Parking Ticket

[Brown, Jon Brow]

So this morning I got a Penalty Charge Notice from Ealing Council for parking in a residents permit only space. The permits are only required Monday to Friday 9 to 5. After visiting for the weekend I left at 9.15 Monday morning.

So does anyone know any technicalities that has got them out of a parking ticket?

[GridGirl]

What time were you ticketed? If you were ticked between 9am and 9.15 this morning surely the parking attendant had every right to ticket you?

[Brown, Jon Brow]

What time were you ticketed? If you were ticked between 9am and 9.15 this morning surely the parking attendant had ever right to ticket you?

9.05. So yes they did. But I have still heard of stories where people exploit loopholes and appeal the fine.

[steveaki13]

Pay the fine and stop ruining this country :mad::p;)

[Tazio]

How much is the fine mate?

[Brown, Jon Brow]

£55, raising to £110 after 14 days

[odykas]

I say pay the fine and next time use public transportation ;)

[anfield5]

Not a way out of your ticket, but.... It seems strange that it is residents only between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday when many residents would be at work? Why would residents have to display an id tag, when you expect the road to be clear of parking?

[SGWilko]

If you are not permitted to park after 9am, and you got ticketed after 9am, when you are not permitted to be there.........

Doh!

Isn't this akin to folk that moan about 'stealth' speed cameras? IF YOU STICK TO THE LIMIT, A CAMERA DISGUISED AS LORD LUCAN WONT EVEN CATCH YOU OUT!

Double Doh!

[SGWilko]

Not a way out of your ticket, but.... It seems strange that it is residents only between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday when many residents would be at work? Why would residents have to display an id tag, when you expect the road to be clear of parking?

Probably to rid the residents of the commuter scourge. Perhaps the estate is near a station?

[Starter]

Probably to rid the residents of the commuter scourge. Perhaps the estate is near a station?
Most likely this is the secondary reason. The primary is to raise revenue. I know it is here.

[Tazio]

£55, raising to £110 after 14 days Pay the $90.00 USD mate, and consider yourself lucky. In San Diego you would have had your car towed by 9:05. and that whould have cost $275.00 to get out of impound the same day, plus the cost of the ticket!! :dozey:

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Probably to rid the residents of the commuter scourge. Perhaps the estate is near a station?

Correct, just around the corner to Ealing Common Station.

The only thing I could possibly claim is the parking restrictions change about 50 yards down the road. On the entrance to the road the first sign says Monday to Friday 1 hour parking, then there is a small section of double yellows, then the residential parking starts.

[Bagwan]

Wear dark glasses and claim to be blind . It's the only way .

You didn't see the sign . You got that ?

[Malbec]

9.05. So yes they did. But I have still heard of stories where people exploit loopholes and appeal the fine.

Write a letter. Plead. Apologise profusely and state that you will never EVER do this again.

You have several options here. The best by far is closed to you if you really are called Jon Brown because it involves claiming to be new to the UK and being completely ignorant of British parking laws. That has worked well for my wife for over a decade.

Come up with a plausible sob story, don't lay it on too thick and avoid anything that makes you sound unreasonable or arrogant. Don't mention your job or claim that you were working late etc. Sick babies are good, or else claim your car had trouble starting and you were just finding that charger stored deep in your garage when the warden found your car. State that you left 15 minutes after the time was up and that you weren't planning to park the car past 9 am. An alternative would be to say that you arrived in Ealing in such a state of shock because you found out that your grandmother had just died that you didn't really check where you had parked. Apologise again. You were found parking in an area at a time you weren't allowed to park so pleading ignorance without mitigating factors simply won't work. Another one is to get your girlfriend to claim she was driving the car and sign it with her name if only because girls seem to get treated more leniently than men if they use a sob story.

It probably won't work but ultimately there is a human on the other side reading through and sorting out these letters and they may take pity on your soul... Also Ealing is relatively lenient, had you been caught in the Borough of Westminster your family would have probably been hunted down and shot by now.

[Malbec]

Probably to rid the residents of the commuter scourge. Perhaps the estate is near a station?

Yes it is. Actually in many places around London parking permits are only needed between 12 and 13:00 to deter commuters parking but allowing shoppers to still park.

[D-Type]

Try writing in, swearing blind that you left at 5 to 9 as you know from listening to the News on the car radio. It won't succeed but at least you'll have the satisfaction of knowing the warden will have been carpeted to explain and might get a bollocking for being over-zealous.

[donKey jote]

Shut up and pay... You know you deserve it :devil: