My car has been impounded and there were no parking restrictions on the road!!

megane87

I have just came back to my car after a long day at work after parking it on a normal residential street, with no yellow lines, no parking restrictions, no signs to state I could not park there WHATSOEVER.

I called the Police as I initially thought it had been stolen because why would it be impounded... or so I thought. After ringing the Police they had done a check and found out that the council had impounded it. I called the council and they said that due to the pavement "being lowered" that meant it was for disabled access to the houses on the road. I asked them over and over "Where are the signs for the parking restrictions, where were the notices to state I could not park here?" he said there are no signs but I should "just know" that a slightly lowered pavement meant that this was for disabled access to the houses.

How ridiculous!!!!!!!!!! I have now got to pay £250 (£50.00 of which is for a ticket... a ticket for what!!!!)


I am completely and utterly fuming please help me anybody in the know!

sarahg1969

For some useful advice, repost here:

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

You'll need to post photos of any papers you have and of the place where you parked.

If you have not collected your vehicle, and you can wait, don't do anything until you have a response on pepipoo. If you absolutely cannot wait to collect your vehicle, then when you do so, do not ask for any appeal papers or make any comment at all. They quite often make mistakes with papers.

megane87

Thank you so much I am going to wait until the morning and go back to the road to get photos as it was pitch black by the time I got there after work at 7:30pm.

Thanks

mikey72

Are you in London>

megane87

Yes I'm in London

Here is where I parked from Google maps
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/careo.png/

megane87

And I haven't got any paper work whatsoever as I said this happened earlier tonight and I have only had one phonecall with the Police and one with the people who have the car in the impound.

megane87

sarahg1969 wrote: »

If you have not collected your vehicle, and you can wait, don't do anything until you have a response on pepipoo. If you absolutely cannot wait to collect your vehicle, then when you do so, do not ask for any appeal papers or make any comment at all. They quite often make mistakes with papers.

Can you please explain this further as nobody is responding to me on the other website yet. Why would I not ask for appeal papers or make comment, I am ignorant on this matter I've never even had a parking ticket in my life!

marywooyeah

I think what the poster may have meant is that if you ask for appeal papers they might "accidentally" give you the wrong paperwork so as to scupper any chance of appeal. Sorry this has happened to you OP I really hope you get sorted soon x

megane87

But I do want to appeal so what other choice have I got I refuse to pay £250.00 for no reason but us general everyday working people have no choice when were under the thumb of the council. I am so ridiculously upset I just don't know what to do I wish there was somebody who could help but it seems everybody is asleep thank you for replying

peter_the_piper

What is meant is just take the papers given, if they forget anything do NOT tell them. If they give the wrong paperwork it is a procedural error and can can nullify the tow. Pepipoo will help you if anyone can, just be a mite patient, they will ask all sorts of questions but they all have a reason.

Coupon-mad

megane87 wrote: »

Can you please explain this further as nobody is responding to me on the other website yet. Why would I not ask for appeal papers or make comment, I am ignorant on this matter I've never even had a parking ticket in my life!

marywooyeah has it the wrong way round - you WANT them to give you the wrong papers (here's hoping). You will be paying and hoping that they give you the wrong paperwork, as sarahg1969 and peter_the_piper said above.

You will have to pay. Do not prompt the Council to give you appeal paperwork/receipt because you NEED grounds for appeal. Their mistakes can give you grounds for appeal because at the moment you have very little, sorry, so you'll be hoping for mistakes, paperwork omissions, at the pound tomorrow.

The reason why you were asked if this was in London is because London has a 'dropped kerb' parking ban in every borough. I don't live in London but my City has the same thing (albeit in my area, it's only enforced if a householder complains). In London it's enforced everywhere and has been for a couple of years.

Sorry but there need be no signs and lines; you can't block a dropped kerb:

http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/news/parking-at-dropped-kerbs.html

Do be patient with pepipoo and if your thread drops below page one and you still need help, post a reply to bump it back to the top (within reason).

Do post on pepipoo and definitely do appeal before Christmas! You will have nothing to lose - and in some London boroughs there may be more to appeal about than elsewhere. For instance if you're in Hounslow they have a flawed PCN...!