Jobsworth parking officials have refused to scrap a fine given to a pregnant woman while she had emergency treatment to save her unborn baby.Heavily pregnant Sian Vaughan went to hospital for routine treatment and parked her car on a meter, expecting to return an hour later.
But doctors discovered she was suffering from pre-eclampsia, a condition that could have threatened her baby's life, and so admitted her to hospital.
She stayed there for two days and gave birth to a, thankfully, healthy boy, Ollie, two days later.
But because her car had overstayed the permitted time on the parking meter, Mrs Vaughan was given a £35 parking ticket.
She appealed to the local authority, but was told her circumstances did not justify cancelling the ticket! (Huffington Post.)
A LoonyTunesWatch coconut is hereby awarded to the parking authorities in Dorset!
