RC86405 - Causing Unnecessary Obstruction
Discussion
gshughes said:
It is partially blocking the dropped kerb, designed to allow those with buggies and wheelchairs to cross, as well as being too close to the junction. Either of these could be the reason the ticket was issued rather than being too far out from the kerb.
It isnt blocking the dropped kerb. The first picture does make it seem so. £30 for that is ridiculous and I personally would contest it.gshughes said:
It is partially blocking the dropped kerb, designed to allow those with buggies and wheelchairs to cross, as well as being too close to the junction. Either of these could be the reason the ticket was issued rather than being too far out from the kerb.
Are those gates in the wooden fence behind the bin?Every other car in those pics are closer to the junction than the Micra, so I presume it's the distance from the kerb. In London I'm sure it's 500mm before it's classed as double parking.
If an emergency vehicle/dustcart/HGV had been unable to get passed, perhaps that's whwt caused the ticket to be issued.
I can quite understand not wanting to kerb a Micra alloy though.
Edited by mgtony on Monday 31st March 10:47
To add some balance...
It's pretty poor parking, but then a lot of it is in that area. Look at the cars at the back of shot. It's an endemic problem in that area - many students per house, increasing number of cars, all street parking, big houses, etc.
It's not the worse I have seen in Hyde Park by far, the corners of junctions are the worse, sometimes so tight that you struggle to turn in to the road, heaven knows how a fire engine would cope.
OP - were many others ticketed?
It's pretty poor parking, but then a lot of it is in that area. Look at the cars at the back of shot. It's an endemic problem in that area - many students per house, increasing number of cars, all street parking, big houses, etc.
It's not the worse I have seen in Hyde Park by far, the corners of junctions are the worse, sometimes so tight that you struggle to turn in to the road, heaven knows how a fire engine would cope.
OP - were many others ticketed?
mgtony said:
gshughes said:
It is partially blocking the dropped kerb, designed to allow those with buggies and wheelchairs to cross, as well as being too close to the junction. Either of these could be the reason the ticket was issued rather than being too far out from the kerb.
Are those gates in the wooden fence behind the bin?Every other car in those pics are closer to the junction than the Micra, so I presume it's the distance from the kerb. In London I'm sure it's 500mm before it's classed as double parking.
If an emergency vehicle/dustcart/HGV had been unable to get passed, perhaps that's whwt caused the ticket to be issued.
I can quite understand not wanting to kerb a Micra alloy though.
Edited by mgtony on Monday 31st March 10:47
There's an element of subjectivity to it, but that far out from the pavement and that close to the junction it's at least arguable that yes it's unnecessary obstruction.
As this is presumably a police ticket rather than a council one, challenging it would mean a day out at the magistrates court, and if you lost you'd potentially end up with a larger fine (maximum £1000 IIRC) and prosecution costs to pay on top - so for the sake of £30 I'd pay it and move on. (Thought it was £50 these days anyway?)
As this is presumably a police ticket rather than a council one, challenging it would mean a day out at the magistrates court, and if you lost you'd potentially end up with a larger fine (maximum £1000 IIRC) and prosecution costs to pay on top - so for the sake of £30 I'd pay it and move on. (Thought it was £50 these days anyway?)
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