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Parking Fine Whilst Parked On The Pavement, And Ticket Wording
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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?
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?
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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 contraventio n of the restrictions . http:// www. nidirect. gov. uk/ parking- enforcement Footway (pavement)...
14:39 Mon 11th Feb 2013
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
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
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.nid irect.g ov.uk/p arking- enforce ment
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.
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.
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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.
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