Dropped Kerb Fine

jase.2

Hi

Looking for any views as to whether its worth my while appealing against a £70 parking ticket I got on Friday for parking in front of a dropped kerb.

I didnt even realise the dropped kerb was there when I parked, this was within a very long line of cars parked on the road along a grass verge, so I just parked, this was in Gateshead while at a work related meeting and an area id never been in before.

I live in Glasgow and the council here seems to actively encourage parking at dropped kerbs, indeed yesterday I went out to get evidence and within 2 mins had found a kerb where parking space lines were down a street and continued through the dropped kerb areas.

Hence im a little miffed as I didnt realise dropped kerbs were an issue, didnt notice it was there due to the grass verge right along this kerb and because my local council encourages it where as Gateshead council seem to look for people to fine as im not sure why else the warden would have been in the area as it had no double yellow lines or no parking signs anywhere in that localised area

Any advice appreciated.

esmerobbo

What type of dropped kerb was it, vehicle access or pedestrian, these are unusual outside London.
Unless it was a pedestrian dropped kerb i.e. for a wheelchair!

Mojisola

esmerobbo wrote: »

What type of dropped kerb was it, vehicle access or pedestrian, these are unusual outside London.

Mystified by your assertion - could you explain?

jase.2

esmerobbo wrote: »

What type of dropped kerb was it, vehicle access or pedestrian, these are unusual outside London.
Unless it was a pedestrian dropped kerb i.e. for a wheelchair!

It was a pedestrian dropped kerb.

Two paving stones within a grass verge that went on for probably over half a mile, with cars nose to tail along the whole length but all parked on the road itself. The one I saw in Glasgow yesterday was the same - pedestrian car parked on the road in front with white car parking space markers as the street had parking meters on it.

Seems that different councils have different rules but when your not from a local area and they are not oblidged to put signs up how are people supposed to know

tibawo

There are no signs anywhere near the dropped kerb at the top of my street. I know people are now being fined for it. TBH I didn't know there had to be signs. If so they would have to erect them on virtually every street round here!

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

You'll get better advice at the pepipoo.com forums, Don't ask why the name, just go there!

esmerobbo

Mojisola wrote: »

Mystified by your assertion - could you explain?

Simple a lot of councils including mine ignore parking across a residential dropped kerb unless you are blocking somebody in, and or a compliant is made. A lot of London councils dont!

Pedestrian crossings are a different matter.

esmerobbo

jase.2 wrote: »

It was a pedestrian dropped kerb.

Two paving stones within a grass verge that went on for probably over half a mile, with cars nose to tail along the whole length but all parked on the road itself. The one I saw in Glasgow yesterday was the same - pedestrian car parked on the road in front with white car parking space markers as the street had parking meters on it.

Seems that different councils have different rules but when your not from a local area and they are not oblidged to put signs up how are people supposed to know

Most councils will ticket for a pedestrian dropped kerb, as said for council tickets Pepipoo is the best place.

Mojisola

esmerobbo wrote: »

What type of dropped kerb was it, vehicle access or pedestrian, these are unusual outside London.

esmerobbo wrote: »

Simple a lot of councils including mine ignore parking across a residential dropped kerb unless you are blocking somebody in, and or a compliant is made. A lot of London councils dont!

Your first post made it sound as if the concept of dropped kerbs was something that hadn't spread outside the capital city - not that councils didn't enforce the laws regarding them.:)

esmerobbo

Mojisola wrote: »

Your first post made it sound as if the concept of dropped kerbs was something that hadn't spread outside the capital city - not that councils didn't enforce the laws regarding them.:)

Yup I see after rereading it, it reads like dropped kerbs are unusual outside London!