Parking Ticket x3!

mattkowalski

Never in my life had a driving ticket of any kind, so have a couple of questions, having received three in one go!

Background:
I left my car, parked for a week on the quiet residential road outside the apartment block that I live in, with two wheels on the pavement. Essentially, the road is reasonably narrow, people always double park, and I was keen on my car not being damaged when vans/bin lorries try and squeeze through the gap (as has happened to other vehicles parked there). But granted - by the letter of the law, I was parked illegally. I returned to it yesterday evening to drive it, and before pulling off, noticed something in the far bottom-passenger-side corner of the windscreen. Turns out that it a collection of three parking tickets (£120 each, or £60 each within 2 weeks). The irony is, I'd walked past my car on at least 5 occasions that week. If they'd been displayed more prominently, I would have moved the car after the first ticket had been served.

My questions are:
1) Are there any rules regarding where parking fine tickets should be displayed on a windscreen? Is that grounds for appeal or not?

2) Are the parking wardens supposed to take photographic evidence of where the tickets have been placed? Are tickets enforceable without photos on their side (of the offence and/or ticket placement)? Sadly it didn't occur to me at the time, but I didn't take a photo myself. Would a photo have made a difference anyway?

3) Long shot, but am I liable for more than one ticket, for what I see as a single parking offence?

On one hand, I'm inclined to just pay up and forget it ever happened, but I want to check that the council are playing fair.

Many thanks;

Matt Kowalski

Browntoa

sure the rules now say they don't have to actually put the ticket on the screen and all of them now take photo's as a matter of course

Neil_B

mattkowalski wrote: »

Never in my life had a driving ticket of any kind, so have a couple of questions, having received three in one go!

Background:
I left my car, parked for a week on the quiet residential road outside the apartment block that I live in, with two wheels on the pavement. Essentially, the road is reasonably narrow, people always double park, and I was keen on my car not being damaged when vans/bin lorries try and squeeze through the gap (as has happened to other vehicles parked there). But granted - by the letter of the law, I was parked illegally. I returned to it yesterday evening to drive it, and before pulling off, noticed something in the far bottom-passenger-side corner of the windscreen. Turns out that it a collection of three parking tickets (£120 each, or £60 each within 2 weeks). The irony is, I'd walked past my car on at least 5 occasions that week. If they'd been displayed more prominently, I would have moved the car after the first ticket had been served.

My questions are:
1) Are there any rules regarding where parking fine tickets should be displayed on a windscreen? Is that grounds for appeal or not?

2) Are the parking wardens supposed to take photographic evidence of where the tickets have been placed? Are tickets enforceable without photos on their side (of the offence and/or ticket placement)? Sadly it didn't occur to me at the time, but I didn't take a photo myself. Would a photo have made a difference anyway?

3) Long shot, but am I liable for more than one ticket, for what I see as a single parking offence?

On one hand, I'm inclined to just pay up and forget it ever happened, but I want to check that the council are playing fair.

Many thanks;

Matt Kowalski

1) No and no. Well, never seen it used. Maybe vaguley relevant on the basis they must always act reasonably. The essential matter is to serve a PCN on the vehicle or hand it to the person appearing to be incontrol of the vehicle. I see your point but I don't think it has any worth. i suppose sticking them up the exhaust would be a 'failure to serve' but it doesn't sound quite that bad.

2) No but they often do.

Yes, they can rely on CEO's notes. and

Own pics may have been relevant to point 1) but see point 1)

3) They may serve one per day. Is that the case?

You may consider asking them to exercise discretion for two of them, in the circumstances. They don't have to though.

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By not stating the basic details of which Council or showing one of the PCNs you lose the possibility of advice on other angles of appeal.

Neil_B

Browntoa wrote: »

sure the rules now say they don't have to actually put the ticket on the screen

Why is this constantly misunderstood and miss-quoted!

Of course they have to serve a PCN in the circumstances described.