An0n0m0us

I got my first one yesterday and still don't understand why. Parked on a single yellow on a Sunday. Where I live that is normal, yet was visiting somewhere else and got a ticket for it. Surely if you can't park on it on a Sunday then it should just be a double yellow

What happens if I refuse to pay and just ignore absolutely all contact? Eventually a CCJ and they screw your credit rating up?

Coffin Dodger

Assuming its a civil parking ticket i.e. issued by the council / a traffic warden then you will have a much harder job of getting out of it. You can write a letter pleading mitigating circumstances, for example say you were visiting a relative who is seriously ill and you thought it would be ok to park there on a Sunday.

Double yellows means no parking at anytime a single means there are restrictions and there should be a sign on a lampost or some such near by saying when you can and cannot park. That said if the sign(s) are missing you also have a case.

If the ticket has been issued by a private firm however it is worth trying to ignore it etc.

Either way they'll let you know before it gets as far as a CCJ.

Leslie

You have to follow the regulations on the sign which should be in sight of the area. If there were no restrictions there would be no yellow line.

Les

fivetide

iTrader: (1)

Look for yellow stripes on the pavement too.

Stripes running down the kerb (either single or double) can mean different restrictions but as said, you needed to check the sign.

Cough up on this one I think!

5t.

speedking

The Highway Code.

An0n0m0us

Thanks CD, it is council issued.

Ignoring the rights and wrongs I just want to know what is the worst they can do to you if you just ignore them? Is a CCJ the final step they will take along with bailiffs to get their money?

hodgy0_2

yes, and the costs keep rising at each visit from the bailiffs

i would pay

SamUK

iTrader: (1)

Wow first ticket...either your every young or your a carefull driver... lol

go back and check for signs etc...some places you can not park Sundays..

An0n0m0us

So as I thought then. I'd rather get a court summons and the judge put me in prison for a week for non payment than pay the robbing barstewards of a council i'm that annoyed about it but a CCJ isn't something i'm prepared to get slapped on me so I will have to pay.

MDS_WRX

iTrader: (1)

As it's a council issued ticket, just pay it now and go through their appeals process using whatever mitigating circumstances you think there are. If you don't the fine will keep on getting bigger as time goes on and it gets more serious.

An0n0m0us

Normally very careful hence the annoyance at being done for the first time in over 20 years of driving. I honestly (although now know wrongly) thought single yellows were fine on a Sunday as they are in the town where I live and other places where I have parked on a Sunday.

I was't the only one either, a whole line of cars were parked with me again which is why i'd assumed it was fine simply because of all the other cars parked there. This was a residential street with what appears to be no other reason for the restriction other than it runs parallel to a beach. So the council just cashing in on visitors then. I still maintain if you can't park on it on a Sunday wtf isn't it a double yellow?

SamUK

iTrader: (1)

write to them...my wife writes for my entire family when they get a ticket...she must at-least do 2 per month - most are for my dad who suffers from parkinsons and forgets to put his disabled badge out..

90% of the tickets get cancelled...

you have nothing to loose, go on line and contest - they put the ticket on hold so cost wont go up, and if they reply you can write to them again..

speedking

Because the restriction might be e.g. 7am - 7pm every day; or May to September only etc.

CREWJ

So what did the sign say?

Coffin Dodger

Yes - I did this for a ticket I got in a council managed multi-story and got let off. Made up some yarn about putting 3x£1 coins in the machine but it must have rejected one of them and I didn't notice plus that I was a good law abiding, council tax paying citizen who was doing his bit to help support local businesses by shopping in town

An0n0m0us

Do not park here - at a guess

LostUser

Can you use google streetview to go back to the road and read the sign? Save you driving back there.

CharlySkunkWeed

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Appeal in writing asap as your time to pay freezes as soon as they recieve your letter. If u fail yourvappeal , you will still have time to pay before it doubles .

lordharding

iTrader: (1)

Just have to pay on this one and learn