Probably. In fact it's likely that you can sue the ticket issueing authorities for mental cruelty & harrasment. I'm sure you can find some com-pen-say-shun chasing lawyer to act for you.

The money for this & the £2,000 per hour for the lawyer will of course have to come from public funds but as long as it gets you off from this disgraceful infingement of your human right to dump your car wherever you want to, it's worth it.

Good luck

PS if you ever want to park somewhere you can guarantee to have plenty of space around your car so no-one bangs your car door when they open theirs, try the ambulance parking area outside an A & E - for some reason they are always empty!

There is alway a reason why someone parks on a yellow line; sometimes with good reason, other times with none.

The tone of my comment was down to the fact that you were looking to get out of the penalty & on a technicality.

Why did you not simply say that you had parked on a double yellow line in what you percieved to be on reasonable grounds (stating what you have just done).

If I had been in your situation, I would have said that I would be prepared to pay the fine but what did people think a defence of collecting my ill girl-friend, would stand up in appeal

It is stated that poster got a FIXED PENALTY ticket for the parking.

This to me means that the local Council have not been granted the authority (decriminalisation) to enforce such matters hence Police involved with a FPN. Had they been so then the ticket would have been a PENALTY CHARGE NOTICE.

Or is the fact that the offence is obstruction which Police can enforce even if Council have been granted power of enforcement?

If it is a FPN then the avenue of appeal is to ask for a hearing at a Magistrates Court under a NG plea. There minor defects if repeated on the summons can be rectified and hearing continue.

If it is a PCN then avenue of appeal to LA in first instance and if they do not accept onwards and upwards to Parking Adjudicator. System is free so nothing ventured nothing gained.

dvd

But wht are Blue card holder allowed to park on double yellows

( sigh and I do appreciate that they are legally allowed to do so )

It can make no sense whatsoever iffen the double yellows are there on grounds of Road safety, which apparently they are.

all disabled cars see-through or sommat?. Or how do they differ from non disabled cars?

In respect of blocking visibility?

PS

Cash, well spotted, I would do exactly the same myself if I ever

(i) parked on a double yellow ( which i dont)

(ii) was caught( but see above)

PPS

What about the Hackney? anyway some London Council back office staff cancelling tickets issued to friends & relations for parking offences?, & hammering the rest regardless of any "justification"

Edited by dieseldogg on 24/06/2010 at 15:03