This is often the case. Many years ago in Glasgow I couldn't find a parking space near a building where I was dropping off huge boxes of equipment, but - aha! h

This is often the case. Many years ago in Glasgow I couldn't find a parking space near a building where I was dropping off huge boxes of equipment, but - aha! here comes a parking attendant! So, I asked him where I could park near there. "Oh, just park right there behind that car" he said. Yeah, but that's on a double yellow, won't you give me a ticket for that? "Yes, I will, and because the *end* of the double yellow has been all dug up by someone and crudely filled in with tar but without repainting it, the double yellows are not correctly terminated as per the regulations. Which is what you'll tell the parking ticket office when you phone them to contest it. That will be backed up by the photo I take, and the ticket will be cancelled." Wait, are you sure? "Yeah, of course, I've been telling them to fix that for months now!" Okay then. So I did, he did, I rang, they looked, and that was the end of that.