Sutton parking penalty

[That_Hornet]

Basicaly i worked in sutton (nearest town) and i parked in a permi hlders bay, i put a visitors permit on my bike and thought nothing of it. Like everyday. But came back and i got a pnc and permit was half way up the road on the floor.

Concidering there is no way it attach it to my bike. I sent an appeal off and they came back with pic of the pnc on bike. But i sent off a photo copy of the permit and my explination. They say it still stands

any help

[sickpup]

Appeal it on the grounds that you have tried to conform to their rules but as they are unsuitable for motorcycles you should not be penalised for their inability to realise there are other vehicles than cars that need to park on the road.

[map]

I agree with sickpup above. Worth bumping it up the next rung in the appeals ladder.

From what I gather most appeals are at first rejected then when actually moved higher up are accepted. Not saying that's every case (or even yours), just what's on the grapevine.

Given that you haven't anything to loose by appealing (should revert to original charge if failed) then just do it.

Sickpup's grounds for appeal also apply. If the permit was not on the bike who is to prove the parking officer didn't remove it. Not saying they did, just can't prove it either way. Only real proof would be if you had a picture of the parked bike with the permit attached.

HTH
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