Parking on Double yellows with a badge

rose28454

I was up in London last week with my sister and husband and we stayed in Kilburn. When my sis and hubby went out to the car at 7.30 it had been broken into and the passenger side window was smalshed. Luckily the alarm had gone off and nothing was actually stolen. So my bil ( who is disabled) moved it around the corner nearer to the entrance to the flat and parked it on double yellows with his disability badge on show. However as it was a narrow road (albeit blocked at one end by road works) he parked on the pavement as this also meant the broken window was up against the wall and so nobody could then get in and steal his badge.
However when we cam out 2 hours later there wasa ticket on the screen. The receptionist in the flats said she had argued with the parking warden and explained what hd happened but he was having none of it. Another warden waled by and we asked him and he said that if we wrote to the council explaining they would probably cancel the ticket. I took a few photos to support our case. My question is should I use one of the templates on here??

Neil_B

The BB is irrelevant.

Pavement parking i.e. 'other than on the carriageway' is a contravention. Blocking the whole footway, as you describe, is somewhat extreme.

Whilst the incident you suffered was unpleasant I don't see the Council exercising discretion because of your subsequent actions.

Could you not have had the glass replaced immediately by an emergency service? Some insurance companies cover this and provide such a service for free. Anyone know if most still do?
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fozzeh

Neil_B wrote: »

Could you not have had the glass replaced immediately by an emergency service? Some insurance companies cover this and provide such a service for free. Anyone know if most still do?
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I'll excuse some naivity and would also like to know if any insurance company covers glass excess for free? Usually it doesn't affect NCD at all.


Swiftcover is £50 repair, £100 replace. Direct Line is £10 repair (for chip, which is via Autoglass, which is pretty good) and £75 replace.

negg

A blue badge does not automatically allow you to park on double yellow lines, so yes, you can get a ticket. It is up to the council to decide if you can park on them and this can vary from street to street within the same council.

Example near where I live, there is a street with double yellow lines down both sides. Park on one side with a blue badge and that's fine, park on the other and you get a ticket.

Even if you do have the right to park on a double yellow or the council allow it in the street for blue badge holders, they are still entitled to ticket/remove any car which causes an obstruction to either road users or pedestrians.

flyingscotno1

negg wrote: »

A blue badge does not automatically allow you to park on double yellow lines, so yes, you can get a ticket. It is up to the council to decide if you can park on them and this can vary from street to street within the same council.

Example near where I live, there is a street with double yellow lines down both sides. Park on one side with a blue badge and that's fine, park on the other and you get a ticket.

Even if you do have the right to park on a double yellow or the council allow it in the street for blue badge holders, they are still entitled to ticket/remove any car which causes an obstruction to either road users or pedestrians.

If there is no loading ban, you can park on double yellows of whatever status with a badge.

Neil_B

They haven't had a PCN for DY. It is obviously pavement parking, being in London.

rose28454

I take on board all these comments. I have sent a letter to the council detailing the circumstances and asking for the ticket to be cancelled. My bil had a stroke and can get confused and agitated by stressfull situations. I think he thought that his badge would cover him for the double yellows and that parking on the pavement would secure the car. The road was blocked atthe end so there was no traffic so maybe a little common sense could have been used by the warden. Still if they refuse ti cancel the ticket then thats it. He can only try.