Parking Ticket

[aneray]

While my car was off the road having a new engine installed I visited a local pay and display car park using my friends car. I bought a ticket, placed it in the window and thought nothing else of it until I had a phone call from my friends mother the other day.

The car park is one of those where you put your registration number in the machine before you receive the ticket. Like a complete idiot I put my own car reg number into it instead of my friends. Seeing as though I had bought a ticket for a car that was not in the car park at the time and it was a genuine mistake, do you think that I have any grounds for appeal. Thanks

[R1Geezer]

Interesting one, the whole reason for this reg bit is to stop people using unexpired time on someone elses ticket., For the appeal to succeed you need to demonstrate that this is not the case and that you actually paid. If you produce the docs for your car and explain what happenned there's every chance that a resonable peson would believe you but I can't see how you can prove you paid independently so iy's 50/50 whether the appeal would succeed.

[aneray]

Thanks for your answer R1Geezer, its appreciated.

When entering the car park a photo is taken of the car and the same on leaving. Seeing as though all cars are photographed they will have my own reg paid for but no picture of it. It seems to be a tricky one

[Panic Button]

Many parking appeals do work, so as Geez says, explain and prove your error.

They might let you off, if they are reasonable people (there are a couple left in the world apparently.)

[Rodge2]

Yes, I would definitely appeal. I parked for too long on a street pay space because I misread the time allowed - it said '1/2 hour' written just like that - meaning half an hour and I read it as 1 to 2 hours because I was in a rush. I was with a visually impaired relative at the time, and although they would not let me off due to my mistake, they pointed out that I should have used her disabled parking badge and said if I sent a copy of it they'd reconsider. Amazingly when I did they let me off with the fine. So they can be very reasonable. Good luck.

[deggers316]

if you get the repair bill and date time etc when the garage had your car in dock and send copies to the company thats fined you they'll see it would be impossible for your car to be on the road at the time of the parking fine given, a genuine mistake should be what they can see
hope it goes ok for you

[north star]

Is this a council parking ticket (PCN - Penalty charge Notice) or something else?