parking fines for motor cycles

[brinders]

If a motorcyclist paid a parking fee and left the stick on ticket on their machine but the ticket was removed or blown off. How would they stand if they were subsequently fined for failing to pay and display?

[Loosehead]

For this reason most carparks have a free motorcycle area. I don't see how parking as for cars can be applied to Motorcycles.

[kempie]

Limited numbers of Pay and Display car parks offer reduced rate or free parking for motorcycles (the tarriff will indicate this and often special bays are provided), otherwise the full normal charge will apply to motorcycles.

The contract you enter into at a Pay and Display car park which entitles you to park is twofold:
Pay for the ticket, and
Display the ticket.

Failure to do either, no matter what the circumstances, will result in a charge. It is your responsibility to ensure the ticket is securely and prominently displayed.

[Loosehead]

... and stand stopping it getting pinched! eh Kempie are we just obliged to hope it stays there?

[kempie]

...that's the chance you take.

[Oneeyedvic]

Very often at the type of Pay & Display car park that you need to pay for motorbike parking at, you will find that you have to enter either numbers or letters of your vehicle registration.

Therefore, there is very little point in stealing a ticket - and there is also a way back for the car park operator to check if you have paid or not.

[brinders]

Regarding the contract in terms of pay for the ticket and displaying the ticket. I appreciate the theory but the point I meant was. Supposing this has been done and a third party removes said ticket. Clearly the motorcyclist has fulfilled their obligation and then been transgressed against. In such circumstances should a fixed penalty be applied, is the burden of proof on the 'prosecutor' to prove the the motorcyclists guilt beyond reasonable doubt?