The hate for traffic wardens

Woden · 18 Jun 2016 at 00:03

Trucamo said:
If it's anything like my area, the residents have to pay to get a permit, if they don't it's impossible to park within 500m of their house, "residents parking" is just another cash cow for the local council. If it was true residents parking we would all be getting permits or the choice of whether the area should be residents parking.

Nah, council doesn't charge him anything.

dholdi · 18 Jun 2016 at 00:29

Euphoria said:
Pulled over to check phone

Does it not make noises to tell you when it needs looking at ?

Gimli · 18 Jun 2016 at 00:55

The_Dark_Side said:
If I was going to be sceptical I'd suggest that maybe there's a good reason those markings haven't been repainted......surely not?

It's worth a look. I've got 14 days to appeal (or pay the £35 fine), if I do challenge and it is rejected, I am given another 14 days to pay the reduced fine. If there's clearly no chance of winning, I'll skip out on the getting rejected part.

If nothing else I may learn a some law/regulations/guidelines and to check EVERY nook and cranny when parking.

The_Dark_Side · 18 Jun 2016 at 01:00

Gimli said:
It's worth a look. I've got 14 days to appeal (or pay the £35 fine), if I do challenge and it is rejected, I am given another 14 days to pay the reduced fine. If there's clearly no chance of winning, I'll skip out on the getting rejected part.

If nothing else I may learn a some law/regulations/guidelines and to check EVERY nook and cranny when parking.

If there's definitely no penalty to worry about when appealing then why not?
Good luck to you if you decide to have a punt. You're admittedly a new driver and this wasn't done deliberately it was just a case of you missed the details in the matrix.
All part of life's learning curve