'I was driving in the bus lane to avoid a UFO':!!!!!!!!

It was an excuse previously unknown to mankind.

But that didn't stop a driver fined £120 for using a bus lane
claiming he had only done so to avoid a UFO.
The motorist told parking officials that he was 'forced' to
swerve into the bus lane to avoid a spaceship that was 'hurtling
towards him' in Southwark, south London.



Appeals: Southwark
Council has released details of the outlandish excuses some drivers have
given to avoid paying fines - including one man who claimed he drove in
a bus lane to avoid hitting an oncoming spaceship

He told an appeal that he would 'never
normally' stray into a bus lane, but that he had to take 'avoidance
action' as the vessel approached.
But his pleas were rejected, with parking chiefs noting that the
camera used to record his misdemeanour did not catch the unidentified
flying object and forcing him to stump up the fine.
Other bizarre attempts to avoid fines revealed by Southwark
Council include a motorist who told them he wasn't liable for a ticket
because he was colour blind and thought a yellow line was blue.
He told a parking appeal that because of his yellow/blue colour
blindness he had 'no idea' that parking was restricted.
Again, his appeal was rejected on the grounds that 'everybody
knows not to park on double lines, regardless of colour'.
Other chancers tried to avoid fines by saying they had been
sleeping in their car and were taking government road safety advice by
taking a break rather than 'drive tired'.
Another said that he thought you could park anywhere when it was
raining and yet another said they had 'no idea' what a residential
parking bay was.
Council spokesman Gill Davies said: 'The imagination of some of
the drivers is quite impressive.
'But UFOs and colour blindness unfortunately do no count as
legitimate reasons to overturn a parking ticket.'



Well i thought it was funny..........

Southark Council should appreciate that most visiting alien space ships have cloaking devices that render them invisible,especially to CCTV.