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« on: February 01, 2013, 23:14:17 »
From ITV News:

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A Mercedes driver will probably regret the moment they parked in the middle of a cordoned off area at Edinburgh Waverley station.


A Mercedes sits in the middle of diggers at Edinburgh Waverley station. Credit: STV News

Workers had blocked off an area of the car park on Thursday so they could carry out resurfacing work on Friday. But they were in for a surprise when they were greeted by a vehicle sitting in the middle of the designated work area.

Undeterred they carried on with the work as planned and built a little ramp in front of the car to allow the owner to drive out without damaging the Mercedes.

A Network Rail spokesman said: "The motorist moved the barriers and parked in the worksite, but we've left a ramp for them to exit and will be happy to return their vehicle once they contact us."
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2013, 14:55:16 »
.......damm it I need a new keyboard now Grin Grin
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2013, 15:29:10 »
Dont think the thread title is fair to say network rail left the driver in the lurch. The driver had moved barriers blocking off this area of the car park to park in that spot, and they built him a ramp down from the space to the dug out area.
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2013, 17:14:22 »
Fair comment, richwarwicker.  Smiley

I merely used the ITV News website's own headline as the original heading for this topic as I was quoting them, but I've now amended this topic heading to perhaps more accurately reflect the situation.  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 22:40:00 »
It'd gone by Monday morning, guessing the driver was a little red faced when he/she came back to get it.
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2013, 10:09:58 »
How about this "interesting display of parking" from the Swindon Advertiser.
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2013, 10:11:51 »
Love the picture of Swindon car park (my car wasn't there, needless to say). Picture of the year, already dusted.
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