Parking Fine

alansmith7

Hi All

I arrived home at 10pm last night and i couldnt find parking on my road and i did look for spaces to park my car but there wasnt any spaces, in the morning i was given a parking fine for parking on double yellows, i feel its fair as i pay for my car to be on the road and pay council tax yet again i cannot park on my road without getting a fine :shocked:. I couldnt stay up all night to find parking on my road!

I want to appeal this fine is there any templates on this site so i can use to appeal my fine.

~Beanie~

You could have parked in another road. Just because you can't find a space in your street, you do not have the right to park on double yellows. I don't think you have any grounds for appeal.

Aretnap

This should be good.

<Fetches popcorn>

Added: Seriously, you can't appeal on the grounds that it would have been inconvenient to go somewhere else and park legally. Well you could, I suppose, but your appeal would just be laughed at. You could always post the ticket on Pepipoo and see if there are any technical problems with it which would be grounds for appeal, but I wouldn't get my hopes up too high.

alansmith7

~Beanie~ wrote: »

You could have parked in another road. Just because you can't find a space in your street, you do not have the right to park on double yellows. I don't think you have any grounds for appeal.

i do have the right to appeal, why wouldnt i have the right to appeal? i did appeal couple of years ago and it did get upheld but i cannot remember what i had wrote in the letter.

Bantex_2

On what grounds would you appeal?

alansmith7

Aretnap wrote: »

This should be good.

<Fetches popcorn>

lol :rotfl:

alansmith7

Bantex wrote: »

On what grounds would you appeal?

There is no hazard or any obstruction but its dead end to where i had parked my car so there no reasons to why there should be double yellow lines.

Another way for the council to earn extra money

Bantex_2

alansmith7 wrote: »

There is no hazard or any obstruction but its dead end to where i had parked my car so there no reasons to why there should be double yellow lines.

Another way for the council to earn extra money

That would not be grounds for an appeal.

alansmith7

Bantex wrote: »

That would not be grounds for an appeal.

i disagree with yourself but im still going to appeal the fine as i think its unfair on myself

Country_Cousin

Well I think it is unfair for everyone else who lives in your street who abides by the law and does not park on the double yellows. I imagine because it is a dead end street, as you say, those lines are there to stop people parking so that others can turn their cars around at the top of the street.

Buellguy

<doesn't like popcorn so fetches the overpriced bag of sweets>


please keep us informed on how you get on, I could do with cheering up!!!