrack · January 12, 2023

In W.A., trailer-mounted large advisory signs are set up at least a week, sometimes a fortnight, before roadworks or infrastructure work commences, to warn all drivers.

Information is also available from traffic feeds, Main Roads W.A. and other Govt authorities. Anyone who thinks they can leave a car parked in a built-up area for a week unattended is pretty foolish.

Vehicles left parked for an extended period, garner attention from local authorities very quickly.

On our local freeways, you get 4 hrs to remove your broken-down car, or it gets towed by MRWA. If it breaks down in a critical location, that is seriously affecting traffic, MRWA have "push" vehicles with a big push plate on the front, and they will push your vehicle to a safer location (provided you haven't been silly enough to abandon it).

kgwilson · January 12, 2023

WA seems to have the illegally parked/abandoned car/upcoming roadworks issue nailed.

red750 · January 12, 2023

old man emu · January 12, 2023

Gotta laugh. My Mum kept the double bed in the spare bedroom made up all the time. To keep the bed smelling fresh she would leave an open cake of perfumed soap between the sheets. Somehow it was always on the side of the bed my wife used, in the middle of her back. My wife refused to believe that its position was an unfortunate circumstance.

ClintonB · January 12, 2023

9 hours ago, onetrack said:

In W.A., trailer-mounted large advisory signs are set up at least a week, sometimes a fortnight, before roadworks or infrastructure work commences, to warn all drivers.

Information is also available from traffic feeds, Main Roads W.A. and other Govt authorities. Anyone who thinks they can leave a car parked in a built-up area for a week unattended is pretty foolish.

Vehicles left parked for an extended period, garner attention from local authorities very quickly.

On our local freeways, you get 4 hrs to remove your broken-down car, or it gets towed by MRWA. If it breaks down in a critical location, that is seriously affecting traffic, MRWA have "push" vehicles with a big push plate on the front, and they will push your vehicle to a safer location (provided you haven't been silly enough to abandon it).

In NSW now if you leave your car unattended for too long, Kevin Rudd's baby bonus kids will take it for you to save the hassle of moving it, even from your own driveway🙄

nomadpete · January 12, 2023

A silly picture....

And politically (in) correctness, mysoginistic, and sexually discriminating, all in one!

Edited January 12, 2023 by nomadpete
More sarcasm(the lowest form of wit)

red750 · January 13, 2023

red750 · January 13, 2023

red750 · January 13, 2023

willedoo · January 13, 2023

15 hours ago, nomadpete said:

A silly picture....

And politically (in) correctness, mysoginistic, and sexually discriminating, all in one!

And she's blonde as well.

Old Koreelah · January 13, 2023

On 12/1/2023 at 8:43 PM, ClintonB said:

In NSW now if you leave your car unattended for too long, Kevin Rudd's baby bonus kids will take it for you to save the hassle of moving it, even from your own driveway🙄

Actually it was Peter Costello’s baby bonus.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-baby-bonus-generation-is-starting-to-turn-18-has-it-saved-australia-s-population-20220624-p5awfg.html
I like the WA approach to abandoned cars; in NSW burned-out wrecks often pollute the roadside for weeks.

old man emu · January 13, 2023

Registered vehicles are permitted to stay parked in one spot for 28 days providing they are in good order and parked in line with NSW road rules. If the vehicle is unregistered, or registered but not able to be legally driven due to damage, and it has been in the same place for 15 days, contact the local council. So there are 15 days it can sit there.

After having been reported to the council, they have to identify the registered owner and direct them to remove the vehicle. Since the only information the council can get from the registering authority is the address, they have to send a letter. Add another seven to fourteen days for that step to be done. Then the demand must have a time to comply. If not complied with, then the council can arrange removal.

In NSW all this is covered in the Public Spaces (Unattended Property) Act 2021. Here a link to the info:

https://dpe.mysocialpinpoint.com.au/unattended-property/councils

Jerry_Atrick · January 13, 2023

52 minutes ago, old man emu said:

If the vehicle is unregistered, or registered but not able to be legally driven due to damage, and it has been in the same place for 15 days,

Unregistered here, it is towed immediately and you have to pay a fine, and then pound fees if you want to get your car back. The fines and fees are steep and if you don't have the money in two weeks, the crished metal is being recycled to be crutches or something.