Known faulty parking tickets or location - continue to park?, Can of worms.... |
Known faulty parking tickets or location - continue to park?, Can of worms.... |
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 - 13:02
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Member Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 11 Sep 2016 Member No.: 87,077 |
I wouldn't do it myself, but it got me thinking.....
Council X issues a parking ticket, and when looked at by everyone here, it has flaws - be it 'will/may', 0844, or the location has lack of signage..... Knowing the above, would anyone be tempted to park , based on the fact there are flaws that will get the ticket cancelled? Discuss, flame away... For the avoidance of doubt, I wouldn't do it....but i know more people would than we would normally expect. |
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Mon, 25 Mar 2019 - 13:02
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Mon, 25 Mar 2019 - 13:10
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Member Group: Members Posts: 26,655 Joined: 6 Nov 2014 Member No.: 74,048 |
Nor would I unless the high court had ruled on the flaw
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Mon, 25 Mar 2019 - 13:49
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Member Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 8 Aug 2006 Member No.: 7,035 |
Not on wording issues, no, but on physical signage errors, then yes, and I have done.
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Mon, 25 Mar 2019 - 21:14
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3,306 Joined: 4 Mar 2017 Member No.: 90,659 |
A while back when I worked in a city center there was a CPZ with a missing sign for one of the marked bays. Parked there for ages until they replaced it.
If you were very unscrupulous a pair of bolt cutters could probably get you free parking for a considerable time whilst they noticed, ordered a replacement and installed it. Some people don't seem to mind though. The hospital Trust I work for charges a lot for staff permits, and the car parks are usually full unless you get there early. However, a large part of the site is a mostly abandoned, sprawling WW2 hospital which has loads of corners you can park your car in, which are nearer to the main buildings than the staff car parks. Yet I am one of a couple of dozen that actually park there. I don't cut through the abandoned operating theatres any more though... definitely haunted. I don't want free parking that much |
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Mon, 25 Mar 2019 - 21:35
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Member Group: Members Posts: 56,200 Joined: 9 Sep 2003 From: Warwickshire Member No.: 317 |
There is a location in town I parked in often due to missing signage (no restriction created), I don’t do it now though as the lease company my co. car is through pay all PCN’s regardless......
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Tue, 26 Mar 2019 - 09:46
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Member Group: Members Posts: 25,726 Joined: 28 Jun 2010 From: Area 51 Member No.: 38,559 |
Would not risk it on the belief that PCNs are flawed, even if a slam dunk win.
Knowing my luck, I would cop the first of the corrected versions. There is however a short length of orphaned single yellow (with no restriction plate) in our local high street that I have been known to take advantage of.... as do others, never seen a PCN served on it despite CEOs regularly patrolling. Parking is free anyway but bays limited to one hour. |
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