46C - Parked on a Clearway - Signs?

[Conor D]

Hi,

I have just received my second parking ticket in just under a month. Both have been for a 46C - Parked on a clearway during hours of operation. Both were issued at 4:40pm on the same street - in different sections.

The first time I got one, I was parked against the flow of traffic. There were signs for the clearway being active from 4:30pm - 6:00pm but these were 100m in either direction from where I was parked (also facing the other direction).

This time I was also parked against the flow of traffic, on a different section of this road. There are no signs for a clearway, I walked in either direction and there do not appear to be any signs on this section. There is a sign showing the clearway on the other side of the street - but this is only active from 8:30-9am.

Are there specific rules regarding clearways in the city - and signs notifying when they are active?

I don't know if I have been clear here, but I want to know where I stand if there are not any signage to show that it is a clearway? I intend to challenge this one also. It's very convenient that the online challenge system does not work at all - errors for days - and the only place you can actually submit any details is to a random P.O. Box.

[Conor D]

LoonR1 said:

Why is the PO Box random? Do you think it's really a box in the middle of nowhere?

Why does parking against the flow of traffic matter? You've posted it as if it somehow magically changes the circumstances.

It's a P.O. Box in another city. It's not connected to the building of the organisation who issue the tickets. There isn't a phone number to discuss the ticket - there is simply a P.O. Box. Send off the challenge, and wait to receive confirmation/feedback by post.

If you want to pay the ticket - you can do it online, over the phone or by sending a cheque.

By parking against the flow of traffic I mean that I parked on the other side of the street - i.e I had to cross oncoming traffic to park (drivers door to kerb). Rather than parking on the side of the street which is along the flow of traffic - I didn't have to cross oncoming traffic (passenger door to kerb).

If the clearway must be clearly signposted then surely it isn't in this case? I could've parked 10,000 times in this place and you would not know it was a clearway unless you walked 100m up the street only to walk down again.

I'm trying to be as clear as possible without drawing on a map...

[Conor D]

Hamish Finn said:

Conor D said:

I have just received my second parking ticket in just under a month. Both have been for a 46C - Parked on a clearway during hours of operation. Both were issued at 4:40pm on the same street

Ummm....?

Bottom point is the previous ticket. Top point (beside Museum) is today.

The street changes throughout.

[Conor D]

Jim1556 said:

I'm working away and bored so, here you go...

This one clearly visible on the southbound approach to Ridgeway Street:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.5783837,-5.93404...

This one is there. I parked around 100m further down that road, in the opposite direction that the post van is facing. So I would not have seen any of the signs on my approach to park, after parking, or even when leaving the space.

My question is - does that still count as the clearway being clearly identified?

[Conor D]

Jim1556 said:

This one outside the museum (again southbound):
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.5826925,-5.93644...

This sign is no longer on the post. There is nothing there. Currently there are no signs on this section showing any clearway at 4:30-6:00pm.

The only one which is there is the one from 8:30am-9:00am as shown in your third link, which is on the other side of the street.