Got a parking ticket yesterday for overstaying in a four hour bay . The thing is it says on the ticket "time vehicle first seen 14.02 , time ticket issued 140.03"
Surely the first time should be more than four hours before the time the ticket is issued?
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What council was it?
The badge was valid, but had inadvertantly been placed upside down. A simple error when trying to cope with an elderly person with physical difficulties and dementia.
The adjuticator accepted the badge was valid contrary to the ticketing companies claim, but upheld the ticket anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it's a private ticket (NCP, APCOA, etc.) I would ignore it. It will go away.
Methinks Buckshee is using words of politicians/police/CAFC ... delete as appropriate.
If your reading of the signage is correct, the ground for the appeal should be that the vehicle was first seen by the parking attendant at 14:02.
That you had parked the car only one minute earlier ;-)
So three hours 59 minutes after you had parked the car, it was outside the controlled parking period. So there was no parking infringement.
Having read about a number of parking appeals on pistonheads, I'd suggest not pushing the mistake on the ticket as the adjudicator is likely to say something along the lines of: "the parking attendant's copies of the tickets issued just before and just after yours show the approximate timing of the ticket being issued to you as being XX o'clock . It is clear that there was human error in the writing out of the details on the ticket. Nonetheless, there was actually a breach of the parking prohibition and the fine stands."
Guilty as charged. Send him down :-)
; )
2. Never tell lies.
Anyway, Beavis lost his case against Parking Eye in the Supreme Court, which made its judgement today. (4/11/2015)
So, a bad day for people that like free parking on private land.
But a good day for the likes of Parking Eye who will no doubt be raking in lots more dosh from now on.
(Following this ruling, all the Parking Eye appeal cases in abeyance with POPLA will presumably now be kick-started with the motorist having less chance of success.)
Full ruling and press release here, if you are so-inclined. https://supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0116.html