Fed up residents decorate car abandoned in disabled parking bay for five months for Valentine's Day

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Fed-up Callander residents took matters into their own hands by decorating a long-abandoned car for Valentine’s Day in order to draw attention to their plight.In September last year, we told how calls were made for the car abandoned in a disabled parking bay to be towed away.The vehicle was dumped in the parking spot outside the town’s Post Office and locals called for the vehicle to be removed over fears that it is causing safety issues for disabled motorists.The car is believed to have been left in the spot on Station Road since September 20, 2021.Now, five month later, desperate locals are still appealing to Stirling Council and Police Scotland to remove the neglected motor.

On Valentine’s Day, unknown campaigners took matters into their own hands and plastered the car with handmade love hearts.Residents’ calls to Stirling Council and to Police Scotland to take action have proven unsuccessful, with both claiming that they do not possess the relevant powers required to remove the car.Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.Trossachs and Teith Tory councillor, Martin Earl has been fighting the case for annoyed residents by attempting to have the car removed.This week he said: “This has become farcical.

There is clearly a big gap in current legislation that allows a vehicle to occupy a disabled bay for months. At this rate it will have Easter decorations all over it.“This is stopping people parking in a designated place and it’s ludicrous that the police and council have to wait for something such as the car tax to expire before they are able to do anything.”A Stirling Council spokesperson this week said: “The vehicle is road legal and, as a result, the council does not have the powers to remove it.“Pen