ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Anyone had a parking ticket overturned (or failed to get it overturned)?
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lazybloke
Chocolate eclairs: the peak of human endeavour
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
I didn't even attempt to appeal my first parking fine circa late 80s. I 'd forgotten to Pay&Display whilst christmas shopping. I posted my fine to the council, asking that it went to the town's Christmas lights fund; they thought this such a nice idea that they cancelled the fine and returned my cheque!
I had a surfing weekend in Newquay with a pal, and she got a fine for not paying & displaying on a Sunday. I wrote the appeal letter saying our council car parks at home were free on Sundays, and their fine wasn't very welcoming to tourists who were supporting the cornish economy. It was a load of waffle but I included copies of receipts and they cancelled the fine.
Although by far the better result is my pal soon became my other half, and then my wife. We've been married a quarter century, and just maybe it all stemmed from that parking fine!
I had a surfing weekend in Newquay with a pal, and she got a fine for not paying & displaying on a Sunday. I wrote the appeal letter saying our council car parks at home were free on Sundays, and their fine wasn't very welcoming to tourists who were supporting the cornish economy. It was a load of waffle but I included copies of receipts and they cancelled the fine.
Although by far the better result is my pal soon became my other half, and then my wife. We've been married a quarter century, and just maybe it all stemmed from that parking fine!
presta
Legendary Member
Forgot to mention, he tore up the ticket when I argued. I think he'd been banking on having it written and disappearing before I got back.
I get them all the time at work. The majority of them get overturned upon appeal. My employer pays the ones that dont get overturned.
Only ever got one in my personal vehicle. Dropped off Mrs97 off at Swindon Train station and the camera didnt pick me up leaving 2 minutes after I had gone in. It picked me up, When I picked her up the next day
Swindon Train Station is notorious for it and theyre difficult to get overturned. I suspect its a huge money maker for them. However, I can be very petty and after several emails it got overturned.
Only ever got one in my personal vehicle. Dropped off Mrs97 off at Swindon Train station and the camera didnt pick me up leaving 2 minutes after I had gone in. It picked me up, When I picked her up the next day
Swindon Train Station is notorious for it and theyre difficult to get overturned. I suspect its a huge money maker for them. However, I can be very petty and after several emails it got overturned.
Emanresu
I asked AI to show the 'real' me.
Every time there is a parking infringement, the council or parking company can ask the DVLA for the keeper's details so they can send a demand. These are in addition to the ones you get on your windscreen.
It used to be 10mn requests a year in 2020 before COVID. The latest figures are 40mn. If you want to see who asks and why. the numbers are the DVLA KADOE volumes.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/who-dvla-shares-data-with
It used to be 10mn requests a year in 2020 before COVID. The latest figures are 40mn. If you want to see who asks and why. the numbers are the DVLA KADOE volumes.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/who-dvla-shares-data-with
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
I've never had a parking ticket. 
The only story I know is a friend, on a long drive to Scotland, was feeling a bit sleepy so she pulled into a service station for a nap. Very responsible of her. She was fined by the service station for exceeding the (2hr??) limit. They withdrew it when she explained why.
The only story I know is a friend, on a long drive to Scotland, was feeling a bit sleepy so she pulled into a service station for a nap. Very responsible of her. She was fined by the service station for exceeding the (2hr??) limit. They withdrew it when she explained why.
markemark
Veteran
My local WhatsApp group is always full of unfair parking fines. Funnily enough every single one of them always contains ….
I was only 1 min over
I was barely on the kerb
The signs weren’t clear
The machine was broken
I was only one letter wrong in the reg/street name
Etc etc
They’re not forgiving. You have to get it right. The alternative is the councils employing people to wade through and solve all of the mistakes above. I’d rather they didn’t bother and frankly a bit of zero tolerance on our roads is not a bad thing.
I’ve made mistakes and paid my fines. I’ve learnt to get it 100% correct to avoid it happening again.
I was only 1 min over
I was barely on the kerb
The signs weren’t clear
The machine was broken
I was only one letter wrong in the reg/street name
Etc etc
They’re not forgiving. You have to get it right. The alternative is the councils employing people to wade through and solve all of the mistakes above. I’d rather they didn’t bother and frankly a bit of zero tolerance on our roads is not a bad thing.
I’ve made mistakes and paid my fines. I’ve learnt to get it 100% correct to avoid it happening again.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Yes, my wife sent ticket back, claiming i collapsed in the street and had to get medical treatment,
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
A friend of mine had a stock method of getting his council parking tickets withdrawn back in the '80s and '90s. He would claim the car had broken down and provide an "invoice" from the garage that did the recovery... which was owned by his mate. Worked every time.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
There is a whole forum dedicated to this on Martin Lewis' moneysavingexpert. Many people are caught out (sometimes unfairly, sometimes not) by private or council parking enforcement. There are details of the standard letter template to use and what the process is etc.
I have only been caught once, and that was dropping my son off at a local 5-aside pitch. We were early so I waited 10 minutes for his friends to arrive before I left. 5 days later I got a £60 fine, with picture of my car entering the car park, and then leaving 12 minutes later. I sent a pleading email to the owners (plymouth argyle parking) and they let me off without hesitation. The actual staff member at the pitch though, delighted in telling me that there were signs everywhere on the way in to say you only have 10 minutes grace and then have to pay. Whilst this is true, the signs are impossible to read as you are driving in, and would require you to park and get out of your vehicle to go over and read them
I have only been caught once, and that was dropping my son off at a local 5-aside pitch. We were early so I waited 10 minutes for his friends to arrive before I left. 5 days later I got a £60 fine, with picture of my car entering the car park, and then leaving 12 minutes later. I sent a pleading email to the owners (plymouth argyle parking) and they let me off without hesitation. The actual staff member at the pitch though, delighted in telling me that there were signs everywhere on the way in to say you only have 10 minutes grace and then have to pay. Whilst this is true, the signs are impossible to read as you are driving in, and would require you to park and get out of your vehicle to go over and read them
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
You had 10 mins to get out of your car and read them 🤔
Moon bunny
Judging your grammar
- Location
- Basking in my own brilliance.
I believe that is illegal. Sis-in-law certainly doesn't receive any incentives (Westmoreland and Furness). The warden was probably just trying to wind you up.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I parked in the blue badge area of pedestrianised Accrington town centre at the beginning of March. I got back to my car 15 minutes later to spot that dreaded yellow and black sticker on my windscreen. I'd displayed my blue badge but not put the right time on my blue badge clock, forgetting to do it due to my dog barking like mad at me, as he does when I leave him in the car. My thoughts are 'just get out asap as this frantic barking does my head in'. Being me, I put the fine at the back of my mind, then when I gave it my attention, the 14 days to pay, then it doubles time limit had passed. I phoned Lancashire County Council's parking ticket or whatever department, asking if it was too late to appeal the fine. The bloke on the phone asked for my reason before deciding if it was worth appealing or not. On telling him about my crazy dog distracting me he said it probably wouldn't be accepted as a justifiable reason for not putting my clock to the right time of my arrival, but if I wanted he'd forward my written online appeal. I then asked if I didn't appeal could I still pay £35, not the now gone up to £70 fine. He said that although the 14 days to pay £35 time limit had passed he'd allow me to pay £35 to close the case. I then had to decide between taking a gamble and appealing the ticket, possibly resulting in me losing the appeal and having to pay £70, or just cutting my losses and paying £35 there and then. I chose the latter, not wanting the hassle of waiting for the result of an appeal. I just looked at the £35 loss as a win some, lose some incident, but I do feel extra peeved now when I see cars belonging to the MOT centre customers, or the yoga studio's members, both across the road from me parked for hours on double yellows without blue badges!🤨
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DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
I've successfully challenged a couple of local tickets in the past, one after having actually paid.
I went on holiday, leaving my car parked outside my flat on a road with no parking restrictions. I returned a week later to find a parking restriction sign had been put up next to my car (no yellow lines) and it had been ticketed.
I appealed, and it was promptly turned down.
Then, a few weeks later, a gang arrived to paint the double yellow lines - but they stopped at the sign, and my car had been parked just beyond it. Needless to say, I requested that my ticket be cancelled and my payment refunded, which they did.
Then, a couple of years ago, I parked my car in its usual spot (with daytime-only charges) while attending an evening class, and returned to find a ticket on it. It turned out that a week or two previously the daytime parking restrictions sign had been replaced with a "Residents only" one. As well as failing to notice that (in the dark), I had failed to spot that the adjacent ticket machine, while still there, had been wrapped up in black polythene.
I invited the council to see me in court and they cancelled the ticket.
I went on holiday, leaving my car parked outside my flat on a road with no parking restrictions. I returned a week later to find a parking restriction sign had been put up next to my car (no yellow lines) and it had been ticketed.
I appealed, and it was promptly turned down.
Then, a few weeks later, a gang arrived to paint the double yellow lines - but they stopped at the sign, and my car had been parked just beyond it. Needless to say, I requested that my ticket be cancelled and my payment refunded, which they did.
Then, a couple of years ago, I parked my car in its usual spot (with daytime-only charges) while attending an evening class, and returned to find a ticket on it. It turned out that a week or two previously the daytime parking restrictions sign had been replaced with a "Residents only" one. As well as failing to notice that (in the dark), I had failed to spot that the adjacent ticket machine, while still there, had been wrapped up in black polythene.
I invited the council to see me in court and they cancelled the ticket.
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