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Erroneous Parking Ticket - who decides?
Mrs_Scrooge_2
Posts: 15 Forumite
I was astounded to return to my car on SATURDAY to find I had been issued a ticket for "parking in a restricted zone". I had carefully checked all the restriction signs before leaving my car there, and they all said that restrictions only applied from Monday to Friday - absolutely NO mention of Saturday. There WERE restrictions on Saturdays for the other side of the same street (how confusing is that?), but NOT where I had parked.
Fortunately I had my camera with me and took plenty of pics of the signs and my car, although it was several hours after the ticket had been issued.
Of course, I have challenged the ticket, and am 100% certain that I am in the right and that the parking attendant needs both an IQ test and to go to Specsavers - but this was in EDINBURGH - and I send my appeal to WORTHING? What on earth do they know about our streets of Edinburgh?
And who pays for all my lost sleep, writing the appeal letter, ink, stationery, stamp, etc?
Fortunately I had my camera with me and took plenty of pics of the signs and my car, although it was several hours after the ticket had been issued.
Of course, I have challenged the ticket, and am 100% certain that I am in the right and that the parking attendant needs both an IQ test and to go to Specsavers - but this was in EDINBURGH - and I send my appeal to WORTHING? What on earth do they know about our streets of Edinburgh?
And who pays for all my lost sleep, writing the appeal letter, ink, stationery, stamp, etc?
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I'm assuming this is a council ticket so suggest you also post on pepipoo.comI'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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Most Councils in the UK use the Worthing office to process appeals.
Do post on pepipoo with a copy of both sides of your PCN and a pic of the road signs, and an explanation of what you said in your appeal.
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30
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