Parking Tickets.
Discussion
I was recently directed to parkingticket.co.uk. It's actually quite interesting as it lists one exemption of value to us.
So if they put a ticket on your car which has broken down you can write to them and challange the ticket as being incorrectly issued.
I'm not sure how things stand re: yellow lines that aren't 'T barred' closed on the ends. Anybody made a successful challange for unbarred lines or poorly maintained lines?
So if they put a ticket on your car which has broken down you can write to them and challange the ticket as being incorrectly issued.
I'm not sure how things stand re: yellow lines that aren't 'T barred' closed on the ends. Anybody made a successful challange for unbarred lines or poorly maintained lines?
huge_ego said: Not yet, but I will be making just such a challenge soon!
£240 in parking tickets last year ...
... all of them for parking on my own street, despite possessing a permit! My local coucil issues more residents permits than there are spaces
Will you be challenging on the grounds that the lines aren't legally painted and therefore unenforcible?
huge_ego said:
boosted ls1 said:
Will you be challenging on the grounds that the lines aren't legally painted and therefore unenforcible?
Yes, but I'm not a legal eagle, so would appreciate any advice (or sources or advice).
Well I heard about a guy up north who was sick of getting tickets and was on the news. He was showing how all the lines were 'unbarred' or broken due to tarmac repairs and saying that because they weren't proper double yellow lines there was no reason for him to look for the plate on the pole which tells the motorist the nature of the restrictions. It seems logical to me. I also wonder if they would send you a NIP if you keep refusing to pay so it might be worthwhile asking people here about that. If a NIP is on the cards then from the outset it would be wise to speak in the 'third party' and make no admissions.
The easiest way out would seem to be the broken down car.
We need to know the status of unbarred lines though as that's somewhat unclear. If they aren't enforcible then that means we can make short touchdowns quite legally as long as we use some commonsense re: safety issues.
I broke down last year in my old Golf in Soho on my way to work. I put a note on the dash saying the car had broken down and went to work (just up the road) for an hour or so while the RAC were on their way. Got back to the car and you guessed it, a ticket!
The RAC guy confirmed that the car was well and truely shagged and gave my a note saying this. I sent it off to the parking offences office along with the ticket and a letter describing everything and didn't hear anything back. So I guess they dropped it.
Edited to say that this was about three months ago
>> Edited by dannyboyo on Saturday 5th April 17:31
The RAC guy confirmed that the car was well and truely shagged and gave my a note saying this. I sent it off to the parking offences office along with the ticket and a letter describing everything and didn't hear anything back. So I guess they dropped it.
Edited to say that this was about three months ago
>> Edited by dannyboyo on Saturday 5th April 17:31
madcop said: The latest regulations have removed the necessity for lines to backed up with appropriate signs adjacent to the lines. The lines themselves are enough for prosecution now!
as far as i know thet still have to be unbroken and with out gaps
seem to remember some old boy making his mistion in life to fight broken yelllow lines, a while back.
outlaw said:
madcop said: The latest regulations have removed the necessity for lines to backed up with appropriate signs adjacent to the lines. The lines themselves are enough for prosecution now!
as far as i know thet still have to be unbroken and with out gaps
seem to remember some old boy making his mistion in life to fight broken yelllow lines, a while back.
That's the programme that I saw. Trouble is I don't know how he got on.
Madcop, surely you have to look at the sign on the pole to ascertain what the restriction is and when it's in force? The lines are there to tell you there is some form of parking restriction. Do you know anything about broken or unbarred lines? Thanks.
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