One in five tickets are invalid Fight Back On Fines

Updated: 10/04/2007 14:49:31

 

It's official - if you drive away before a traffic warden puts a ticket on your windscreen, you do not have to pay the fine.

 

With one in five parking tickets invalid, there are a number of other ways you can fight unfair penalties handed out by over-zealous parking wardens.

 

 

 

Invalid road markings

 

Do the road markings where you have been issued with a ticket comply with the law? A string of motorists have appealed against fines issued when markings were faulty. Examples include incomplete yellow lines after road works.

 

Date of ticket

 

All tickets must show both the date of your offence and the date the ticket was issued. Hundreds of motorists have won refunds against sloppy traffic wardens who failed to include this extra detail.

 

Clamped or towed

 

If you appeal to your council against an incident in which your car was clamped or towed away, parking bosses must respond to your appeal within 56 days. If they fail to do so, they have no power to enforce the fine.

 

Wrong registration

 

Make sure you carefully examine the tiniest of details of every penalty charge you receive. If a warden fails to accurately note your registration their bosses will have no method of tracing you.

 

Wrong street

 

If a parking ticket wrongly notes the name of your street which you parked 'illegally', the penalty charge is invalid and you can appeal. You are not guilty of the offence stated.

 

Double yellow lines

 

There is no regulation preventing motorists parking on double yellow lines to load or unload their vehicle. The only exception is if the yellow lines are accompanied by yellow markings painted on the kerb too. Wardens have no right to issue an instant ticket on ordinary double yellow lines if you are legitimately loading your car.

 

Legal technicalities

 

Every penalty charge notice must state that it is a penalty issued under the Road Traffic Act somewhere on the ticket.

 

Fast facts

 

— More than eight million tickets were issued in 2005, one for every three cars

 

— In London more than five million tickets were issued. Westminster Council raised £65 million from parking

 

— Nationally, motorists paid out more than £1.2 billion in parking fines

 

— As many as one in five tickets may be issued invalidly

 

— Fewer than 0.5 per cent are referred to the parking adjudicator – yet two thirds of appeals are successful

Well done mate I was looking for this infor earlier for future referrence :)

One in five tickets are invalid Fight Back On Fines

Updated: 10/04/2007 14:49:31

 

It's official - if you drive away before a traffic warden puts a ticket on your windscreen, you do not have to pay the fine.

 

With one in five parking tickets invalid, there are a number of other ways you can fight unfair penalties handed out by over-zealous parking wardens.

 

 

 

Invalid road markings

 

Do the road markings where you have been issued with a ticket comply with the law? A string of motorists have appealed against fines issued when markings were faulty. Examples include incomplete yellow lines after road works.

 

Date of ticket

 

All tickets must show both the date of your offence and the date the ticket was issued. Hundreds of motorists have won refunds against sloppy traffic wardens who failed to include this extra detail.

 

Clamped or towed

 

If you appeal to your council against an incident in which your car was clamped or towed away, parking bosses must respond to your appeal within 56 days. If they fail to do so, they have no power to enforce the fine.

 

Wrong registration

 

Make sure you carefully examine the tiniest of details of every penalty charge you receive. If a warden fails to accurately note your registration their bosses will have no method of tracing you.

 

Wrong street

 

If a parking ticket wrongly notes the name of your street which you parked 'illegally', the penalty charge is invalid and you can appeal. You are not guilty of the offence stated.

 

Double yellow lines

 

There is no regulation preventing motorists parking on double yellow lines to load or unload their vehicle. The only exception is if the yellow lines are accompanied by yellow markings painted on the kerb too. Wardens have no right to issue an instant ticket on ordinary double yellow lines if you are legitimately loading your car.

 

Legal technicalities

 

Every penalty charge notice must state that it is a penalty issued under the Road Traffic Act somewhere on the ticket.

 

Fast facts

 

— More than eight million tickets were issued in 2005, one for every three cars

 

— In London more than five million tickets were issued. Westminster Council raised £65 million from parking

 

— Nationally, motorists paid out more than £1.2 billion in parking fines

 

— As many as one in five tickets may be issued invalidly

 

— Fewer than 0.5 per cent are referred to the parking adjudicator – yet two thirds of appeals are successful

 

 

TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HAND'S...!!!!!!

 

 

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Top thread mate. I had a parking ticket in London (effin £50!) and appealedbecause I had made a mistake with the meter and it was accepted. Worth your while doing that. How much have they raised??. FFS!!.

i got a ticket in london too i bought a permit and this was the first time i had been there it cost me £50 for the permit i parked up, then the following day i had a ticket for £50 FFS so i appealed cause the guy was a blind git and got let off. i reccon he did it on perpose there all :xxx: