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Got back to my bike yesterday and found a parking ticket tucked under the screen from Westminster council. £50 :evil:
Now they are technically in the right. I was parked just outside the parking bay (which was full) and touching a yellow line - late for work so I couldn't leave it anywhere else. However, it was in nobody's way and I'm a bit p**sed off, especially after passing god knows how many WV men parked on red routes on the way home.
Thing is, I'd picked it up from service that morning and had a new chain / sprocket fitted. What do you reckon my chances are if I write a nice letter claiming I'd left it there because the chain broke, was waiting for a recovery truck, and include a copy of the service recipt as 'evidence' :twisted:
Carsick
16-06-05, 11:18 AM
I don't reckon it will work at all.
At best they'll say, oh well, pay up.
jamieclayton9
16-06-05, 11:19 AM
you could have a good chance. just give it a go. if you kick up enough stink you can usally get away with it anyway. cheers
Always challenge a parking ticket as they may let you off. It will only cost you the price of a stamp.
Captain Nemo
16-06-05, 11:36 AM
give it a go you nothing to lose, write a grovelling letter saying that you agree with the parkingrestrictions and that youre a law abiding bod and that and hit them with "but....." bit.
Sounds a bit lame to me...give it a go but they will just ask why you did not leave a note on it or just contact to cops or someone to let em know
Sounds a bit lame to me...
It's extremely lame, but I reckon I'm going to try it. What the hell, if I don't hear back I'll just pay it online in a fortnight before they double the penalty.
What do you reckon my chances are if I write a nice letter claiming I'd left it there because the chain broke, was waiting for a recovery truck, and include a copy of the service recipt as 'evidence' :twisted:
Sadly zero. Best pay up before you get the double penalty.
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Hi,
I used to park reguarly in Margaret St. just off Regent St. and I saw a couple of times a guy on a fairly old tatty bike, parking out of the bike bay, get on his bike put his lid on and throw away his parking ticket before riding off.
Is this illegal ? Can't you just say " There was no ticket on the bike, when I returned to it "
Cheers
T0mm0
Cloggsy
16-06-05, 02:01 PM
If you don't ask, you don't get... What's it going to cost you, 27p :?: :wink:
The little hitlers must be different down there,I park my bike on the pavement and in pay and display areas all the time and have never got a ticket. Only thing ive got is a nice note from someone from the university, telling me theres secure parking round the back id be welcome to use 8)
If I ever got a ticket id just say wasnt there when I went to my bike :? give it a try yokel, never know
Put a plakky bag around your no. plate and disc, they're not allowed to touch your bike to remove them. :twisted:
Is this illegal ? Can't you just say " There was no ticket on the bike, when I returned to it "
Very nearly did just bin it, but I can't believe you'd get away with that or everyone would just claim there was no ticket on their bike / car. And if you try it and you're wrong it's at least £100 for missing the two week deadline.
Put a plakky bag around your no. plate and disc, they're not allowed to touch your bike to remove them.
OK for couriers who only stop for a couple of mins but can't the police remove vehicles 'not displaying' a tax disc?
Properly annoyed about this. I was daft to leave it there but it was round the back of the Strand on a really quiet road and right out of the way. B***ards.
Saint Matt
16-06-05, 04:13 PM
Go for it, it cant hurt
[OK for couriers who only stop for a couple of mins but can't the police remove vehicles 'not displaying' a tax disc?
No. They can remove the plastic bag, even do you for not displaying your number plate but they can't do anything about a tax disc other than report back to the DVLA who then make a decision whether to prosecute or not.
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Jelster
16-06-05, 05:39 PM
But you parked it inside the bay and some b@rstuard moved it didn't they ?
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Bit of a trawl back for this one. Thanks for the encouragement - It's bl**dy worked!
Paid for my Brands ticket for tomorrow that has :D
CB1ROCKET
06-08-05, 02:29 PM
Any chance of what you actually said/wrote? Was it the chain example, lost ticket or some ******* that moved your machine?
kwak zzr
06-08-05, 08:09 PM
ive got away with no tax the once, i didnt know it wasnt taxed had'nt noticed got dun but tax'ed it that same day all that dvla wanted was a photocopy of the tax disk with the date on and they let me off with a £60 fine. was a few years ago now :roll:
hall13uk
06-08-05, 08:16 PM
i always fight tickets, even if i am in the wrong!!!!!!!
kwak zzr
06-08-05, 09:05 PM
u can usually get away wiv it.
hall13uk
06-08-05, 09:09 PM
u can usually get away wiv it. yeah i agree i have several times.
[OK for couriers who only stop for a couple of mins but can't the police remove vehicles 'not displaying' a tax disc?
No. They can remove the plastic bag, even do you for not displaying your number plate but they can't do anything about a tax disc other than report back to the DVLA who then make a decision whether to prosecute or not.
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they can . . .
they are towing cars away in east london without road tax and crushing them . . a crackdown of fine dodgers (about time too . . . )
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