Parked in a disabled bay after 6pm and got a fine
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As above - went in to town centre - was dead..plenty of single yellows available to park but there was a disabled bay that provided a safer parking spot so I parked there. It was 8.30pm and no one was around. Checked the road signs which said parking restrictions from 9am-6am Monday to Saturday. It was Saturday!
Contested the ticket but they threw it out and said I should not have parked in the disabled bay at any time and that restrictions for the disabled bay are not necessary as it's 24/7 for the use of disabled people and that the restrictions were for the parking bays (which were mostly taken on the day but one or two were available) and not the disabled bay.
I simply parked there as it was a better and safer spot to park my car
Go easy
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Contested the ticket but they threw it out and said I should not have parked in the disabled bay at any time and that restrictions for the disabled bay are not necessary as it's 24/7 for the use of disabled people and that the restrictions were for the parking bays (which were mostly taken on the day but one or two were available) and not the disabled bay.
I simply parked there as it was a better and safer spot to park my car
Go easy
Comments?
Local leisure centre always has a great many empty disabled spaces, only a third are ever used on a Thursday night for disabled swimming. Other times people park on them, mainly because their are a ridiculous amount and they won't be used. Personally wouldn't try it on a road bay though.
Tom_C76 said:
In our town centre the majority of the disabled bays are only reserved 9am-6pm, but one or two are disabled only 24/7.
Maybe I've never looked close enough, but I've always assumed disabled bays were only for the use of blue badge holders - I can't recall ever seeing that applying for limited hours.Sheepshanks said:
Tom_C76 said:
In our town centre the majority of the disabled bays are only reserved 9am-6pm, but one or two are disabled only 24/7.
Maybe I've never looked close enough, but I've always assumed disabled bays were only for the use of blue badge holders - I can't recall ever seeing that applying for limited hours.They don't really. I'm taking the piss.
Think the OP's got his answer!
W4NTED said:
As above - went in to town centre - was dead..plenty of single yellows available to park but there was a disabled bay that provided a safer parking spot so I parked there. It was 8.30pm and no one was around. Checked the road signs which said parking restrictions from 9am-6am Monday to Saturday. It was Saturday!
Contested the ticket but they threw it out and said I should not have parked in the disabled bay at any time and that restrictions for the disabled bay are not necessary as it's 24/7 for the use of disabled people and that the restrictions were for the parking bays (which were mostly taken on the day but one or two were available) and not the disabled bay.
I simply parked there as it was a better and safer spot to park my car
Go easy
Comments?
Really?Contested the ticket but they threw it out and said I should not have parked in the disabled bay at any time and that restrictions for the disabled bay are not necessary as it's 24/7 for the use of disabled people and that the restrictions were for the parking bays (which were mostly taken on the day but one or two were available) and not the disabled bay.
I simply parked there as it was a better and safer spot to park my car
Go easy
Comments?
W4NTED said:
As above - went in to town centre - was dead..plenty of single yellows available to park but there was a disabled bay that provided a safer parking spot so I parked there. It was 8.30pm and no one was around. Checked the road signs which said parking restrictions from 9am-6am Monday to Saturday. It was Saturday!
Riley Blue said:
W4NTED said:
As above - went in to town centre - was dead..plenty of single yellows available to park but there was a disabled bay that provided a safer parking spot so I parked there. It was 8.30pm and no one was around. Checked the road signs which said parking restrictions from 9am-6am Monday to Saturday. It was Saturday!
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