Parking ticket for having "wheel or wheels on a footpath" |
Parking ticket for having "wheel or wheels on a footpath" |
Sat, 3 May 2014 - 17:17
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Member Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 3 May 2014 From: Gloucestershire Member No.: 70,399 |
This morning I parked in Brick Lane, London E1 on one of the "pavement" parking bays which are on the right hand side of a one way street. These bays are not wide and the footpath is the minimum legal width (wide enough so a double buggy can pass). There is a line of rectangular bricks that designate the parking bays, as far as I can remember they are the same colour as the bays and the footpath.
After I had driven off I noticed an inch of yellow sticking up from the passenger side windscreen wiper, and realised it was a parking ticket, it turns out that the parking officer "had reasonable cause to believe that the following parking contravention had occurred: Parked with one or more wheels on or over a footpath or any part of a road other than a carriageway". Had I noticed the ticket when I returned to the car, I could have taken photographs......... The parking ticket was not prominently displayed, most of it was in the gully below the wipers. I only noticed it when I was driving into the sun on the Euston Road a few miles away. Road, Bays, and footpath are all on the same level. I have parked here before, and always fold in the wing mirrors on the road and footpath sides. I do not want my car scratched by the bags of pedestrians and you also run the risk of losing a wing mirror on the passenger side from other vehicles if you are too close to the road! These are not generous parking bays. I am certain that I was not over the rectangular bricks ( not there are any signs telling you to do that - indeed when I arrived there was a van parked in front of me right over the bricks) I checked the footpath was clear. If the wheel touching the bricks is an offence - surely there should be a dotted red line or something? It is possible that a wheel was touching the rectangular bricks, but I am certain I was not over them. Any advice please? Should I ask for photographic evidence? I live in Gloucestershire so won't be able to visit Tower Hamlets Parking Services in person. Any help gratefully received! -------------------- RichardL
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Sat, 3 May 2014 - 21:39
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Member Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 3 May 2014 From: Gloucestershire Member No.: 70,399 |
Thanks Neil for the link to uploading tips. I shall have a go, but it has been a long day.
I agree, there should be a line of some sort and a warning. I would like to think I had parked with courtesy - in a busy street like Brick Lane which is heaving on a Saturday, it would be foolish to park any other way if one wishes to preserve one's paintwork! -------------------- RichardL
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