parking fines

[kia cat]

put my parking ticket in the windscreen upside down. returned within the time paid for to find had a fine of �70. Saw the man issuing tickets, was told nothing he could do. It was an error, should I still pay? Appealled to the HQ of the firm they said pay up!

[CheekyChops]

I haven't got a ticket handy to check but it does usually state that they have to be displayed in a certain place, the right way up. I'm sure it says so on the signs advertising the charges as well. Google 'parking tivcket upside down' and see ho wmany other people have been fined for the same thing.

That said, I don't actually agree with it and find it ludicrous that a parking attendant can't read the time on an upside down ticket!

[abbie1977]

I was fined because my ticket had fallen off the dashboard so I appealed and sent the ticket in to say I had paid but it fell off when I closed my door. I got a letter back saying they would let me off. I'm surprised they didnt let you off with it.

[Tweed]

Don't pay and don't give in so easily. You paid for the parking ticket yet they still want your cash. Outrageous

[paraffin]

I think it's right to say that parking tickets must be displayed the "right way up".

Nevertheless, it's something worth contesting - you've got nothing to lose, have you? Plus, if your ticket was otherwise valid and visible through the windscreen, it would be a pretty uncaring system which still went ahead and prosecuted you. Hope you've kept the ticket?

Unfortunately, society's "jobsworths" don't use common sense!!!

[north star]

first answer is good, though often terms and conditions state that it must be 'displayed'.

Is this on street parking or council controlled car park?

If neither ie a super market car park for example then you have not received a 'fine' in any case and should not pay

[JimmyCooper]

I paid and displayed and stuck my ticket to the inside of the windscreen and it later fell off and slid to the front of the dashboard so it couldnt be seen.

I sent a photocopy of the ticket along with the parking ticket off and they let me off

[Euroanchor]

The parking attendant would have to put the time and date that the ALLEGED OFFENCE took place, I doubt very much that he would have photographed the ticket.

As you had a valid ticket for the time stated, then refuse to pay the fine, tell them to take you to court, it is your word against theirs, they have no proof that the ticket was not displayed properly, however, you have proof that you had a valid ticket.

Councils and other parking agencies are doing this more and more to raise revenue. We need to stand up to them. It is petty jobsworths who have nothing more in their life than to exert some sort of authority.

[kia cat]

thanks one and all. He showed me a digital pic of the ticket on the dashboard. They have now put the matter into a debt collection agency. I've paid the initial fine of �70, so await events.