Parking Fine for only being a few seconds late!!

sarahg1969

OP, if you post your ticket up here:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

someone will advise you on whether or not it is correct.

Just as you are not allowed to make mistakes, the council must make sure that all of their documentation is absolutely spot-on; if it's not, you may have good grounds for appeal.

Flyboy152

STOCKWIRE wrote: »

If you expect to be 50 minutes and pay for an hour and get delayed through no fault of your own, why should you be penalised ?.No one has lost anything and no one gains anything except the LA financially.

I am not sure you fully understood the point of JQ's post. But nonetheless, as many on these boards are fond of pointing out, "rules is rules."

Padz_2

I usually overestimate the time I will need when buying tickets. Better to have time to spare than be having to rush back or getting a £20 ticket or whatever it is now.

Flyboy152

sarahg1969 wrote: »

OP, if you post your ticket up here:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

someone will advise you on whether or not it is correct.

Just as you are not allowed to make mistakes, the council must make sure that all of their documentation is absolutely spot-on; if it's not, you may have good grounds for appeal.

Err.....not the OP's ticket.

sarahg1969

Well, at least he knows now, if it ever happens to him.

peter_the_piper

Parking meters are often slow/fast, How do we know that the CEO synchronised his compter with the ticket machine, as he is supposed to do every time to prevent this happening.

Flyboy152

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Parking meters are often slow/fast, How do we know that the CEO synchronised his compter with the ticket machine, as he is supposed to do every time to prevent this happening.

Because we have to assume he did.

peter_the_piper

Why assume, they often don't and in not doing so break the rules. Rules in a council car park are balanced, you should park correctly, pay whats due etc. The council must have the correct time on both machines, have a PPO which is correct for the car park and all the signs and lines must be correct.
If both clocks are not the same then the OP has not contravened the rules as it cannot be proved that they have.

Flyboy152

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Why assume, they often don't and in not doing so break the rules. Rules in a council car park are balanced, you should park correctly, pay whats due etc. The council must have the correct time on both machines, have a PPO which is correct for the car park and all the signs and lines must be correct.
If both clocks are not the same then the OP has not contravened the rules as it cannot be proved that they have.

The OP has contravened any rules at all.

There is no reason whatsoever to assume the CEO has made a mistake or not done their jobs properly. I am sure these things happen, but there is nothing to indicate that is the case here.

Chatzby

Do you feel there is an inconsistency when it comes to issuing tickets and what counts as being a few minutes late etc?