It’s no wonder people get tickets, confusing parking signs.

[tight fart]

We need to park near a football stadium today, I know there’s not a match on, hopefully no other event.
Looking on google maps to see where we can park and saw this, I read it as we can park today (Sun)
But I do put it down as clear as mud.

[vonhosen]

CoolHands said:

If they tried harder they could’ve got a bit more text on that lampost!

If it’s not an event day you can park there. If it is an event day you can not park there, even if you paid.

You can park there on event days, outside the prohibition times (that are shown on yellow sign) & upon payment during the time times shown on the third sign down.

[mac96]

Surely the real difficulty is knowing what they mean by Event and whether one is in progress.
Matches obviously, but I expect smaller events occur as well. Are those included?
The sign obviously cannot specify the dates, but it could refer the viewer to eg website which listed them.

[Timz01]

normally the signs when you enter the zone tell you if its a event day or not, well they do (well did when i lived there) in Wembley, assume its the same in other locations.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.565569,-0.277057...

Edited by Timz01 on Sunday 9th February 14:14

Edited by Timz01 on Sunday 9th February 14:14

[dundarach]

What's confusing about it?

[Drawweight]

The times take a bit of working out but I’m intrigued by the use of the word ‘event’

Yes, we all know what it’s supposed to mean but an event strictly speaking is ‘anything that happens’

[Foss62]

vonhosen said:

CoolHands said:

If they tried harder they could’ve got a bit more text on that lampost!

If it’s not an event day you can park there. If it is an event day you can not park there, even if you paid.

You can park there on event days, outside the prohibition times (that are shown on yellow sign) & upon payment during the time times shown on the third sign down.

The 2 hour limit would be highly unlikely to be enough if the event is a football match though (unless I am misunderstanding the signs and it somehow doesn't apply?).

[mcflurry]

Foss62 said:

The 2 hour limit would be highly unlikely to be enough if the event is a football match though (unless I am misunderstanding the signs and it somehow doesn't apply?).

That's probably the idea - stop people driving and parking there for the match, but letting non-match viewers visit for a bit..

[vonhosen]

Drawweight said:

The times take a bit of working out but I’m intrigued by the use of the word ‘event’

Yes, we all know what it’s supposed to mean but an event strictly speaking is ‘anything that happens’

Can't just say football match, could be rugby, a concert etc.

[megaphone]

I read it you can't park there on a Sunday between 10am-7pm. In fact permit holders can't park there on a Sunday 10-7pm.

Also Public Holidays, some fall on a Monday or a Friday, so what timing takes priority?

Also Mon-Friday, is that 5.30am or 5.30pm?

Edited by megaphone on Monday 10th February 07:39

Edited by megaphone on Monday 10th February 08:30

[wyson]

You have to check on the council website to see if there is an ‘event’ on or not. Usually its listed on a webpage. Some places, there are signs put up saying it’s an event day. Other places, don’t. So it depends.

The ‘event’ takes precedence over it being a public holiday or not. The signs say that, common sense also says that. The restrictions are designed so an event doesn’t cause chaos for local residents. Doesn’t matter if its a public holiday or not, they won’t want thousands of cars prowling residential roads, looking for spaces to park.

In this circumstance, I’d look at the sign.

Then check the council website.

Then walk up and down the road to look at the neighbouring signs to make sure I’m in the correct parking box, scanning the road markings as well.

Then I’d check the app. Sometimes the payment will be £0 if it’s free. Sometimes it will say it’s free parking.

I’ve been caught out in all the above scenarios in one way or another, and have learned the hard way.

Frankly, I think its ridiculous, but that is the state of parking in London. Since implementing my strategy, I hadn’t had a single parking ticket for years until I parked somewhere that used the Saba app, which has a reverse post pay logic to other parking apps. Just don’t get me started on that.

So with any new parking app, I’d now spend some time analysing its payment logic. Pre pay / post pay / auto pay / free parking grace periods etc.

Edited by wyson on Monday 10th February 08:39