'My first reclaim: Unfair Parking Ticket' blog discussion

Former_MSE_Lawrence

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

Read Martin's 'My first reclaim: Unfair Parking Ticket' Blog.

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Dumbledore55

Go Martin! Jobsworths!!

Behemoth

Parking regs are usually enforced by dubious private businesses with profits to make and their employees with 'sales' targets to meet. It is only to be expected that the ethics of the spiv will prevail, just as with any 'back-street' (quite literally in this case) Arthur Daley outfit.

Errata

Why is the signage unclear? It may be confusing but the signage itself is perfectly clear as your photo shows.

Crabman

Errata wrote: »

Why is the signage unclear? It may be confusing but the signage itself is perfectly clear as your photo shows.

The times stated on the sign pictured in the blog are different to those stated on other signs at the end of the road, hence being unclear.

Errata

The signage - the signs themselves and the information on them - is completely legible and consequently is not unclear. The signs give contradictory information which is confusing, a different thing to not being clear.

blanik

Ok to be pedantic - The signs are neither unclear or confusing.

The boundry signs define the restrictions within the zone (CPZ) which finish at 8pm "unless otherwise signed" - in this case the local restriction is clearly signed to finish at 6.30pm. There is no confusion! Where Martin was parked was legal and the ticket was incorrectly issued.

One other thing to watch if you want to appeal against tickets issued in a CPZ is that the boundry signs must be correctly displayed. i.e. in general one on each side of every road on the entry to the zone ( with some exceptions ). So if you get a ticket in a CPZ check all the entry signs to the zone from ALL directions to make sure they are all OK.

Hippocampus

Sounds like the nonsense that goes on in our town with bus lane signs. One sign says you can't use them at peak periods, but other signs say they are not to be used at all.

Total bollix. Deliberately designed to confuse to maximise revenue IMVHO.

jerrymail

or controled parking zone Got caught in a so called disabled bay not clearly marked, signes in all the wrong places and only one sign on the entrance to the zone coming off two way road should be one on each side in short won the day but still got told off by magistrate for defending myself like I should'nt. I say if your sure then fight all the way if nothing else you'll get your say and where there's a will there's a ! relation

ox5

go martin go! :T

jamtart6

I bet the council people will go "hmm i wonder if thats THE Martin Lewis"...picked on the wrong person didn't they!!