Parking fine at Hospital car park

jakpik

Hi

This is my first post after being issused a ticket and being recommended the site by someone who has used it before for help.

I work at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and work across two sites, parking at the NGH campus means paying as i only work there 1-2 days a week, and a parking pass isnt worth applying/buying.

On 20/11/13, I arrived at work and parked up in a pay and display area. There are two machines in this area. One hasnt been working for a week or so, the other wasnt working on this day.

I checked both, to find neither working. Admittedly, i didnt think to take photos of the machines or put a note in my car.
I went to the office and told a fellow colleague, he said he had the same issue that morning.

I check a couple of time during the morning, once about 10am and once at 12. Both still not working. During the afternoon, i was in meetings until 4 so i had no chance to check.

When i got back to my car, i found a parking ticket on there for not paying.


I spoke to the car parking office this morning (21/11/13) and they told in, in a quite rude manor, that it was working and that i was wrong and that other people had parking tickets from that time. I told hime that my colleague had the same issue and that he could provide back up to my claim, only to be told "you can do what you want, we dont handle it, take it up with the appeals". He acknowledged that one of the two machine hasnt been working for a week, but was adimant that the other was.

While i was parking and geting my stuff from my car, i saw a couple people check both machines and walk away without paying

I dont mind paying the parking charge for the day, i always pay, but in this instance there wasnt much option.

Any help/advice that anyone can give would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Jack

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A windscreen ticket is not the time we recommend appealing. Wait for them to write to the registered keeper next month, as long as the keeper is you, because your position for appealing is much stronger as keeper than if implying or admitting who was driving (I know you think they know, but the PPC does not know who was driving). See 'newbies, have you got a private parking ticket? Read this now!' near the top of the forum, a 'sticky thread' of info for newbies which I hope covers it all and why we say WAIT. But you must then appeal because the law now allows for registered keeper liability so as keeper you have a right to appeal. And we win 100% of POPLA appeals at the mo, so read the sticky thread to get confidence about this scam.

When it comes to POPLA stage (which is explained in the sticky) DO NOT just rely on stating 'what happened'. YOU WOULD LOSE. We will help you win.