Parking Ticket Advice
 

Morning All

Need the help of the scoobynet knowledgeable ones. I was down in Devon for work yesterday and parked in a one hour zone (no payment required). Came back to the car 6 six minutes later than the hour and have recieved a ticket slapped on the car for £50 or £25 if i pay in 14 days.

How do i stand with appealing?, is there a period of grace that traffic wardens are supposed to give?. 6 Minutes seems a little harsh but if i have to pay i will pay.

Not contacted the Devon Council in question yet but spent all day thinking about it yesterday on the way home.

5 afaik

Harsh

Write a grovelling letter to the council along with some mitigating circumstance as to why you were late getting back to your car (i.e. you were helping an old lady carry her shopping ;)). They may let you off. Worked for me. Also once you lodge an appeal the 14 days thing goes out the window and is extended until you appeal is dealt with.

5 minutes is the grace period so you're stuck really. Harsh as said, but there you go! Appealing is a whole world of pain and you will likely lose in this case.

I would write a letter if you can be bothered, but to be honest for the sake of £25 you may just as well pay it and forget about it!

I appealed a clear cut case two years ago and it cost way more to appeal than it would have done just to pay it even though I won.

Bin it.

i would pay up

sounds like i am out of luck, just more annoyed as it was a free space to begin with. Emailed the relevant council in Devon to ask how i stand but not expecting good news, may just appeal anyway and drag it out long as i can :)

I popped into dentist once and forgot to "pay & display". Literally out 10 mins later to a £30 ticket . Looked at the pay info board and it was 30pence for an hour park. Tottaly gutted !

I have appealed a ticket before , warden argued but I knew 100% he was wrong and he wouldnt show me the pics to prove. I was able to look up pics on website but none showed up. I won the appeal , so he was obviously lying. The pics for the dentist ticket were on the site so couldn't appeal it , not that I would have as I was in the wrong.

30p for one hour ffs £2 here.

Its a small carpark that doesn't get much use .

Not a good idea if it was from the council :nono: .

mb

^^+1 if it was a private parking company...Depending on which one would depend on your actions if any but if it is an official council ticket get your cash out i`m afraid mate ;)

You really need to know if the 'fine' (and I use that word guardedly) is issued by a 'Council'. If it is is a proper council ticked then you are stuffed - pay it.

If it is any of the lowlife, pondscum, bloodsucking tosspot leaches that are 'private parking enforcment' wnakers then investigate a POPLA appeal ASAP - using the Money Supermarket advice - google it - using their advice most POPLA appeals are successful.

^^^

This.

...or better still, go directly to PePiPoo, where MSE pinch most of their "advice" from ;)

mb

Its down to you to avoid giving them the chance to ticket you!

Les

For £25 you are worrying about it?

Pay, move on .....................

no grace period. as soon as time is up you are walking the tight rope and on this one they have got you.

Drove into work one day, around congestion charge zone as normal but had an early finish, so went back the usual way, which as was always past 18:00 through the zone albeit at 15:00, so got a PCN. No point in contesting based on absent mindedness...

paid it. just annoyed me but was a fair cop.