Parking Ticket in front of Grand Cafe

the guys that I saw were at the signal light close to the air port, the one with the FFC Airport branch

I've been told that Qatar Traffic police has sub contracted identifying and issuing fines for traffic violations to a private agency

I don't know how much this is true, but I have seen people in blue overalls definitely not traffic officers manning signal lights. At first glance they look like regular road workers... but then I noticed they had traffic written in bold letters on the back of their uniforms and they were writing down stuff in notebooks every now and then... very odd... they weren't doing road work for sure, maybe someone else could shed more light on this...

don't worry so much

getting your first parking ticket is like your first prick of conscience when you do something bad

it bothers you so much only the first time ;-)

police is everywhere nowadays.

Even at un-imaginable places and making money for the State (by way of slapping fines) :(

similar incident happened to me 3 days back.. parked as usual in front of Olympic Sports near the Crazy signals.. exact parking spot was just on the road side in front of the shop behind the remaining cars.. went inside to get a pair of shoes. came outside and saw a burly !@#!@# sticking a yellow sticker on my car.. I apologised and he barked back asking "is this parking place"..

not going to olympic sports ever again till they can identify parking places for its customers..

anyway, i have 3 points and 500 qr fine.

on the other hand, is anybody aware of police having to finish a certain quota of traffic violation stickers in a week / month?

and UK...I'm gonna call you in 5 minutes...

shouldnt it be a parking offense in the first place? Is any notification required for that?

Ok so paking along the Pedestrain Guard Rail (PGR) is now been treated as a Traffic offence. I think the Cafe and shops/properties in that area should warn their customers about this and post warning. Otherwise no will go there and they will lose business

Flippin eck!

just like everyone else...we've always parked there!!! and never EVER gotten any tix...wallah i am a good citizen who follows the rules...but i sure as heck didnt know we weren't allowed to park there...now i feel like a criminal **:( big frown...

I think the area along the Pedestrian Guard Rail is in Question here which probably is classified as prt of the service Road. I dont think anyone got a ticket parking their vehicles right infront of the Properties.

Nadine, please advise which was the case, we're you parked along the Pedestrian guard rail facing the Ramada Junction or we're you parked infront of the Grandcafe or any other property.

Thanks for highlight this anyway. Hope you can join us for a Shisha tonight. PM me for details

outside G Cafe next to the metal fence not on the road...and there is no double yellow line!

Oryx, Was your friend,

a) in the proper car park

b) in the parking bays beside the road

or

c) on the road?

you a little bit. Maybe, try to reason out this ticket with the officers at Kahlifa, maybe you get a discount or erased it totally?

in pedestrian related accidents.

thanks Oryx for the info. only the cars parked along the metal fence got tkt or other too parked infront of the Grand Cafe..

I never knew you couldn't park there! Hence the simplicity of painting a double yellow line!

in Ramada, in The Center or nearby and then walk to the resto.

OMG!!!

Just cos everyone else is doing it, doesn't make it right. Remember all those who parked on the road outside City Centre?

well... u got a ticket just like everyone else... :P

Gran Cafe is the big resto/sheesh shah place opp mega mart btw ramada and jeedah flyover

I have been going for years and never heard of this

so thanks for the warning and saving me 500 qr

A good friend of ours got a ticket 500QR and 3 points for parking outside grand cafe!!!!

Where we always park up by the metal fence

I dont see a no parking sign there

In UK is very clear it has a double yellow line....

I wish they were this strict with the bad drivers

where exactly you were parked..

I heard that all the cars parked there got the tkt..::(

nadinenana long time .. and TIG :)