ok so we have had parking crackdown at our school which involved 8 (yes 8) police, comm support officers and traffic wardens standing about and moving everyone on
On the first day i reverse into space and forget tow bar is on and knock car behind number plate - no damage but cue. gross over reaction by pc and cso - take all my details check everything try and tell me they can do me for driving without due care and attention - bear in mind no damage and owner of car really cool about it... this goes on and on and ends up in them not being able to do anything at all as all legal - i was ascerbic to say the least because this charade took about 45 mins and all my children were there etc.
Next morning though am folk hero with mummies.... my victory however is short-lived
because, the next day after school pick up
cars parked and mummy in front of me putting her dc in car and securing him in car seat, i pull in behind her and wait for her to leave the space. wpc runs (yes actually sprints accross the road) and tells me to move on immediately. I say i am waiting for space, she says move on right now or i will give you a ticket for double parking! i say again i am just waiting and she gets her magic book out so i drive off (past the children we are trying to protect twice unnecessarily - in my mind putting them at more risk than just staying put) - i go off and then turn to the very space i was waiting for - wpc points at my car as i do something and writes in magic notebook - pick up children and then drive off and as i do wpc in question gives me a sarky smile and wave (even the 8 year old dd remarked how sarky) so i go to give her the finger and shit out at the last minute and think better of it...
Next day - i am charged with section 5 public order offence!!!!!!!!!! she says i gave her the 'wanker sign' (not my style) - actually i didn't but i said nothing rather than make it any worse.
so... am i going to get a criminal record? could she have given me a fixed penalty thus avoiding criminal record? do you think i was harrassed? and actually as i said i didn't really do the thing i was accused of but rather was going to give her the finger (thank god i didnt eh?)
Amazingly due to the grave seriousness of this crime it has been brought to magistrates court with a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!! amazing
i am terrified but completely outraged - i know i pissed them off by not commiting and offence the day before but this is so so over the top.
any advice anyone????? crapping myself..