£14,000 Parking Bill! Mercedes left in car park for three YEARS - racking up £14,000 in parking tickets This Mercedes has remained gathering dust in the bowels of a multi-storey car park for THREE YEARS - and racked up a staggering £14,235 in parking fees. But the crock in the bay - cordoned off by a safety barrier - may soon be moved from Broadway Plaza, off Five Ways, Birmingham. The local authority has been asked to remove it after attempts to track down the owner drew a blank. Police have also become embroiled in the motor mystery. Theyve discovered the car was not stolen or involved in crime. It is still not known why it was simply left to rot in the Plaza basement. If nothing else, the car has proved a talking point among punters using the £13-a-day multi-storey, with imaginations running riot. One motorist told The Mercury: I reckon it has been on the basement floor for three years, all the time with the barrier behind it. Every time Ive driven by Ive always thought it would have been on the verge of being towed away. But. no, its still there. Whose is it? What is it doing there? Why hasnt it been moved? Is there a dead body in the trunk? Is it haunted? Thousands upon thousands of people must have driven past it over the years and thought similar things. Bizarrely, APCOA, which manages the 1,400 space multi-storey, found the saloon had been left unlocked, with the logbook inside revealing the drivers details. All attempts to contact the Coventry owner have failed. They also found the back axle was so damaged, the Merc could not be driven away. An APCOA spokesman said: The car in question has been in situ for a couple of years. The reason why the vehicle is effectively cordoned-off is because one of the back wheels/axles is loose, and the car is propped up on one side for reasons of safety. West Midlands Police were made aware of the vehicle in the event that it may have been stolen. However, police records confirmed otherwise. The police recommended APCOA write to Birmingham City Council to request the removal of the abandoned vehicle. Approximately four months ago, APCOA requested the removal of the vehicle, but to this day nothing has been forthcoming. We will follow-up the abandoned vehicle request in the coming days. In the meantime, the vehicle continues to rust in peace. A spokeswoman for the West Midlands Police explained officers will endeavour to find the owner of an abandoned car. If that fails, the local authority will slap a notice on the vehicle warning it will be towed away in seven days. A spokesman for the city council pointed out the multi-storey is not owned by the authority and the Merc owner could face a bill for having the car removed.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:00:00 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015