Parking Ticket on Yellow Line for taking Mother to hospital

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Ladywriter1968 wrote: »

was in the hospital over 2hrs waiting, so he supposed to sit in car for hours.

That, or pay a £60 fine ... I know what I would have done.

Sadly I honestly don't think that you are going to get anywhere with this one, just pay up and move on.

Takoda

One of you should have stayed with the car. Traffic wardens are people too. I was stopped on a half hour line and because I told him I was waiting for my elderly Mum to come out of the hairdressers on a bitterly cold day - he let me stay beyond the time allowed.

Your chap was just doing his job.

ScottishSapper

Try reposting this on the proper Board, Unless one of the Board Guides comes along mean time and moves it for you!)

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=26827

Have a read through some of the posts in there re posting copies of the notice etc.
Is it from a Private company or Council - it will make a difference.

xocbc

I don't wish to sound heartless, but if you can't afford a few pence/pounds to park, how can you run a car?

shuaibf

either pay for the car park or pay a bigger fine by parkin on single yellow, car park option seems cheaper and if u cnt afford it jus go home and wait for you to finish off

sarahg1969

OP - who is the ticket from? The council? Or a private parking company?

drew2k9

some tickets are half price if you pay them within 14 days, could be of help if you are low on cash, easier to borrow £30 rather than £60.

Yogibear

Ladywriter1968 wrote: »

My Mother inlaw caught her finger in the car boot and it would not stop bleeding so myself and husband took her to hospital. We did not have enough money for the car park as we are struggling financially. So in rushing and panicking and she was crying and saying oh my finger, she is 85 years old.

We parked on a single yellow line in a back street around back of hospital on a Saturday. When we returned we had a parking ticket for £60 slumped on the car. I said to him, we had to rush here in emergency and you stick this ticket on our car. He didn't care and just walked off.

On the opposite side of the road it stated private residents only. So we parked the opposite side where other cars were parked. When we said, what about these other cars, you didn't put fines on them, he stated, well they are all disabled ones.


Where do we stand on this?

Anyone who knows a lot about this area?

Just remember we rushed there in an emergency. I don't think an ambulance would have come out to her for a finger, would they? She insisted on going to hospital cause she was crying and shaking.

Thanks.

I`ve worked in this field so I know what I am speaking about if you park on a single yellow line without a disabled badge on your car you will get a ticket,sorry about your predicament but if you are struggling financially and couldnt afford the car park,it takes a lot to run a car, as others have said your hubbie could have dropped your M in Law and yourself off and parked up somewhere else,its not an emergency you could check if the lines and roadmarks are in order or you could write to the authority who issued the ticket,its worth the price of a stamp,but dont say `why me` what about the others

sarahg1969

If you have worked in that field, Yogibear, you will know that a significant number of local authorities do not have their house in order, and cannot get the signs, road markings or penalty charge notices right, meaning that they are very appealable.

Further, as yet, we don't even know if the ticket is from the council or from a private company.

But it doesn't look like the OP is that bothered anyway. She's not answered any of the questions she's been asked, so we can't even help her.

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Thing is if every sob story and excuse was listened to then everyone would get off parking on yellow lines. At the end of the day, you did park there so its a fair cop....

Sorry - but it looks like you're gonna have to pay up.