parking tickets

[Byff]

Managed to escape a parking ticket today.

The main town front street has been converted to a narrow road, with huge pedestrian areas, a couple of loading bays and a parking area about half a mile away. The traders are doing their nut because there used to be loads of parking bays which have now been paved over and they are loosing trade.

Anyway, I was a bit naughty and just parked in a loading bay while I ran in a shop to drop a key off. When I returned, there's a community police officer getting her book out. I explained that I had just delivered a package but she continued to write a parking ticket. While deliberating my options, I thought what would be the consequences of me just driving off? As it happens, I managed to get her to go in the shop and they confirmed I was delivering a "package" and she let me off.

Thing is, is a loading bay specifically for certain types of parcels or does a set of keys count?

[motorwise]

you'll probably find the loading bay says on the plate "goods vehicles only" or something like that - I always use the loading bay (when I'm in the van) and don't get a problem

[Parrot of Doom]

If its outside London, so long as the ticket doesn't touch your car you can drive away and forget about it.

[motorwise]

Parrot of Doom said:

If its outside London, so long as the ticket doesn't touch your car you can drive away and forget about it.

is that true? brilliant

[blackvanman]

Parrot of Doom said:

If its outside London, so long as the ticket doesn't touch your car you can drive away and forget about it.

I think it's the other way around.

London has decriminalised parking tickets (PCNs) which have to be handed to the driver or attached to the vehicle, unless intimidation is used to prevent service of PCN or the PCN arises due to CCTV observation. It is *always* legitimate to drive off from parking attendants in London.

I believe the criminal version, Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) can be issued by police officers on suspicion that an offence has occurred and I don't believe they need to be attached to the vehicle in order to be valid.