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Parking ticket - disabled driver

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A member of my family recently got a parking ticket for not displaying a ticket in a pay and display car park (code 83). She is a disabled driver and she thought that she didn't have to pay as it was a small car park beside shops which she thought was classed 'on street'.

The guidance she received with her badge says that she has to display a valid ticket in an 'off-street car park' but not an 'on-street' space. What it boils down to is confusion on her part as to the difference between off-street and on-street parking.

She wasn't parked in a disabled bay (as there were none available), just a regular space, but she was displaying her disabled badge.

Can anyone advise if she is likely to be able to appeal the ticket?
Norn Iron Club Member 330 ;)

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  • BigAl94
    BigAl94 Posts: 1,919 Forumite
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    edited 1 August 2014 at 10:21AM
  • pogofish
    pogofish Posts: 10,853 Forumite
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    Is this a legit council ticket or from a private operator?

    If its legit, she should head to the Pepipoo Forum, and be ready to supply all the info they need to help her but if its a private ticket, she should look at he Parking Tickets Forum here:

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

    Read the Newbies Sticky and post her own thread if needed in order to get up to date help in seeing them-off. Which is dead easy in NI! :)
  • D.A.
    D.A. Posts: 1,160 Forumite
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    I would have thought the big red sign and the presence of pay and display machines would have been a dead giveaway that it was an off-street car park?
  • jenny-wren
    jenny-wren Posts: 838 Forumite
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    D.A. wrote: »
    I would have thought the big red sign and the presence of pay and display machines would have been a dead giveaway that it was an off-street car park?

    I know, that would have been my first thought .... but apparently she didn't see the sign! She was confused because the machines are the same as the on-street ticketing machines. BTW, she's a disabled pensioner.

    It was a Roads Service (Transport NI) car park.
    Norn Iron Club Member 330 ;)
  • NAR
    NAR Posts: 4,864 Forumite
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    She can try appeal, but not sure what grounds she could be successful on?
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