I say, anybody know of any more ways of getting off those darn parking tickets?

I'm sick of the parking lot getting one over on us already heavily taxed motorists.

I'll start....

If the lines are broken, the parking person cannot place a ticket on the vehicle as they are technically breaking the law, they can be sacked asthey are perverting the course of justice by placing the ticket on a 'technically' legally parkd car.

Check to see the lines have a strip at the end to close them off, if not, no ticket possible.

Lines have to be a certain distance from the kerb, if not, yet again, no ticket.

I wouldn't start this, but I live in Ashford and the parking is **** around where I live, and the wardens are on the prowel at 5am booking people.

Sorry, but thought this should be aired as I have had enough of telling the warden in out street thathe he's breaking the law ticketing cars.

Ha ha, rant over.

Ben

Be a man and pay the fine. Only weasels rely on technicalities.

Lines have to be a certain distance from the kerb, if not, yet again, no ticket.

What did you mean by this?

And personally I feel the above comment is a little unfair. If you want to imply a rule, imply one without loopholes then I (and probably many others out there) would be more than happy to pay.. If you dont explain yourself properly and fine people at whatever reason that sounds about right, thats just moving the goal posts.... see?

Lines have to be a certain distance from the kerb, if not, yet again, no ticket.

Is that true? What happens if there are no kerbs? As far as I'm aware lines effectively cover 'their half' of the highway, including any verge / pavement behind the lines, so can't see how this can be true. Maybe I could check the DfT website - or maybe I could just goto sleep

Another tip: get a friendly highways officer to check the TRO for you - you'd be surprised at how many are technically incorrect

when you get the fine through the post, send it back with "now deceased" written by your name

carry one of those flame weed killers and use it to "burn off" some of the yellow lines?

genuinely sorry to hear of your problem.

silly suggestions:

take a picture of the ticketed car and take legal action against the people ticketing you...

remove your license plates and cover up your VIN when you park?

get a false pair of plates and fix them over the real ones with magnets?

attach razor blades to the inside of your wipers?

prepare a petition and get it signed by everyone local and present it to the council?

investigate and find a connection between one of the council and the profit coming in from parking fines?

leave a dummy head strapped to the driver's seat so it looks like someone's waiting?

Tell the traffic warden..... "Dont be like that mate, we even live on the same road"

carry one of those flame weed killers and use it to "burn off" some of the yellow lines?

And cook some marmite at the same time...

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/off-topic-chit-chat/marmite-recipe-andys-revenge/53307/?highlight=marmite+recipe

:rofl:

I say, anybody know of any more ways of getting off those darn parking tickets?

I'm sick of the parking lot getting one over on us already heavily taxed motorists.

I'll start....

If the lines are broken, the parking person cannot place a ticket on the vehicle as they are technically breaking the law, they can be sacked asthey are perverting the course of justice by placing the ticket on a 'technically' legally parkd car.

Check to see the lines have a strip at the end to close them off, if not, no ticket possible.

Lines have to be a certain distance from the kerb, if not, yet again, no ticket.

I wouldn't start this, but I live in Ashford and the parking is **** around where I live, and the wardens are on the prowel at 5am booking people.

Sorry, but thought this should be aired as I have had enough of telling the warden in out street thathe he's breaking the law ticketing cars.

Ha ha, rant over.

Ben

I know a little about getting out of parking tickets through my new job finding these loopholes. but the main ways are if the Ticket isn't printed properly, Please PM or post a copy of the ticket on here and I could help.

You are unable to get away with the broken double yellow lines unless you can get your whole car in between the lines.

Width and distance and colour can be differnet as long as the council have applied for the licence and wrote it into their traffic orders.

and the no terminating line only works if you are less than about 3 cars parked away from the termination marks.

One other choice you may have, Tell us all why you were parked there in the first place as councils can let you off if you have a valid reason to be parked there.

Otherwise you have 14days to pay the cheep

Well, being a traffic engineer, I'm the guy that puts these lines in, so any specific questions then fire away!

A loophole which I believe may now be closed is that if the ticket is issued by a council it must show "date of offence" or similar. Its no good just having "date". I know a council in England lost in a court case over this one and since then most councils have changed the format of their parking tickets. This was only recently though, so if you have outstanding fines, check to see if they only say 'date' then do some googling to get all the facts before requesting they cancel it.

Issuing ridiculous parking fines for perhaps being a few minutes late back to your vehicle after paying to park is something undertaken by weasels!! Liken it to the back charges thing all over the press recently. The charges are unfair because they do not reflect the true cost to the bank. How can a

I've got a novel idea, don't park illegally.

I've got a novel idea, don't park illegally.

Novel question to you sir: define what is illegal and what isnt :thumbdwn:. The topic is about essentialy the unspecific terms of being illegal. Admittely its to the finer points of the law but nevertheless its not defined as well as it should be. So every person has a right and should feel its their duty to challanging the rules of the law (IMHO)

On a slight different matter, I've heard from a source (unsure how reliable this is) that speed guns or cameras need to be calibrated every month to ensure its efficiency is correct and up to scratch, also the boys in blue would need a certificate on hand if they do decide your over the speed limit. Like I said im unsure on how reliable this info is but logically speaking/thinking in a mechanical point of view, i presume you would need to calibrate the machines quite often due to vibrations and what not you have in the enviroment to measure differences of 5-10mph..

ask the traffic warden which part of the police initiation they failed.

that seems to set them off

On a slight different matter, I've heard from a source (unsure how reliable this is) that speed guns or cameras need to be calibrated every month to ensure its efficiency is correct and up to scratch, also the boys in blue would need a certificate on hand if they do decide your over the speed limit. Like I said im unsure on how reliable this info is but logically speaking/thinking in a mechanical point of view, i presume you would need to calibrate the machines quite often due to vibrations and what not you have in the enviroment to measure differences of 5-10mph..

the vascar units fitted to the police cars have to be calibrated every day:O

Issuing ridiculous parking fines for perhaps being a few minutes late back to your vehicle after paying to park is something undertaken by weasels!!

It's because you have paid for x minutes, and you have overstayed that. It really is very simple and it's not like they don't warn you what time you have to be back by (it's printed on the ticket!) as well as how big the fine will be if you don't return by that time. The whole point of having a big fine is that it's a deterrent ... if it wasn't big then everyone would abuse it! If you don't want to pay it, then simply don't be late back to the car It really is that simple!

HTH

Chris

And given how short most town centres are on parking, overstaying what you've paid for is inexcusably rude and inconsiderate. Trying to get off because the lines are broken is ridiculously childish.

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One other choice you may have, Tell us all why you were parked there in the first place as councils can let you off if you have a valid reason to be parked there.

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Not always it seems. If it's any consolation to the original poster, I've been "done"

It really is very simple and it's not like they don't warn you what time you have to be back by (it's printed on the ticket!)

Aaah Good idea - I'll take the ticket with me next time as a reminder

Yes agreed rules are rules etc...doesn't make them necessarily fair rules though.

The person who drives in to the city-centre now and again, parks in a disabled space and never pays for a ticket deserves all the fines they get.

Look at other scenarios though....

The foreign tourist who drives the hire car from the airport to the city centre, has no change for a parking meter - stops to go to a bank / shop and returns to find a Welcome to Rip-Off Britain sticker on his windscreen!

Or the other person who parks in the city centre every day, typically paying

Or the other person who parks in the city centre every day, typically paying

Tsk...Most of the time there is a limit to how long you can pay for!!

Timekeeping never was / is / will be my strong point, if I could prove this was a medical condition to a doctor I'd probably get a disabled badge like so many thousands of people out there who screw the system! :P ....unpunished!

Personally, I'm not a great fan of punishing people financially. Maybe if they just let your tyres down it would be a fair deterrent??? That was a joke but the more I think on it - it would probaly work pretty well!!! Whatever happened to those annoying stickers they used to put on your windows that took ages to pick off?

When I talk about unfair fines, I consider a fair fine to be the organisation issuing it re-couping what they have lost.

ask the traffic warden which part of the police initiation they failed.

that seems to set them off

Ouch

The only fair method of imposing fines would be a pay as you go, charged at double time for every minute your late sort of scenario, but this is quite obviously impossible to implement.

Why does it have to be fair?!?! IT'S A DETERRENT!!! If you just charged double time for every minute, people would think "hey, I can extend my parking and it's only gonna cost me..." and they would hog parking spaces. Whereas, if they know it's gonna cost

What if the vehicle colour on the ticket is wrong? A colleague got a ticket with all the correct details of his van apart from the colour, the ticket stated yellow even though it is a plain white.

He was going to contest to see what happens but paid the fine anyway as he didn't want to end up with a larger fine to pay if it didn't work.