My son over parked, by a foot into the next bay in a local carpark, so when he got back to his car he had a £25 parking fine(if he paid quickly).

Are you ready for a laugh though it's not really funny!

Well, because of his over parking the next car also had to over park, as did the next one and the next one and the ... you get the picture?

5 further cars got a parking fine even though they all bought a ticket!

Now my son feels really guilty.

No one really lost out and the local parking authority is 6 * £25 better off.

stop the world I want to get off.........

 

I got one recently for stopping for no more than 2 minutes outside my daughter's University to drop a computer off for her - returned to find a ticket but having tried to call / email etc to complain the procedure was so time consuming I just gave up and paid! would cost me more in time than the 60 quid I might have saved. Only annoyance is they get away with it of course so will continue...... I spend most of my time in a different world without parking tickets and speeding fines so when I come back to the "real world" it is often an unpleasant shock!

 

I got a ticket for parking with my tyre just touching the yellow line.

Fair enough maybe but the 2 disable ticketed cars parked behind me were taking the piss.

And it was done by a copper who stopped especially.

 

was the ticket from a private car park or council run car park?

If it's a private car park then my understanding is that the contract which has been entered into is between the driver and the car parks owner, not the registered keeper.

it is up to the fine issuer to prove who the driver is and the registered keeper is under no obligation to name the driver.

It's been discussed on pistonheads a number of times.

If it's a ticket issued by the council then he'll have to pay up.

 

What were you phoning to complain about?

 

Just wanted to be annoyed with someone!! - had left the roof down and just pulled into an empty bay - no "obvious" signs - only noticed when I got back and saw the ticket. Just seemed so petty - as if someone was hiding behind a bush somewhere just waiting to nab an unsuspecting motorist before sneaking off into the shadows again..... sad fact of modern life....

 

I've had a couple from private firms (one on a Motorcycle, even though they didn't provide a dedicated M/C bay). I gave them a damn good ignoring. They like to write nasty letters, however 18 months later they haven't recieved a penny

However, AFAIK if it is issued by a Council Parking Attendant, the rules are different and you have to pay up.

As for feeling guilty about the other numpties over-parking, why didn't they just park in the next bay over within the lines. No need to feel guilt for other people's stupidity.

 

Theres a nice section on moneysavingexpert about this. Might be worth a read if it was a private firm.

 

Yep - even if a council carpark, it's usually contracted out to a third party, so the same rules apply.

Contest it, and leave a note on the windscreen of the other cars if you happen to see them again

 

Quite a while back I received a ticket for parking in a manner to obstruct the carriageway (or somesuch).
The problem was that I had parked on the road when it was clear, and someone else had parked on the other side and caused an obstruction – but I had received the ticked (I have no idea if the other person had one too).
I sent a letter of complaint and got it quashed as it wasn’t my fault.

I see the carpark as a similar situation.
If someone has parked badly then I just park as best I can next to them, I don’t expect a ticket for it. I imagine a lot of these people will object that they just parked sensibly up against other cars that were already there.

There was I remember a case in Leamington a while back where someone had parked a Range Rover over two spaces between pillars in a multi storey (3 spaces between each set of pillars). The driver won the argument and complained that the spaces were too small.
The car park was repainted to have just two spaced between the pillars.