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Truck fines plea By BRIDGET COOK
flout the law and get away scot-free is not written in the rules,” he said. A HAMPTON Park man has called “I don’t think it’s fair that a person on the City of Casey to hand out more fines to residents who illegally park can get away with this, when it affects trucks in residential streets to deter everyone else in the street. “We have to deal with the noise, them from doing so. Steve Paris made the call after the truck taking up space and it has reading in the News that councillors even run over my bin and the rubbish resolved at a meeting in March to went everywhere. City of Casey manager community write to the Minister for Roads advocating for an increase in penalties safety Caroline Bell said the council associated with parking trucks in resi- had received five complaints in relation to a truck parked in Summit dential streets. Councillor Rosalie Crestani said at Court since September 2013. “Patrols by council in response the time that it could be cheaper for a truck driver to break the local law to the complaints resulted in one inby copping a regular fine than pay for fringement being issued,” she said. truck storage. Ms Bell said the council had seen Mr Paris said that was definitely a significant increase in the number the case in his street, Summit Court in of complaints from residents about Hampton Park, with a neighbour re- trucks being parked in residential arceiving only one fine in the past year eas. despite parking his truck on the nature “In response to the increase in strip most of the day and every night. complaints about trucks parked on He said he had complained to the residential streets, council has incouncil on numerous occasions, as creased the number of after-hours have other residents in the street, but patrols in the evenings and on weekthe truck’s owner had only been given ends, to address the concerns of one infringement. residents who are impacted by long/ “This truck has been parked there heavy vehicles being parked in residay and night for over a year,” he said. dential streets,” she said. “Residents have complained about “These impacts include the noise being woken up at unreasonably early associated with the vehicles, the visuhours by the truck engine noise. al impact on the amenity of the neigh“The truck driver has shown utter bourhood and the physical obstrucdisregard for the rights of other resi- tion they cause in narrow residential dents by flouting the council’s regula- streets. tions that no trucks can be parked on “In 2013, council issued 125 inthe nature strip. fringements to long/heavy vehicles “The council has the responsibility parked illegally throughout the muOVER 200the USED CARSright TO toCHOOSE to ensure residents’ enjoy FROM nicipality.” safe and harmonious environment.” When the council called for toughMr Paris said he believed some er penalties for the offence last month, other councils issued infringement VicRoads director of vehicle and road $6,990 $7,990 $15,990 notices weekly, then$12,990 daily, when simi- $16,990 use policy James Holgate said VicRolar problems arose to put a stop to it. ads had no plans to review the current “To allow repeated offenders to penalties. 21,990
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