New parking "tickets"

[ljm2008]

So I was walking down the street in St Andrews last weekend and noticed a motorbike parked up with a fixed penalty notice stuck to what little fairing he had on his bike. They've recently just brought in new parking meters here which give out little flimsy paper tickets which say you "must display clearly on your dashboard." So, a few little issues there...1) a motorbike doesn't have a dashboard; and 2) there is no sticky bit on the ticket so no way to stick it on to anything on the bike! So who's to say that that guy didn't have a ticket on his bike and either a) someone stole it and put it on their car; or b) it blew off in the wind.

Does anyone know if there's anything that can be done about that kind of fixed penalty in these situations? Surely without a dashboard then the ticket doesn't apply to motorbikes and if you can't stick it to anything then it's a waste of time!

Laura
xxx

[silent11]

get a ticket stick it on and take a picture

some machines give you 2 tickets 1 for bike and one for you to keep

with a picture dated and timed its proof you bought one

[Mr Speirs]

Cover your licence plate up with a bag. They aren't allowed to touch the bike.

[silent11]

Cover your licence plate up with a bag. They aren't allowed to touch the bike.

they are now i think, stuff like bike covers etc

[Grinch]

Cover your licence plate up with a bag. They aren't allowed to touch the bike.

They are allow you lift and remove things to make a identification of the bike.

[tomjones2]

Cover your licence plate up with a bag. They aren't allowed to touch the bike.

They are allowed the reg off your tax disc though and you must display one of those or I belive they can impound it, and try telling a traffic warden that there not allowed to touch your bike.

[Pimp Cat]

Get some super strong velcro to attach your number plate to the bike, then just take the number plate with you when you leave the bike parked up! :)

don't know what problems this might cause if your bike gets stolen tho!

[silent11]

Get some super strong velcro to attach your number plate to the bike, then just take the number plate with you when you leave the bike parked up! :)

don't know what problems this might cause if your bike gets stolen tho!


does that cause your tax not to be valid?

[Dangerous Dave]

Cover your licence plate up with a bag. They aren't allowed to touch the bike.
Still true, but this now means they can call a tow truck and have it removed which will cost you more in the end.

[PsychoCannon]

They removed all the bike bays in Luton center and replaced them with Pay and diplay which are un-usable by bikes, put the same question to the local council, one day they told me just to take the ticket with me, the next when I checked again I was told that not displaying would be an offence regardless of if I purchased the ticket or not and I'd have to display it cleary on the bike.
Idiots the lot of 'em.

[philbut]

Attach a high voltage shock system to the bike so when the barstuard tries to remove the cover, they get a bloomin good shock - sit oposite and enjoy the show hehe. I HATE parking wardens and their stupid mopeds - the only bikers I don't like. And they park illegally whilst issuing tickets, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.l

[Biker Biggles]

You must buy a ticket and you must display it as per their rules.Even though on a bike you cant display it as per their rules.You would think you would win a contested ticket under those circumstances but this is rip off Britain so I wouldnt bet on it
Heads they win Tails you lose?

[dizzyblonde]

I will stick by the fact on my tax disc it clearly states my vehicle is a 'bicycle'. Therefore I will park my 'bicycle' on the pavement(and allow room for such things as prams and wheelchairs)

[Xan173]

Parking blah blah...
http://www.motorcycleparking.com/footway_pavement_parking.shtml

...and good lists of where to park.
http://www.mag-foundation.org/Parking/Index.php

[rowdy]

I know it's a little off topic but just clicked on the first link Xan123 put up to read about pavement parking. I once got a ticket in London for parking two wheels on kerb(in a van ,not bike). I spoke to the traffic warden issuing the ticket and was told if I'd parked fully on the road (creating a traffic jam and p1551ng people off) then I would have been ok for 20 minutes ( only stopped for about 2mins). I asked what the problem was as I'd left enough room for pedestrians, pushchairs etc, and enough room to let the traffic flow freely and was told that my fiesta van might damage the pavement!. A few days prior to this there had been two 20 ton lorrys parked in the same place, half on the kerb. They had left no damage.

[philbut]

i've fallen foul of the london parking rules re: pavements. i parked outside my mates house in Tufnel Park. 8 foot wide pavement, quiet residential street and I was behind a tree so not obstructing anyone (unless they can walk through trees). i still got a £60 fine. grrrrrrrrrrrr stealth tax.

[Bibio]

as far as i'm led to believe, in scotland the councils are supposed to allow for 1 bike parking bay every 30 car bays... but because its free to park a bike they have been reducing the amount of bays to gain more revenue..

this subject was brought up at a recent mag meeting in edinburgh (i'm not a member but my brother is).. and are busy complaining to local councils as we speak..

so if there are no bike bays within 30 car bays and you get a ticket you could always try disputing the fact...

[Lozzo]

They are allowed the reg off your tax disc though and you must display one of those or I belive they can impound it, and try telling a traffic warden that there not allowed to touch your bike.#

I had to laugh at some jumped up traffic warden outside my old Gericke shop in harrow who was about to remove a helmet bag from a numberplate. The owner walked outside and told the guy that if he as much as laid a finger on the bike he would rip his arms out and feed them to pigs. The bike's owner was massive, and the traffic warden was a squitty little black african guy - he visibly paled when the big biker got right in his face and told him to Eff Off before he got hurt. We didn't see him around our way for weeks afterwards, and he never stopped by our shop again.

[Stig]

I know it's a little off topic but just clicked on the first link Xan123 put up to read about pavement parking. I once got a ticket in London for parking two wheels on kerb(in a van ,not bike). I spoke to the traffic warden issuing the ticket and was told if I'd parked fully on the road (creating a traffic jam and p1551ng people off) then I would have been ok for 20 minutes ( only stopped for about 2mins). I asked what the problem was as I'd left enough room for pedestrians, pushchairs etc, and enough room to let the traffic flow freely and was told that my fiesta van might damage the pavement!. A few days prior to this there had been two 20 ton lorrys parked in the same place, half on the kerb. They had left no damage.

I've done this in Westminster. Parking bays were meter. Apart from the fact they were all full I was on my bike, so hardly going to pay for a ticket which would be stolen. I parked on the path directly in front of a tree that was directly next to a brick wall. When I got back to the bike there was a ticket propped under the handlebars flapping in the breeze. Any serious gust of wind and it would have been gone. I contested the ticket, especially when there was a sign stating no trucks or cars could park on the path but no mention of bikes. A letter came back telling me that I could damage the path. I wrote back stating it was a motorcycle not a car or truck. They then wrote back stating I was an obstruction. I obviously wrote back stating where I was parked along with a diagram. They wrote back and said tough. I was parked on the path and that is enough to be issued a ticket so cough up. :roll: