PCN on Motorbike

[DSS1]

Evening folk of PH.

Apologies if this has been done before, looking for some advice

Parked in a Pay & Display bay for about 35 minutes visiting Dad in hospital. Parked on the edge (bike was not hanging on yellow lines or anything) and there's a Celica in the same spot.

Anyway

Come back to find this.



Now I may be wrong here, but where is a biker to put a Pay & Display ticket on a motorcycle?

I'd understand if it was a Pay by Phone bay - but it wasn't.

Worth appealing? Anyone had any similar incidents?

Thanks in advance!

Daljit.

[Tribal Chestnut]

Can the parking co prove that your ticket wasn't nicked?

[Tribal Chestnut]

Could they bugger you for not using a proper bike bay? Or something to do with sharing a space? Worth checking their signage if you get a chance.

[shep1001]

DSS1 said:

Evening folk of PH.

Apologies if this has been done before, looking for some advice

Parked in a Pay & Display bay for about 35 minutes visiting Dad in hospital. Parked on the edge (bike was not hanging on yellow lines or anything) and there's a Celica in the same spot.

Anyway

Come back to find this.



Now I may be wrong here, but where is a biker to put a Pay & Display ticket on a motorcycle?

I'd understand if it was a Pay by Phone bay - but it wasn't.


Worth appealing? Anyone had any similar incidents?

Thanks in advance!

Daljit.

Whats the problem? you parked without paying and then complain when you get ticketed. If there were no free bike bays sadly they have you bang to rights and they will laugh at you if you give the excuse 'there was nowhere to put the ticket'

[Tribal Chestnut]

shep1001 said:

Whats the problem? you parked without paying and then complain when you get ticketed. If there were no free bike bays sadly they have you bang to rights and they will laugh at you if you give the excuse 'there was nowhere to put the ticket'

Probably right, sadly.

OP, next time remove your plate and tax disc. Maybe cover the VIN too.

[Codswallop]

I've just been checking the tower hamlets website, and they do not allow motorbikes to share bays with other vehicles, nor to park for free in pay and display spaces. There are free solo motorcycle bays provided, but unfortunately for you it's a case of pay up due to two contraventions

London is a nightmare for motorbike parking - each borough has it's own twist on things, and it's rarely easy to find all the info you need.

[shep1001]

Tribal Chestnut said:

Probably right, sadly.

OP, next time remove your plate and tax disc. Maybe cover the VIN too.

Its a council PCN they would probably tow it and then you would be in for way more than £40

[Red Devil]

Tribal Chestnut said:

Can the parking co prove that your ticket wasn't nicked?

You need to go to Specsavers. It's not from a PPC but a Local Authority re an on-street parking bay.

The OP could chance his arm at PATAS but my money says he will lose.
Even if he contends that he did in fact buy a ticket and it was nicked/fell off/blew away.
Baker v LB Wandsworth - http://keycases.parkingandtrafficappeals.gov.uk/do...

[DSS1]

Thanks for all the replies guys, and to those who done some digging around and found out all the information.

Guess it's an expensive lesson learnt - nothing more on that really.

Thanks again!

[Osinjak]

Codswallop said:

London is a nightmare for motorbike parking - each borough has it's own twist on things, and it's rarely easy to find all the info you need.

Absolutely this, I parked the same way I usually park my runaround scooter in Chiswick (never been there before) and came out of a shop to find the thing being ticketed. After an irate discussion with the ticket bloke he eventually managed to persuade me that I had parked illegally for that borough and I had to admit defeat. Still pissed off though! Lesson learnt and all that.

[xchurch]

Hi, one thing to bear in mind, I researched this after a similar incident in Bournemouth borough, they recommend when you buy the ticket, that you tear it in half, so one part has the time/date on it and you retain in your wallet the other half that contains the serial number of the ticket as a proof of purchase, not ideal but the official line for my borough.

[speedking31]

Just buy 2 tickets every time, simples

[calibrax]

speedking31 said:

Just buy 2 tickets every time, simples

Won't help as the charge is for failure to display.