BBC North West, lead on social networks
BBCA masked activist who hides his face behind a portion of bread in Viral Videos of Tiktok on parking fines has forced the Manchester City Council to review its signaling policies.
The designer and filmmaker of T -shirts, which passes through the alias online of Breed, had recovered a fine after parking in Collier Street in the city center and buying a ticket in the wrong meter.
She told the BBC that the Pay At Machine sign pointed to both private parking and the Council.
The Council said that “it would explore if additional signaling is needed” after the videos of the self -esteem of social networks investigator documented their penalty charge, rejection of their good parking attraction and the similar stories of other people.
In his videos, Zoë Bret filmed a “bet” of the bays and said he had with other drivers who had received parking tickets “for the same reference”, in addition to contacting an agent of the council that informed him that the opinion of the Council was not the signaling.
“They are saying that it is not [misleading] However, others have been deceived, that is the definition of misleading: I’m not just me, “he said.
Duration his research on parking problems on the road, submitted a request for freedom of information to the Council and reviewed official documents on the number of parking fines issued on the road.
Zoë Breead said that the opening of the SIP Private parking in 2018, corresponded to an increase in the number of fines that are emitted on the road.
“I have a lot of time to investigate things,” he said.
“Usually, Bromeo investigations, I do not take things seriously, but never brome on these five parking spaces and now aging the signaling in Collier Street.”
His videos have also attracted the attention of the Liberal Democratic councilor of the opposition Alan Good, who contacted Zoë Breead after his films appeared at his news source on social networks.
‘Some confusion’
Well, that Ancoats and Beswick repeats, he told the BBC that he had visited the street in question and that he believed that parking fines appealed in the street due to the confusion about signaling should be “terminated.”
“They can take a little more than a human approach and more common for the application of the parking law,” he said.
“This is one of those moments when they really need to come here for them and take a look and install a new meter.”
Manchester City Council said the authority believed that there was “a clear signage that indicates that there is a private parking in operation in the Collier Street arches and that most people can buy a valid parking ticket.”
But a spokesman acknowledged that he had a leg “some confusion between a small number of motorists who have bought a ticket from the wrong machine.”
The local authority now “explore if additional signaling is needed to ensure that in the future, motorists go to the correct ticket machine,” he added.
