Parking Ticket: Whats my play?

[Liquidfox]

Does it require the ticket to be in the shot?

I couldnt find anywhere online which backed this up.

When i got one, yes, one of the photo's contained the ticket on my windscreen, i'm guessing so you can't say "I never got it"...

I luckily got let off mine because the P&D ticket had fallen into the footwell when i'd opened the passenger door for some gear

 

[miniyazz]

If you had to temporarily abandon your car for a few hours because it had broken down and you had no breakdown cover, how would you communicate this to any traffic wardens? You obviously couldn't leave your hazards on without risking a flat.. unless you happen to carry round a spare battery with you.

 

[Scania]

You can roll your eyes all you like but it works for me, I've had wardens just walk past and do nothing while I watched my car sitting on double yellows with the hazards on. Maybe the traffic wardens here are just lazy? Or you know better than my real life experiences?

Given what I do for a living, what do you think? What does the roll eyes mean again? Remind me somebody!

If you were moving at a snails pace, then you weren't actually parked. You were driving or kerb crawling (looking for prostitutes to murder like all truck drivers ).

I was stationary when he started to write the ticket, so I put the truck into a very low gear which made me move albeit at a Snails pace....

Works great for picking up Hookers / Victims.....

 

[EvilDreams]

Given what I do for a living, what do you think?

Yeah I bet the motorways are teeming with traffic wardens and parking meters.

I'm a postie, I bet I spend far more time dodging traffic wardens than you.

 

[antijoke]

They cannot force you to pay a parking fine unless they have proof you parked illigaly, the word of the warden isnt enough. They would need photo or video evidence to make you pay.

Photo evidence needs the ticket to be in the shot, this cant be taken untill after the ticket has been written.

So how did they enforce parking fines before traffic wardens were equipped with cameras?

 

[Shadez]

Does it require the ticket to be in the shot?

I couldnt find anywhere online which backed this up.

I drove off when I was being issued with a ticket, yet they then posted the fine to my employer as it was a company vehicle.

It would be a very easy ticket to contest, the burden of proof is on them to prove you broke the parking regulations. A photo of any kind isnt a requirement but it does provide incontestable proof.

So how did they enforce parking fines before traffic wardens were equipped with cameras?

a lot of people just pay tickets with out question. Remember in the old days people had this thing called morals and didnt try and weasel out of things they are guilty of.

 

[antijoke]

a lot of people just pay tickets with out question. Remember in the old days people had this thing called morals and didnt try and weasel out of things they are guilty of.

Ahh the good old days.

 

[Berger]

It would be a very easy ticket to contest, the burden of proof is on them to prove you broke the parking regulations. A photo of any kind isnt a requirement but it does provide incontestable proof.



a lot of people just pay tickets with out question. Remember in the old days people had this thing called morals and didnt try and weasel out of things they are guilty of.

So how does the photograph with a ticket on the car prove anything different than a photograph of a car without a ticket on it

I was of the understanding that they took the photograph, wrote the ticket and then attached it to the windscreen, because too many people just got in the cars and drove off.

 

[Shadez]

So how does the photograph with a ticket on the car prove anything different than a photograph of a car without a ticket on it

I was of the understanding that they took the photograph, wrote the ticket and then attached it to the windscreen, because too many people just got in the cars and drove off.

A photo with out a ticket just proves the car was there. The Warden could have just taken a shot of your car while you were helping your gran to her front door with the shopping. The warden is then free to fill out the ticket after you have left.

With the ticket in the shot it shows you were absent for the length of time it takes to fill out a ticket, ie clearly not in the process of loading \ unloading or you would have stoped the warden or driven off

 

[Phantom]

It could go against you. The traffic warden observed your vehicle unattended for more than 5 minutes - the argument could be that you were parked there for much longer hence the ticket stands.

As a driver you should know the highway code and what the coloured lines mean. At the end of the day it all depends on if the person dealing with your case is having a bad day or not.

 

[memmerz]

I sent an email just now stating my case, that I personally had timed my visit at less than 5 minutes and that if I had not stopped to talk to the traffic warden I believe I would have been less than 5 minutes.

I do not believe he left enough margin for error in his timing of 6 minutes by only using the minute reading, as it could potentially have timed at 5 minutes and 2 seconds and I would have been away in the alloted period, had this conversation not taken place.

I would update with the outcome, but I am not very hopeful.

 

[Farore]

*snip*

If the council issued it, its legal. If the ticket isn't council issued, then you can safley ignore the parking ticket!

 

[Scania]

Yeah I bet the motorways are teeming with traffic wardens and parking meters.

I'm a postie, I bet I spend far more time dodging traffic wardens than you.

1, Why do people assume trucks live on Motorways and Motorways only?

2, If you a postie, why do you have a problem with traffic wardens?

I was under the impression that Postal vehicles with the Queens "E R" on the side are exempt from parking tickets anyway - most post office vans often have no choice other than to park illegally to empty a mailbox I'd guess....

 

[antijoke]

If the ticket isn't council issued, then you can safley ignore the parking ticket!

Pardon?

 

[Mucky_Pup]

Pardon?

If the ticket is issued from a council, then ignoring any requests for payment etc. will get you in court/balliffs. If it's issued from any 2-bit cowboy parking enforcement company, then ignoring any requests for payment will usually get you nothing.

 

[EvilDreams]

1, Why do people assume trucks live on Motorways and Motorways only?

OK, tolerance zones too.

2, If you a postie, why do you have a problem with traffic wardens?

I was under the impression that Postal vehicles with the Queens "E R" on the side are exempt from parking tickets anyway - most post office vans often have no choice other than to park illegally to empty a mailbox I'd guess....

I use my own car sometimes.

 

[antijoke]

If the ticket is issued from a council, then ignoring any requests for payment etc. will get you in court/balliffs. If it's issued from any 2-bit cowboy parking enforcement company, then ignoring any requests for payment will usually get you nothing.

Assuming they are indeed a 2 bit cowboy operation, but if they aren't.....then get ready for trouble.

 

[osc89er]

As far as I know, no parking company has been able to enforce their invoices in a court.

 

[Scania]

I use my own car sometimes.

I'd have a word with your depot manager mate, surely you should have use of a company vehicle for your work?

Have you got business use covered with your own insurance?

Another reason to use a company vehicle imo.

Or would that vehicle be a pushbike like my postie?