City of London Parking ticket
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Hi all, have gone into work to revise today parking the car in a bay outside the office.
Been back down to collect my bag as I left it in the car and have managed to pick up a parking ticket. Timing of events are:
10:33 sign into building, go upstairs
10:34 ticket issued
10:37 phone ringo from the office to pay for parking (no signal on street)
10:45 go back down to find a ticket on the car
I've taken a photo of my building sign in sheet showing me arrive 1 minute before the ticket was issued and another of my call log 4 mins later when the call was made to pay.
Chances of a successful appeal?
Been back down to collect my bag as I left it in the car and have managed to pick up a parking ticket. Timing of events are:
10:33 sign into building, go upstairs
10:34 ticket issued
10:37 phone ringo from the office to pay for parking (no signal on street)
10:45 go back down to find a ticket on the car
I've taken a photo of my building sign in sheet showing me arrive 1 minute before the ticket was issued and another of my call log 4 mins later when the call was made to pay.
Chances of a successful appeal?
kiethton said:
Hi all, have gone into work to revise today parking the car in a bay outside the office.
Been back down to collect my bag as I left it in the car and have managed to pick up a parking ticket. Timing of events are:
10:33 sign into building, go upstairs
10:34 ticket issued
10:37 phone ringo from the office to pay for parking (no signal on street)
10:45 go back down to find a ticket on the car
I've taken a photo of my building sign in sheet showing me arrive 1 minute before the ticket was issued and another of my call log 4 mins later when the call was made to pay.
Chances of a successful appeal?
Roughly zero.Been back down to collect my bag as I left it in the car and have managed to pick up a parking ticket. Timing of events are:
10:33 sign into building, go upstairs
10:34 ticket issued
10:37 phone ringo from the office to pay for parking (no signal on street)
10:45 go back down to find a ticket on the car
I've taken a photo of my building sign in sheet showing me arrive 1 minute before the ticket was issued and another of my call log 4 mins later when the call was made to pay.
Chances of a successful appeal?
Do you have any proof that you didn't go for a coffee or something between parking and going to the office?
kiethton said:
Hi all, have gone into work to revise today parking the car in a bay outside the office.
Been back down to collect my bag as I left it in the car and have managed to pick up a parking ticket. Timing of events are:
10:33 sign into building, go upstairs
10:34 ticket issued
10:37 phone ringo from the office to pay for parking (no signal on street)
10:45 go back down to find a ticket on the car
I've taken a photo of my building sign in sheet showing me arrive 1 minute before the ticket was issued and another of my call log 4 mins later when the call was made to pay.
Chances of a successful appeal?
Definitely worth a go I think. I made a balls up on the congestion charge a few months back and after a few letters was surprised to get let off. You don't have anything to lose by tying - good luck. Been back down to collect my bag as I left it in the car and have managed to pick up a parking ticket. Timing of events are:
10:33 sign into building, go upstairs
10:34 ticket issued
10:37 phone ringo from the office to pay for parking (no signal on street)
10:45 go back down to find a ticket on the car
I've taken a photo of my building sign in sheet showing me arrive 1 minute before the ticket was issued and another of my call log 4 mins later when the call was made to pay.
Chances of a successful appeal?
TooMany2cvs said:
Roughly zero.
Do you have any proof that you didn't go for a coffee or something between parking and going to the office?
Do you also have any proof that you didn't murder anyone between parking and going to the office? Do you have any proof that you didn't go for a coffee or something between parking and going to the office?
I think you need as much proof as possible of things that you didn't do. If you are Pippa Middleton's husband you may have trouble backing up your story that you were revising.
TooMany2cvs said:
limpsfield said:
Do you also have any proof that you didn't murder anyone between parking and going to the office?
I think I know which is a slightly more common situation.I should have more of these conversations to boost my post count
TooMany2cvs said:
He paid for the ticket by phone.
Exactly. There's a direct analogy. Just because he paid by phone doesn't make his trip to a working phone any less going to pay. Indeed, if the car park is cashless, there's possibly an argument that lack of signal corresponds to a broken machine...Solocle said:
TooMany2cvs said:
He paid for the ticket by phone.
Exactly. There's a direct analogy. Just because he paid by phone doesn't make his trip to a working phone any less going to pay. Indeed, if the car park is cashless, there's possibly an argument that lack of signal corresponds to a broken machine...Fight it tooth and nail.
It's always worth a try to appeal a PCN, even if you think there is little chance of success.
As it happens, I'm also waiting to hear back form Islington on my appeal for a moving traffic offcence that I challenged a few weeks ago.
My previous PCN was also from islington, where I successfully challenged a parking PCN for parking without a permit.
As it happens, I'm also waiting to hear back form Islington on my appeal for a moving traffic offcence that I challenged a few weeks ago.
My previous PCN was also from islington, where I successfully challenged a parking PCN for parking without a permit.
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