Saga of the car dumped in Mellieħa
The sorry saga of the dumped car in Triq ta’ Masrija, Mellieħa, rumbles on.
Dumped in October last year (licence expired September), it was reported three times with no success (on the last occasion, I was told police claimed the car was licensed). A letter to the sister paper on May 29 with a photograph of the expired licence resulted in a police notice affixed to the windscreen two days later, giving eight days notice for the vehicle to be removed (deadline June 8).
Nothing happened, so a second letter to the newspaper on July 10 brought a police officer to the vehicle on July 14 to affix another notice, this time from the council, again giving eight days for the car to be removed.
At the time of writing, the vehicle remains there, dirty, rusting, gathering rubbish underneath... and sitting on pieces of brick, as its four wheels have been whisked away! (see picture)
But this is Malta, where lack of enforcement rules the day. The car’s registration number is there for the authorities to trace the owner. Perhaps they are waiting to celebrate its first anniversary in a month’s time before finally having the eyesore removed.
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James Wightman
Sep 8th 2011, 11:16
Crush it! Simple
Kev Samut
Sep 5th 2011, 22:52
This is unbelivable in this small country how many cars we have abandoned on our roads.Wardens come and slap tickets but they seem never get towed away.This is unfair for those of us who pay road licence and do vrt then we cannot park our cars because of the unlicenced ones.There are many cars for example in Gzira and Ghaxaq alone some of them are without a number plate too so that when wardens or police see them they cannot slap them with a contravention ticket!
Somthing needs to be done just tow them away to Robba Quarry as the owner bother about them anymore.
Phil Humphries
Sep 5th 2011, 15:50
I'm just amazed that an over-zealous Warden hasn't taken this opportunity to increase his/her strike-rate :)
Mr Joseph Calleja
Sep 5th 2011, 20:37
Please don't blame the warden but blame the whole system. It is a shame for something like this to be brought to the attention of the local authorities and nothing happens. How disgraceful is that? I think that the Mellieha Local Council should act right away and get that piece of garbage off the street before the festa. Yes, I am talking like yesterday. Assign the Green Giant to stay next to that abandoned car till the tow truck shows up and don't ever leave that spot till the car is towed away. How about it Mr Cutajar?.
Mr Tony Gatt
Sep 5th 2011, 09:02
I never cease to be amazed at the lack of law enforcement in certain matters in Malta.
In the U.K. the local council has the responsibility of removing abandoned cars left on the road once their Road Fund Licence, as it is called, expires, and they are usually very quick about doing so..
Mr John Micallef
Sep 5th 2011, 08:21
Poor old 323...deserves more dignity than that!
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