*Update* Another parking ticket - The Result

[StevenH72]

Sorry - looks what it is - car is on double yellow lines

Good luck anyway in your appeal - personally I would just pay the fine and put it behind you and diplomatically tell your partner not to park where it could be iffy .


Sorry

Kind of have to agree with this I'm afraid.

X3.

 

[maxman]

When was that pic taken? Remember that they use a picture for evidence as well, so if that picture is at the same time (which I assume), you might be buggered ....

A bit harsh just for parking on double yellow lines :rofl: :rofl:

 

[pvr]

They know how to penalise in Scotland you know :evil:

 

[jampudding]

Council Ticket £65. Or after my appeal and 28 days they were threatening £160.

 

[Geezah]

Got a letter and fine imposed for bus lane infeingement in Glasow in July. I was staying over from the previous day and when I tried to get out of the city centre I kept coming up to Road Closed signs as it was the Orange Day Parade. However, there were no diversion signs, after 15 mins spent effectively going around in circles I drove off down a bus lane smiling at the cameras going berserk at me!

I appealed on the grounds that there were no diversion signs anywhere and council workers shrugged their shoulders when I asked how do I get out of Glasgow? For added good measure I requested, under the Freedom of Information Act, how many bus lane infringent notices Glasgow council issued on that day.

To date, I've yet to hear back from them. Don't make it easy for the Aholes.

 

[Captainken]

Sorry to say this government but that's why they take so many liberties with us
Fair enough if you blatantly park illegally but when it's marginal like this is you must at least contest it
By saying just pay and put it behind you is defeatist I'm afraid

 

[BrianD]

Even if it was under water / leafs, don't you think that the traffic warden would have used his foot to make a nice clear visible line for his picture?

What exactly was your appeal based on?

The appeal is based on the fact that the lines were not visible at the time of parking. The weather was terrible and drains blocked.

It is up in Edinburgh, so we can not pop round to check if it is a leaf or the end of the yellow lines.

Bang goes that bottle of Pomerol I promised myself if we have to pay up!

This is Edinburgh you know, what do you expect, we've got the new tram system to pay for you know oke:

Seriously it is a joke, I have lost count the number of times I have been caught out. Just to let you know that with my fines I have currently paid, I am currently keeping one full time traffic warden employed :lol:

 

[TitanTim]

I don't know what the rules are but to me the car is overhanging the yellow line so I would have thought is parked on it, surely its not just the wheel?

Also I hate when people have a pop at traffic wardens/Police/Safety Partnership cameras etc etc, they're just doing a job, if you don't want a ticket then don't speed, park on yellow lines etc. If I get caught speeding or illegal parking then hands up and take it on the chin and learn from it.

Tim.

 

[pvr]

There are people doing a job, and then there are people relishing using their little power to cause misery to others and enjoy it.

I think the comments are directed at the latter category.

 

[TitanTim]

There are people doing a job, and then there are people relishing using their little power to cause misery to others and enjoy it.

I think the comments are directed at the latter category.

Maybe, but generally I would disagree, I feel pretty sorry for traffic wardens in this day an age and how most people behave.

Tim.

 

[Havard]

There are people doing a job, and then there are people relishing using their little power to cause misery to others and enjoy it.

I think the comments are directed at the latter category.

Maybe, but generally I would disagree, I feel pretty sorry for traffic wardens in this day an age and how most people behave.

Tim.

Sorry Tim but I generally hate traffic wardens as a rule. To the point that if someone parked their car on top of one, I wouldn't bat an eyelid.

Got a ticket a few years ago and generally the rule is that they allow 5 minutes to give you the benefit of the doubt. When I got back to the car, 1 minute over, the guy had already written the ticket and was just about to slap it on the windscreen. After getting into a great exchange of words, I asked to see his watch and his was 5 minutes faster than mine, the clock in the car and also on my mobile. This was at a time before the machines and photographic evidence. I subsequently had to bend over and take the ticket, although his attitude made my mind up forever.

Although I did get a ticket in St Helens recently where my ticket had blown over on the dashboard. When I spoke to the female attendant a couple of streets away, she reckoned it would be rescinded if I wrote a letter and also she would put in a good word for me. I got a letter a couple of weeks later saying the ticket had been cancelled, so they aren't all bad.

As an ex copper who used to give out tickets, I would always give people the benefit of the doubt. Others who blatantly extracted the urine got a ticket instantly.

H.

 

[DumfriesDik]

Result, parking ticket cancelled.

You have told us that you were not able to see the lines on the road because they were covered by a large puddle. The Parking Attendant’s photographs show that this was the case so we have decided to cancel the ticket.

So why did he issue the ticket in the first place?! I think we should get the fine in compensation, grrrr.