A further warning to Medway motorists

In case you didn’t already know, the White Vulture is relentless … and about to multiply!

I would like to offer you all a word of warning: if you feel like doing a good deed for the Vulture, just don’t.

We’ve now learned that the Council intends to buy a second car, perhaps to keep busy on the road (or not as has been photographically proven) whilst the first is busy touring the Medway Schools.

In his Between the Lines column in the Medway Messenger last Friday, David Jones told us about the case of Susan Maxwell, who spotted the Vulture in a busy road in Chatham.

“To avoid hitting the car I pulled over to one side to let it through,” said Susan.

“I thought I was being a considerate motorist. I couldn’t believe it when I received a ticket in the post.

“I went to the council offices to protest and they showed me the picture. I clearly have two hands on the wheel as though I am about to continue driving.”

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the end of the road, so to speak, for Susan Maxwell. As the original ticket had gone missing in the Christmas post, she was being fined a higher amount, all for doing the right thing.

When she explained this to the Council, they changed their minds: they were, in fact, only going to charge her the original amount.

How kind.