YESSS! My battle against the machine!

Let me bore you with this one...

It's taken four two-way exchanges of mail, but I have finally succeeded in my battle with the council about a parking ticket issued on my car outside my flat recently. After being stone-walled on three occasions about 'clear' road markings, they have finally accepted that the road markings are 'confusing' and have cancelled the PCN.

My 100% success on challenging parking tickets the Howard way remains intact!

I am mightily tempted to request an FoI disclosure of the number of other motorists who've been hoodwinked into paying 60 or 120 fines in the same location - it must be hundreds over the past year alone. But life is perhaps too short.

Ahhhh. So satisfying.

Cheers, H

[buns]

Howard

I admire your perseverance[y]

I suspect the piece work approach of the local council wardens means that there are many who are slapped with a PCN in dubious circumstances[:(!]

Just think the effort the Council will have to put in to answer the FOI Request

buns

[HighFlyer]

Always nice to hear of mans triumph over the parking ticket (or the council for that matter!). [y]

Thanks,
Sarah

quote:Originally posted by buns
Just think the effort the Council will have to put in to answer the FOI Request


I think I've already had the 120 ticket's worth as it is. As well as the council's admin so far, they are having to re-mark the road.

What I hate most is stone walling and lazy rubber stamp replies: that makes me even more insistent. Sadly a lot of people throw in the towel and pay up.

I'm not a serial complainer, and if it's a fair cop, as about half the PCNs I've received over the years are, I'll take the rap. But then again I definitely won't take a dodgy one lying down.

Cheers, H