A hypothetical question

jumpycheese1

There is a car park (council run) in a suburb a few miles from me. A third of the carpark is £2 for all day parking (bays painted blue) and the other two thirds, the parking is free for three hours. These bays are painted white.

As the council couldn't be bothered to clear up the snow, it was impossible to see where the lines/bays are so as most of us use the car park regulary, like myself, know where the free bays are and park accordingly.

My question is if the sun melts the snow only to discover a driver has parked over two bays (as unable to see where the lines were when they parked) can a parking warden give them a ticket for it?

Treadway1

Im pretty sure I read something like this a few years ago. A guy had parked his car at the side of the road, and came back to discover that he had been given a ticket for parking on a double yellow line. Trouble was, that being Autumn, the side of the road was completely covered in wet leaves, rendering it impossible to see the double yellow lines. He argued the case and it went all the way to a PATAS hearing and the ticket was overturned. The adjudicator stated that it was the local councils job to make sure that all relevant signage (Including road markings) was clearly visible and recognisable.

So in answer to your question, yes the warden probably woul give a ticket, but if you argued it, then you would probably win.