NO PCN affixed, received NTO, rejected representation |
NO PCN affixed, received NTO, rejected representation |
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 - 20:31
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Member Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 28 Mar 2019 Member No.: 103,161 |
Hello to everyone,
I would like to have your opinion on whether I should appeal to the independent adjudicator or not. One day I received an NTO (attached) in mail out of the blue. It was about my failure to pay the PCN that was issued 1 month ago for parking in a marked bay area on a street in Bristol without paying and displaying a ticket. I indeed had parked there, after 21:00 but was under the impression that parking was free after 18:00. Regardless, my first surprise was the fact that there was no PCN affixed to my car at the time, which explains why I haven't attempted to pay it. Now the NTO says that because I haven't paid in the first 14 days, the penalty is £50. Naturally, I appealed formally. In my appeal I stated that:
Explanation why I appealed to these points: Point 1) The picture is so blurry that I dont even know if it is a legit PCN or not. If it wasn't, that would explain why the traffic warden didn't want to leave it and never actually did Point 2) The picture shows this piece of paper left under my wiper. Not stuck on the windscreen as usual for Bristol but just left there. Either someone took it just for fun or actually it is their policy to never leave it in order for citizens to have to pay the increased penalty and therefore make more money. Point 3) They follow up in the notice of rejection by saying that the signage of entering a CPZ was 5m away. No it is not. It is more like 10m away, 5 car widths, right next to hedges which have overgrown their space and therefore hiding it. There is a HUGE sign about new road layout in the middle of the pavement yet they opted to put the more important parking sign at the edge of the parking area, next to an evergreen hedge. Point 4) I must be really stupid to park in a park and display zone illegally since I was the only car around and there are single yellow lines 10m away where I could have parked legally and free. This argues that their sign is not visible on a poorly lit street in the middle of the night! I have received their rejection and a few points seem a bit over the line.
I am attaching all the pictures I can. I apologise for the lack of information but Im trying to be as discreet as possible. I would like to know your opinion on pushing further with this and where should I focus my attention to. Do I have a case or do I count my loses and succumb to the reduced penalty? Thank you in advance This post has been edited by Hypaspist: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 - 20:34 |
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Fri, 24 May 2019 - 20:17
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Member Group: Members Posts: 26,655 Joined: 6 Nov 2014 Member No.: 74,048 |
Yes well done for sticking at it, IMO it was always going to be signage, the technical points are a nice prod in the right direction though and should never be missed
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