Nice trip to Amsterdam ruined by Bristol City Council

Suzycoll

discountguy1969 said:

I went Amsterdam about a month ago setting off from my home in South Wales.

28 days later I received a PCN for (unknowingly) driving through Bristol Clean Air Zone.

4 days later I received another one for my return drive home. 

Is there any merits for an appeal.

both PCNs arrived exactly 28 days from the camera spotting my car, so I can’t see a way forward but £69x2 plus more if the appeal fails has made me sick. I feel like I’ve been caught in a scam because I was genuinely unaware.

Any advice or help would be appreciated.

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I feel your pain

I don't often drive to Bristol as I hate the drive. However I had to pick my daughter up. The first time I seen the clean air zones I panicked 
As I was driving along I checked when stopped. Lucky enough my car was exempt 
I'm sorry to say there are quite a lot of the signs on the way and way back
Sadly I don't think you can appeal 😕

maxmycardagain

In 2015 we drove to Spain and over the Dartford bridge

Signs said "no need to pay now"


what i didnt see till 2 weeks later on the return trip was the second line,,,,"you can pay online or by text"

I got a warning letter advising if i didnt pay the £2 (whatever it was) id then get a £50 fine

Very sporting of them id say

all enforcement should have a leeway, like drivers with a clean licence caught 5mph over a speed limit, caught once should be a gentle reminder

We are after all, English and its just not cricket to shoot first and ask later

user1977

maxmycardagain said:

We are after all, English

The OP isn’t.

Iceweasel

user1977 said:

maxmycardagain said:

We are after all, English

The OP isn’t.

And neither am I - like lots of others on here!

HillStreetBlues

user1977 said:

maxmycardagain said:

We are after all, English

The OP isn’t.

How do you know?

HedgehogRulez

He’s french

Car_54

maxmycardagain said:

all enforcement should have a leeway, like drivers with a clean licence caught 5mph over a speed limit, caught once should be a gentle reminder

We are after all, English and its just not cricket to shoot first and ask later

Any driver in England caught 5 mph over a 20 or 30 mph limit would in fact be offered "a gentle reminder", in the shape of the offer of education, provided he had not already done such a course in the previous three years. In a higher limit, he would almost certainly face no sanction at all.

BTW I am not English, but even I know that shooting is not allowed in cricket..

Belenus

Car_54 said:

maxmycardagain said:

all enforcement should have a leeway, like drivers with a clean licence caught 5mph over a speed limit, caught once should be a gentle reminder

We are after all, English and its just not cricket to shoot first and ask later

Any driver in England caught 5 mph over a 20 or 30 mph limit would in fact be offered "a gentle reminder", in the shape of the offer of education, provided he had not already done such a course in the previous three years. In a higher limit, he would almost certainly face no sanction at all.

BTW I am not English, but even I know that shooting is not allowed in cricket..

Yet the cricket commentators and spectators will often say 'Great Shot'.