unfair parking ticket

craigie b · Citizen Smith Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Karma :

Hiya,

Right I went out to Leeds last saturday night. I parked my car near the indoor market on the street in an area where there was no visible road markings or signs to indicate it was a pay and display area.

On returning during the day I realised I had a ticket, however in day light I could still see no visible signs and the road markings to indicate a parking bay were so worn out that they were barely visible.

Does anyone know where I stand with regards to this as I wish to appeal on the basis that it was not clearly marked as P & D.

Craig

craigie b · Citizen Smith Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Karma :

Cheers Siggi,

Unfortunately that'll involve a drive through to leeds, which will set me back a tenner in fuel plus time. What I've done instead is write a letter stating that it wasn;t clearly marked and if they decline my appeal that I will aggressively chase the issue through the correct legal channels and collect the evidence then.

I'm hoping they will either meet me in the middle (say an admin fee of £15, which I'll accept since it saves me time) or drop it all together.

If not then I'll nip through and get the photos. I can't see them taking one punters letter seriously enough to rectify the problem so it'll be the same a month from now as it was last week.

Worse case scenario, and it was marked and I didn't notice....well I delayed the bastards long enough that I can pay at the end of the month and not suffer the full £60 fee.

Arse

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RickHolt · Traffic Copper Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Karma :

You'll more than likely receive a pre-written letter telling you how you are wrong and still need to pay. No one will properly read your arguement.

You've got to be pretty dedicated and prepared to spend alot more time than it's worth to change anything. It's frustrating but unless you're retired and have nothing better to do, it's easier and cheaper to just pay up. The people handing out the tickets have ages to play the legal game, you just want it out of your way.

So much for being innocent until proven guilty etc

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Rick.

craigie b · Citizen Smith Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Karma :

I dunno, I got a aprking ticket in York. I appealled and they requested a form showing that I had called out the RAC. I provided it and they let me off.

Not challenging the system sometimes leads us to believe its futile.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

challenge it ie siggi's way or pay the ticket there IS no middle ground in this situation , you send a letter it'll go right into the bin,

Bury has had some massive victories from challengers , one with a parking attendant photoshopping his evidence photos which got 3 years worth of tickets cancelled (and caused a 1.5million budget deficit to boot).
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becyorks · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Karma :

do you know anyone who works for a breakdown/recovery company? if so say you broke down and you went to use a phone, get ya mate to write out a slip to say they attended and it couldt be fixed til the morning...... this method is tried and tested by my good self!

techierob · Traffic Copper Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Karma :

I suggest you protest. I've had four parking tickets and had them all overturned on protest. The circumstances were different, but many councils have more than half their parking fines overturned when there's a complaint.

Good luck with it