Parking Fine Whilst Parked On The Pavement, And Ticket Wording

[sjwright]

Hi all

Before I begin, please don't waste anyone's time with "well you shouldn't have been parked on a pavement", something more constructive is what's needed here.

I parked on the pavement as it was ample wide enough (at least 30 foot in width) and there is literally nowhere near to park to where I needed to be. I had a ticket which states "Parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours". To begin with, there are absolutely no signs along the length of the street with parking hours, but the road is double yellow lines. No part of my vehicle was on the road, and was wholly on the pavement outside a residential property, causing no restriction whatsoever for any pavement users or emergency vehicles due to the width.

Do I have grounds for appeal giving the wording on the ticket and lack of signs?

[Anngel]

Restricted street...says it all. In fact the pavement is part of the highway anyway.

[BlueToffee]

No, sadly not.

No signs are needed for double yellow lines, they mean 'No Waiting At Any Time', and the footpath comes under the same rules, wide enough or not.

[emeritus]

Dont Double Yellow Lines dictate no parking at ANY time, therefore there are no prescribed hours and so no signs are required ?

[shoota]

This from 'Driving test tips' -
Currently as the law stands, it is not illegal to park on pavements in areas that do not have pavement parking restriction signs erected by the local council. This of course excludes areas that are outlined in the Highway Code as being illegal such a double yellow lines or zigzag lines near a pedestrian crossing for example

[douglas9401]

Footway (pavement) parking

Where parking restrictions are marked on the road, for example yellow lines, those restrictions also apply to the footway (pavement). Therefore parking tickets (PCNs) can be issued to vehicles which are parked in contravention of the restrictions.

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/parking-enforcement

Footway (pavement) parking is not permitted at any time along the length of urban clearways and parking tickets (PCNs) can be issued to vehicles parked in contravention.

Apart from urban clearways, there is no general ban on footway (pavement) parking. Where there are no parking restrictions marked on the road, parking tickets (PCNs) cannot be issued to vehicles on the footway (pavement). If, however, a problem of obstruction arises as a result of vehicles parked on a footway, that situation is a matter for, and can be dealt with by, the PSNI.

[TWR]

Apart from the Obvious, was your car " behind the double yellow? can you prove it? It may be that the warden could not book you for the double yellow offence but looked at another offence, Lines on the road / pavement edges also warn of offence's!!

[sjwright]

Thanks for all your feedback with this one, will get it paid and put it down to experience!

Thanks
-S