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Parking Fine & how to get off it

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Interpol Shrimper

Interpol Shrimper

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Right, I've just had a phone call from the Mrs questioning why we've got a £60 fine for "parking in a residents bay"

Basically, I was dropping some stuff off I'd sold on eBay and was only in the place for 10 minutes. This was 8.30pm on a Monday night & the road was in no way full of residents cars. I had no ticket on my windscreen & so this is the first I've heard about it.

I would imagine different councils have different intricate rules & regulations to maximise their earning potential from such pointless fines, but has anybody got any hints/tips to get off.

I am defiintely going to write in and expalin a) I was never issued with any ticket on my windscreen & b) that I was only there for 10 minutes at the most.
 
Unfortunately mate I think there's **** all you can do to get out of it.

A mate of mine was fined £80 for parking in a spot while his missus popped to the cash point for a couple of minutes. He got a brown envelope through his door with an image of his car parked illegally.

I would ask for proof however - if they can't provide an image then maybe you've got a case?
 
Happened to me in Hackney once when dropping off a DVD at Blockbusters Dalston (at pace...but that was more because Dalston is the capital city of all ****holes.

The traffic warden didn't have time to issue the ticket, so he just took my license plate details and pretended that he did, presumably to keep his stats up. A month later I got a fine for something like £120 for non-payment of the original ticket (that he hadn't issued.) Found out at the time that the ticket has to be issued onto your windscreen and a picture taken to be validated - otherwise just drive off.
 
Smudger said:
Happened to me in Hackney once when dropping off a DVD at Blockbusters Dalston (at pace...but that was more because Dalston is the capital city of all ****holes.
Found out at the time that the ticket has to be issued onto your windscreen and a picture taken to be validated - otherwise just drive off.
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Which most councils quickly changed their rules on to maximise earning potential !!! Most of the parking and other fines our crews pick up (in North London) are the sneaky camera fines, but we do get a lot from over zealous wardens too. Def contest it as we appeal all but the most clear cut cases of negligence and generally get off them on appeal.
 
Phone the police and say your car was stolen.

Then buy a new one.

Note - this assumes your car was worth less than £60 so unless you were driving a Hillman Avenger, Datsun Cherry, Talbot Horizon etc. you might want to consider other channels.
 
To be honest if someone told me my parking was fine I'd be quite happy and not looking to get out of it, you ungrateful man.
 
Alexis_SUFC said:
How about you don't park in a residents parking area? Crazy plan but it might work and would save you £60.
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So if you need to drop something off at somebodys else & they happen to live in a street where a money grabbing local authority have implemented an unpopular parking system to offset they're not able to raise Council Tax and you turn up to find the street deserted and a perfectly good space outside their flat and you know you'll be approximately 10 minutes, you WOULDN'T park there? Get real!
 
As it appears you have been trapped by CCTV, I would suggest removing your number plates and when you are stopped by the police, act surprised and say that some Neds must of stolen them.
 
what sort of jobsworth is working as a traffic warden at 8.30pm at night. shocking. Especially in a residencial area. Different if it is in central london!
 
southend4ever said:
what sort of jobsworth is working as a traffic warden at 8.30pm at night. shocking. Especially in a residencial area. Different if it is in central london!
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One who, as I mentioned above, is working for an authority who has 2 shifts of traffic wardens, working from 8am until 2am. All about the coin at the end of the day...
 
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