I was an idiot, parking on a clearway,NIP.

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So I made an error in parking, parked up in a space in amongst a long line of parked cars. Turns out it was a clearway and on return we've all been ticketed by the police. Received the NIP today.

I was expecting this was just a fine but the NIP has me wondering if this is going to be points now as well. Anyone have any knowledge of how common this is?

There was a sign up but it's 2 miles from where I parked. Really frustrated with myself for not thinking a bit more about where I was parking/just seeing the space and going for it.
 
I park on them quite often for attending emergencies, and whilst mine get cancelled during the process I've not seen any suggestion of points
 
Points will depend on whether the placement of your vehicle presented a danger - if in a the middle of a line of cars probably OK. The clearway is for a purpose so if your parking in the clearway directly contributed to creating a dangerous situation you would almost certainly get points.

EDIT: Looking on Google maps around here I'm surprised how poorly signed many of the clearway sections are, very easy to miss the first sign and then often inconsistent road markings, often missing exit signs and little if any use of repeaters.
 
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