parking ticket con

samharrows

hi can anyone help me i had pulled up down a back street to get off the road as had a flat tyer so i rang my parter to bring me locking wheel nut waited with the car then walked to the main road to meet her i was 5 mins and bang a ticket is there anything i can do as i dont feel like its fair i should have to pay 45 quid for something what couldnt be helped

McKneff

Was it from a traffic warden or a private company.

samharrows

traffic but i couldnt find him so sly

McKneff

Finding him wouldnt have made any difference really, once they have done it they cant retract it.

All you can do is appeal, but check every single detail on the ticket first. Or even post a pic up, both sides on here so it can be checked for you, delete your personal details though.

If you are going to appeal it, get any copies of invoices (for replacement tyre), or anything you can think of
to help your appeal
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agrinnall

Or pay it and use that as a reminder to carry the locking wheel nut key in the car - what would you have done if you'd been 200 miles from home and got a flat tyre?

greyteam1959

agrinnall wrote: »

Or pay it and use that as a reminder to carry the locking wheel nut key in the car - what would you have done if you'd been 200 miles from home and got a flat tyre?

Not asked you for help obviously.................

interstellaflyer

agrinnall wrote: »

Or pay it and use that as a reminder to carry the locking wheel nut key in the car - what would you have done if you'd been 200 miles from home and got a flat tyre?

Nice set of alloys on your car and locking wheel nuts, now I wonder where the first place a potential thief will look, if they have time and oppertunity to nick your wheels then they have time and oppertunity to rip your car apart looking for the key and nick anything else that may be usefull.

bigjl.

samharrows wrote: »

hi can anyone help me i had pulled up down a back street to get off the road as had a flat tyer so i rang my parter to bring me locking wheel nut waited with the car then walked to the main road to meet her i was 5 mins and bang a ticket is there anything i can do as i dont feel like its fair i should have to pay 45 quid for something what couldnt be helped

Did you leave any sign in the window stating your vehicle had broken down?

peter_the_piper

Your best port of all would be to register and post on pepipoo.com. They have lots of people who are expert at beating council tickets and are not normally judgmental. Get pics/scans of all sides of all tickets/paperwork and host on tinypic. See their stickies for how to post pics. Copy of the receipt for new tyre if purchased would also help. Best of luck.

masterlumps

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Nice set of alloys on your car and locking wheel nuts, now I wonder where the first place a potential thief will look, if they have time and oppertunity to nick your wheels then they have time and oppertunity to rip your car apart looking for the key and nick anything else that may be usefull.

and they would do this regardless of where the locking wheel nut was kept, how would any potential theif know whether the nut was in the car or at home?

Hintza

An decent thief will not be put off by a locking wheel nut.