Any arcmchair lawyers got a view on a parking ticket issue?

[rodyorkabr]

The laws have changed since October 2015(in England...I don't know about Scotland)-check the legitimacy of the parking bays etc,but

If this happens regularly to you...do you not think it might be better looking at your own habits & altering them?(someone else suggested a Tag Heur watch on here?)

[Ricalnic]

I've got 5 parking tickets in the last 6 months . All of them in the same town for being anything from 10 minutes to 20 minutes overdue in a 1 hour parking space.

I know that's my own stupid fault . However the 5th ticket was only issued 3 minutes after the 1 hour time limit had elapsed so I contested it. The ticket said "vehicle first seen at 14.27. Excess charge ticket issued at 15.30".

I thought 3 minutes wasn't enough time and they've written back to me to say that due to the attendants error they have cancelled the charge, which is good news (thumbs) .

My question is...is that an admission that there could of been a potential error with their timings on perhaps some of the other 4 tickets that I have received? (and paid).

I'm asking because it's £200 in total, for the other 4 that I've paid :S , so it's got me thinking...?

Check Pepipoo

[Andi_Archer]

Laws were passed in the UK for Council run parking to allow 10 minutes over the paid allowance see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -fine.html

[Mike54]

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars ... chdog.html

[Scott_rider]

I did say that it was my own stupid fault. The reason being that parking is an issue in that town and although 1 hour is clearly displayed as the time limit sometimes my appointments have over-run by a few minutes and I haven't got back to the car park in time.

[moto al]

In Scotland ,parking on private land,eg supermarkets, hospitals, ect, tickets issued by private company's cannot be inforced ,they maybe try get the money from you,just ignore them,also clamping is illegal ,apart from the dvla. Under scots law.

[ollydog]

i dont get many these days but i have always contested them and won a lot more than lost, like someone said and my mum use to say the same if you dont ask you dont get.

steve