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Fighting contravention 02
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Brittle_2
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Hi guys,
Walked out today to find my car was gone. It had been towed because of a parking violation, contravention 02 - waiting, loading or unloading when prohibited. My total fine was £180 which had to be paid to get my car back. £30 for the parking offence and £150 because it was towed.
My fault on the bad parking. I read the parking meter sign saying 9:30am-4:30pm mon-sat however I totally missed the sign saying no loading mon-sat 7am -6:30pm.
I don't often park on the main street so never thought to read the no loading sign, I didn't think it was relevant however I now know that it is. Although it's confusing me slightly as to when I CAN park there, paid or not because it says you have to pay between half 9 and half 4.. but there's no loading (except by vans/lorries - 9:30am-4pm) from 7am-6:30pm - the yellow line goes right through the parking bays.
I've read into how to appeal and on what grounds an appeal is valid. although I must admit it is all a slight confusing. Below are links to pictures I have taken where the offence took place.
Valid reason to appeal?
* There is no t-bar between the double yellow line and the yellow line. which according to 'ticketfighter' website it must have for a ticket to be vaild, however I was on a single yellow anyway so this might be useless?
* No kerb markings with either 1 or two stripes.
* there is a break in the yellow line.
The pictures below show the three of these.
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Opinions? Second opinions? all welcome please. Do I have a case? as the fine has been paid it would seem silly not to challange it as it can't increase any further, can it? Does my appeal have to be in writting? It seems like this could be a long drawn out process. Although obviously worth it.
Thanks for your help
:beer:
P.s. I had to break up the links to the photos as I couldn't send links as a new memeber.
p.p.s the offence was in Scotland, if that makes any difference to anything
Walked out today to find my car was gone. It had been towed because of a parking violation, contravention 02 - waiting, loading or unloading when prohibited. My total fine was £180 which had to be paid to get my car back. £30 for the parking offence and £150 because it was towed.
My fault on the bad parking. I read the parking meter sign saying 9:30am-4:30pm mon-sat however I totally missed the sign saying no loading mon-sat 7am -6:30pm.
I don't often park on the main street so never thought to read the no loading sign, I didn't think it was relevant however I now know that it is. Although it's confusing me slightly as to when I CAN park there, paid or not because it says you have to pay between half 9 and half 4.. but there's no loading (except by vans/lorries - 9:30am-4pm) from 7am-6:30pm - the yellow line goes right through the parking bays.
I've read into how to appeal and on what grounds an appeal is valid. although I must admit it is all a slight confusing. Below are links to pictures I have taken where the offence took place.
Valid reason to appeal?
* There is no t-bar between the double yellow line and the yellow line. which according to 'ticketfighter' website it must have for a ticket to be vaild, however I was on a single yellow anyway so this might be useless?
* No kerb markings with either 1 or two stripes.
* there is a break in the yellow line.
The pictures below show the three of these.
imageshack
.us/photo/my-images/3/img0060jd.jpg/
imageshack
.us/photo/my-images/545/img0062vt.jpg/
imageshack
.us/photo/my-images/341/img0061ez.jpg
Opinions? Second opinions? all welcome please. Do I have a case? as the fine has been paid it would seem silly not to challange it as it can't increase any further, can it? Does my appeal have to be in writting? It seems like this could be a long drawn out process. Although obviously worth it.
Thanks for your help
:beer:
P.s. I had to break up the links to the photos as I couldn't send links as a new memeber.
p.p.s the offence was in Scotland, if that makes any difference to anything
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I presume this is a council ticket, if so go to pepipoo.com and post this there.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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Thanks. Have signed up over there and posted the same thing0
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