PCN contravention 62 at the entrance of garage

Giank

Hi all,

I received a PCN from TfL for contravention 62: Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway. All I was actually doing was entering a Hertz's garage to return a vehicle.
Here's a picture (http:// i64.tinypic.com/1zf3o8p.jpg , with details blurred for obvious reasons), that should speak for itself.
The cars inside the garage were not moving quickly and so I stayed in the same position for a couple of minutes and this appears to be enough to issue a fine.
However here are a couple of considerations:
1) is the space I am on with the car considered a foothpath?
2) From the road, before turning left to enter the garage, I could not possibly see the vehicle that is in front of me in the picture or predict how long it would take to free the "foothpath". Once in that position It would have been a far more dangerous offence to back my vehicle up (this is on Edgware road, a very busy road indeed). Also, even if had noticed that the entrance to the garage was not entirely free, I could not have waited at the side of the road as there is a continuous double red line long miles. What could I do differently?
3) I never left the vehicle until inside the garage, when I gave the keys back to Hertz. This can be proved by the stop lights being on in all the pictures collected by the CCTV. According to Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 section 15 (As to parking on footways, grass verges, etc.) at point (3) states: A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section with respect to a vehicle if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the vehicle was parked—
(d)for the purpose of loading or unloading goods, and—
(i)the loading or unloading of the vehicle could not have been satisfactorily performed if it had not been so parked; and
(ii)the vehicle was not left unattended at any time while it was so parked.

I wasn't unloading the vehicle but I was dropping the actual vehicle. I could not possibly stop/park elsewhere given the double red line and I never left the vehicle unattended. Does this section apply to my case?

I want to challenge the PCN as it feels unfair, but I am not sure if I am right and what is the best way to proceed.

So if anyone know about this and could help clear this up for me I would be most grateful!

Thanks.

Redx

as this is not a private matter , but TfL (in theory , council) you need to sign up over on pepipoo forums , using a gmail email addess (not hotmail) and post in their relevant section with scans of both sides of the paperwork

good luck

ps:- to avoid complaints about your posts , you should also put some paragraphs in for easy reading, like I have done

regards

Giank

Thanks Redx, I did not know of Pepipoo.

I will definitely try to post it there (using a better layout).

Regards

Coupon-mad

Read some threads first, to see how to set it out there:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

No Hotmail emails accepted. Pepipoo are very good, they will advise you.