Waiting and observing time on Single yellow with one stripe and Disabled badge

jonathanw

I received a parking ticket whilst displaying a blue badge and time-clock. I was on a single yellow line and the kerb had one stripe.
The signeage was a yellow no parking between 7am-10am and a white no loading between 7-am-10am.

I was only dropping off to a doctors surgery and was away from the car for a few minutes. The observed time on the ticket was from 09.54.-0.9.55.

1. I am wodering if one is allowed a certain time for dropping off with a disabled badge.

2. Is there a rule on observing time

many thanks

jon

Coupon-mad

I would post about this on pepipoo as they get almost every poster off almost every Council PCN:

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

You will need to show them a pic of the PCN front and back, and the lines & signs at the place where you parked. If you cannot get a pic of the place then a link to Google Street view would do. I would not show us the links here (you can't post links as a newbie on MSE anyway) and there is less expertise on Council tickets here anyway, than on pepipoo. ON that forum you can post pics straight away; see FAQs on pepipoo, 'how to post pictures'.

It would depend on what the Traffic Order says for that street and/or whether the Council in question allows disabled parking where there is a loading restriction.

Whilst waiting to be cleared to post on pepipoo after registering, I would email the Council now to ask for the Traffic Order for that street. Do not refer to the PCN at all, and perhaps use a different family surname for your request, so that there is no confusion and so they do not treat the email as an appeal. Do not say anything about appealing, just ask for the Traffic Order by PDF as you wish to see it.

Hopefully the Council will reply shortly with it, then you can add a link to it on your new pepipoo thread.

Either way, be thinking about doing an informal appeal within the first 14 days (counting the PCN as day one). Maybe a straightforward 'I am disabled, here is a copy of my Blue Badge and this is what I was doing, please consider these mitigating circs and cancel the PCN'. If the Council refuse then they should re-offer the discounted fine so you will have lost nothing - and even if they do refuse, pepipoo posters will tell you how to appeal further.

HTH

multiflorum

Just to clarify your questions

1. Restrictions apply to all drivers blue badge or not.

2. No observation time required as a car shouldn't be there in the first place. Observation times are only required when an exemption may be applicable which in this case there are none.


I'm not being judgemental just advising. The yellow line on the kerb indicates no loading or waiting(parking) during the signed times.