Parking ticket - Victory

[smithsi]

Appealled my parking ticket and won.

I was ticketed on a single yellow line on a bank holiday. Westminster Council had suspended the parking, but they did not post any signage to indicate that they had done so.

I appealed based on the fact that their was no clear signage, and quoted the case of a similar case, brought in the same street where signage was not clear and the case was dropped.

Cheaky bastards - I wonder how many people did not appeal and just paid up!!!

Just goes to prove that it is worth appealling for 2 reasons:

1. You might get your money back.
2. It will cost them more money!!

[rich 36]

Nice one, well pointed out that man.

[puggit]

[streaky]

Get the Evening Standard to publish this - at least write to their Letters page. It might prompt other victims to appeal - Streaky

[xxxxxxrich]

well done! I got stuffed by that crowd for 150 quid, my appeal was turned down because i was 2 days too late!

[Hollywood Wheels]

Nice one. Westminster are notorious, highway robbery....

[Peter Ward]

Hollywood Wheels said:

Nice one. Westminster are notorious, highway robbery....

Presumably to allow them not to collect council tax. A few parking tickets/year would be much cheaper than my council tax!

[smithsi]

Thanks everyone

Of course it should be noted that there response was that they were only granting me, because the parking attendant did not photograph the parking restrictions.

Cheeky bastards, they didn't even apologise.