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appealing a parking ticket?
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Over a month ago I was given a parking ticket outside my house, even though...
a) I was parked during an allowed parking time, After 11 (8am-11pm no parking on the sign)
b) The lines are broken
c) The lines aren't capped at one end properly
I've sent a letter to the ticket office, and recently they sent me a letter saying "We acknowledge your letter dated .... signed ..." And today I recieved a letter giving me another 30 days to pay up or they'll send me to court.
Now, It's only £30 and I'm not exactly skint or anything, but should I pay it or let them take me to court? I imagine alot of people would just pay up the £30 regardless, just to save the inconvenience of being taken to court... but my dad says I should definately not pay.
If i get taken to court I know I'll win, and It'll cost the police money.
What would you do? Anyone appealed before?
a) I was parked during an allowed parking time, After 11 (8am-11pm no parking on the sign)
b) The lines are broken
c) The lines aren't capped at one end properly
I've sent a letter to the ticket office, and recently they sent me a letter saying "We acknowledge your letter dated .... signed ..." And today I recieved a letter giving me another 30 days to pay up or they'll send me to court.
Now, It's only £30 and I'm not exactly skint or anything, but should I pay it or let them take me to court? I imagine alot of people would just pay up the £30 regardless, just to save the inconvenience of being taken to court... but my dad says I should definately not pay.
If i get taken to court I know I'll win, and It'll cost the police money.
What would you do? Anyone appealed before?
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They piss me off traffic wardens, wannabe cops with no life trying to look like they are actually an important part of society. I wouldn't pay, just for the sheer principle, traffic warden probably hadn't reached their quota for the day and decided they needed to get someone even though they were doing nothing wrong.
Traffic wardens = twats
It's funny how I've never known anyone who is friends with a traffic warden....shows they're loners!
They have their uses.
They are like that here too. My mum got one for parking outside my house in the residents bit so we could bring a tv into the house before taking the car to the car park. They couldn't realistically expect us to carry it
Fining people that park in fucking dumb places.
Not noog
I dunno, noog. I got out of one once (no court involved) with a letter or two. Mine was on double yellows and broken down.
Maybe if you can get some evidence (a photo) of the parking restrictions. Not really versed in court proceeedings, though. If you're in the right, you shouldn't have to pay a thing, though.
pinchy pinchy
I sent them a photo of the sign and the ticket and circled the time on the sign and the time on the ticket. I dont know why it's taking this long.
I really can't be arsed to make a court appearance though, I'm sure they'll probably fuck me over my expenses/loss of earnings but I really dont want to take it up the arse. and I dont want to risk getting a CCJ.
Of course I appealed and Plymouth council wrote back to me and said they'd wave the fine this time but if the same situation occured again I wouldn't be so lucky.
I'd contest it if I were you. They don't like admiting they're wrong even when they quite cleary are.
Try this website
They cannot do you if the parking restrictions were not in force, but a lot of traffic wardens will try.
Most parking tickets are actually acceptable. Park in a clearway, on double yellows, or in a disabled space without a blue badge, and the fine should be in the hundreds of pounds, not the tens of pounds. Most parking tickets are done by pond life in beemers or 4x4s who think "I was only two minutes" is a perfectly good reason to ignore parking restrictions that are normally there for a reason.
Park in a disabled bay without a blue badge and I'd make the fine £1000, to be quite honest.
The problem is many traffic wardens are on performance contracts- they don't issue enough tickets on behalf of the likes of NCP, and they get sacked. They will not show humanity because if they do they will lose their job.
How do you know they do?
Just treat them like you would treat any other panhandler or mugger.
That’s completely unjustified. Sometimes there’s no spaces left except disabled ones. And say at the local Tesco which is 24/7 the carpark is huge and if I’m in there late when the place is empty and I’m in a rush I don’t see why I can’t use the dozens of available disabled spaces nobody is using. Esp if I'm buying a case of beer or something as the bags sometimes split.
Although I have a relative that no longer drives, am I allowed to use their disabled badge so I can park closer to the entrance at Tesco?
They do.
Deal with it.
Oh noes.
Are you disabled?
No?
Well what makes you think you can deprive a disabled person of that space? Do their needs not count compared to you being too lazy to carry a crate of beer another thirty feet?
It's one of my great bugbears, given my sister-in-law is largely wheelchair-bound.
People who park in disabled bays, whatever the reason, are scum, and deserve to be severely punished. They are selfish vermin, and I would quite happily see them get huge fines, in the hundreds of pounds.
It's always some twat in a 4x4 or beemer that does it, too. Funny that.
I agree with you but I think there's a difference between illegally taking a disabled space when it's busy and there are people who will need it and just being a little bit lazy late at night when there's dozens of disabled spaces and nobody around. Those guilty of the former if it's clearly marked do deserve a fine but for the latter it would be petty and pointless.
Oh and I unfortunately don't drive a BMW or 4x4, although if I win the lottery or something a Range Rover would be nice. Otherwise I'll stick to the Fiesta :cool:
Then they'll provide some proof won't they?
I mean how do you know?
You seem very certain.
I mean they could just be some idiot chancers pretending they have the power, eh? It's been done before. Best ask some questions and get some proof to make sure.
I do. They are just people, and like all people can be out thought, out argued and they can lose. More accurately they usually walk away from what's difficult.
Deal with it.