Think there were wrongs and rights on both sides in this case, but glad the council overturned the fee in the end.

When a baby is screaming in the back while you’re driving wanting a feed you’ll stop anywhere to feed them I sympathise with her

Well… I don’t blame the parking attendant. I’m sympathetic to her problem, but she was breaking the rules.

I think the rules should have been bent in this case.

A lot of people saying she should have parked somewhere else but where this was its pretty much all paid parking so she did what she had to do plus getting out with bub in the rain isn’t really feasible.

Maybe if she had parked in an area that didn’t require a ticket.

The problem is not the breastfeeding in my idea, but that she parked in an area where she was supposed to pay.

Seriously? Why women always have to face all these nonsense. Taking care of a child is stressful already.

In this situation a letter usually does get it overturned with no need for media.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 17 Dec 2018 , 6:12 am

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  I am surprised about the councils initial reaction.

Maybe next time she could have a sign on her windscreen saying “I’m in the back feeding the baby” but I can see that getting abused. I get what it’s like when ur driving and ur baby needs feeding. The number of times we’ve had to pull over. But if I was alone and the only place was paid parking I would have paid for an hr. It sux but they see it as someone else could have parked here and paid

Well since it was a parking bay where you have to pay, I don’t think it was unreasonable she got fined. A mistake is easily made and I totally understand this mums mother instinct jumped in. I’m sure next time she’ll look where she parks. I would just had paid when I would be in her situation.

I’m so glad it got overturned, I have a bub that gets very upset travelling so I can feel her pain all too well…. and being in such a busy area would have added so much stress to that poor mumma

I’m sorry but this shouldn’t be an issue! If parents choose or sometimes don’t get a choice not to have a second child that’s no ones business or right to judge.

I can see both sides to this story. Yes, the baby was distressed and hungry, and yes it’s hard when you are driving with a crying baby, but she did park in a spot that required a ticket, and she didn’t buy one. It’s a hard one, but it’s good that she got it overturned. Maybe next time though she will take more notice of were she is parking

I would have just paid it, you parked and didn’t pay it is pretty simple

I’m glad she was nice to the inspector who didn’t see her until after the ticket was issued and was just doing their job.

How was there nowhere else to pull over? Maybe they could have overturned the fine if she agreed to pay the cost of how long she was parked there?

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  • • becstalou replied
    • 15 Dec 2018 , 8:04 pm

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  In Burleigh it’s very likely it gets crazy there which is probably why she was fined so quickly.