Faded lines - cobbles an excuse for Council?

fridgebridge

I'm dealing with a parking ticket for parking in a disabled space. The road is historic cobbles and the lines are virtually nonexistent. Of course there doesn't have to be the word 'disabled' on the road as long as there is a sign, but there are barely any parking space lines at all. According to the legislation there needs to be certain lines, I would say only about 20-30% are there it is so faded.

Councils first reply (informal appeal) was that it didn't matter because it was a cobbled road and so the faded lines were to be expected.

I can accept this to a point but the lines are SO FADED. Further up the road there are some slightly faded ones, but these barely even exist. Imagine a parking space with only 20% of the lines, contravening the legislation VERY CLEARLY. Surely the cobbled road isn't an excuse? I can't find anything in the legislation allowing basically no lines but wanted to double check.

Thanks!


Ps parked there totally by accident, would never take a disabled space. All the spaces were free and I parked there accidentally. Parking wardens saw me, saw the lack of lines or proper warning and didn't say anything...typical.

Umkomaas

As we tend to major on private parking tickets here, PePiPoo will be your best bet for council tickets. Here's your link:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=30

Have a read through some of the other threads there before you post your own to get the hang of what information they need from you in your opening post - but as a minimum you will need photos/scans of all correspondence you've received from the council (both sides, if appropriate).

PePiPoo has an excellent success record in dealing with council tickets.

HTH

patman99

Go back with a camera and walk the entire length of the double yellow lines. You need to be looking for any kind of break in the lines if you want to get out of this PCN.

The Law is very clear on the fact that to be legally enforceable, the lines need to be 2 parrallell unbroken lines begining and ending with a 'T' bar.

There are one or two exceptions to this rule in that where a DYL crosses a drain or is crossed with a pedestrian crossing, then the DYLs are considered unbroken.