Pathetic Parking Ticket

[lazyitus]

Got a ticket on Saturday.

I was parked on an industrial estate and my front wheel was just over a double yellow.

The car however was absolutely no obstruction to any other vehicle or person.

On careful reading of the ticket, I noticed that the information on it included the traffic attendant's number/code and underneath it says 'signed'. BUT they have not signed it.

Is this enforcable?

Plus:

I understand the need for parking regulations but when there is no logic or common sense applied, I really dont see why I should pay this.

How do I lodge a complaint?

[puggit]

Last night I parked on the end of my cul-de-sac (at the closed end) with one wheel over the double yellows at the turning circle - which you can only turn a mini in....

I was fully expecting some jobsworth to turn up at 11pm and book me!!!

I also saw a traffic warden booking an M&S lorry in Reading on Sunday afternoon. The reason he was parked is because cars were illegally blocking the loading bay - but nevermind eh, a ticket is a ticket!

[streaky]

The address for any 'complaints procedure' should be printed on the ticket. If not, then write to the address where they instruct you to send the cheque.

If you can, return to the scene and take careful note (with photographs and include a copy of today's newspaper and make sure that any automatic date recorded by the camera is current) of the road markings ... they might well be non-compliant with the regulations (eg. not properly terminated).

Check out : Parking appeals and Road markings (requires Acrobat Reader.

Streaky

[streaky]

puggit said:

... I also saw a traffic warden booking an M&S lorry in Reading on Sunday afternoon. The reason he was parked is because cars were illegally blocking the loading bay - but nevermind eh, a ticket is a ticket!

If fire-engines, ambulances and hearses get booked, why not M&S lorries?

[ot]Mentioning hearses reminds me of the report about a local councillor who described the entrance to the crematorium as a "dead-trap"![/ot]

Streaky

[Zod]

streaky said:

and include a copy of today's newspaper

err, that technique works well for kidnappers to prove that the victim was alive on or after a certain date, but in this case, all it would prove is that the photo wasn't taken before the relevant date.

[joe c]

I got booked (Waiting for wife to get money from cash dispenser) for the front bumper just over the end of the zig zag line on a crossing. Cup final afternoon no other cars on the road and no one driving around. 3 Points & £60 fine.

[puggit]

Sorry Joe - sounds rough, but zig-zags are like speeding past schools or in motorway roadworks

[streaky]

Zod said:

streaky said: and include a copy of today's newspaper err, that technique works well for kidnappers to prove that the victim was alive on or after a certain date, but in this case, all it would prove is that the photo wasn't taken before the relevant date.

Exactly! And the best that can be done to show contemporaneousness (I might have invented a word ) - Streaky

[craigw]

I got off a parking ticket because it wasnt signed. Send a letter in with a photocopy of the ticket (wouldnt advise sending the original)

[ATG]

Sounds rather like speeding through motorway roadworks at 3 in the morning when no one is working on the road or driving on it either.

Parking ticket issuance has gone bonkers round my way. No doubt someone has set someone else a target that they are gleefully fulfilling so they all get bonuses. Doesn't seem to figure that the number of tickets they issue could be used as a measure of the degree to which the council are failing to control parking in their area. Ho hum.

[5ltr-chim]

Was the ticket for the yellows or obstruction ?

If latter - they can't prosecute if they don't know who parked it there.
It doesn't fall to the registered owner.

If the yellows the same might apply - I'm not sure.