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I was given a parking ticket whilst the blue badge was displayed (correctly with the clock). The appeal went in, I wasn’t overly confident as thought I may have been a bit close to a junction. The result has just come through and the parking ticket still stands, stating that the badge/ clock weren’t displayed.
The photographic evidence on file wouldn’t prove this either way. I an 100% sure it was correctly displayed.
Help please…….
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Pay the ticket and save your mind.
Many years ago I got a ticket for ‘unnecessary obstruction’, what was your infringement?
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Are you saying that you have seen the photo that the parking attendant took and you cannot see the blue badge? If so, I fear that you will just have to accept the fact that you might have been convinced that you displayed it but probably didn’t (or it wasn’t visible). You can appeal but are unlikely to get anywhere as you cannot prove it and, as has been said, is it worth the stress and anxiety?
We have returned to our car several times and found that we had inadvertently forgotten to display the blue badge, even though if you’d asked us we would have both sworn that we did. Luckily, on those ocassions we escaped a fine, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time! It’s easily forgotten when (as in our case) you are messing around with wheelchairs and hoists. I’ve said to my wife numerous times that my job is to drive, get the wheelchair in and out of the boot, set-up and dismantle the person hoist and get her in and out of the car and all that she has to do is display the blue badge, yet the times she forgets to……..😡😂
Appreciate your reply and, I too, have been guilty of not displaying/ displaying an out of date badge/ forgetting to put the clock on show on many occasions.
This time, however, all was correct. Confidently, I went to appeal and was going to use the photographic eveidence but it was very unclear.
The response from the council states that they have checked photos and enclosed them. They didn’t enclose them!!!
go back to where u was parked take a photo and alter date on phone lol then send it council sod them play dirty like they are
Appreciate your reply and, I too, have been guilty of not displaying/ displaying an out of date badge/ forgetting to put the clock on show on many occasions. This time, however, all was correct. Confidently, I went to appeal and was going to use the photographic eveidence but it was very unclear. The response from the council states that they have checked photos and enclosed them. They didn’t enclose them!!!
I thought you implied you’d seen the photos as you said they weren’t clear. If they aren’t providing you with photos and you are up for the stress of a fight (and the risk of the fine not being discounted for early payment) then I’d appeal.
go back to where u was parked take a photo and alter date on phone lol then send it council sod them play dirty like they are
Unless someone is very skilled at IT and can hide the metadata (if that’s what it’s called) then committing fraud is rarely a good idea! You could end up in a whole world of difficulty.
Write back to them and say you DIDN’T enclose any photos. As suggested above might be worth doing if weather is similar but I’d go back to the council and give em hell.
It’s all well and good saying pay it but for some of us that could be a lot of money. My feelings are councils are going to start playing silly beggars given they’re all destitute after 14 years of Tory grant cuts. Our local council is bulldozing loads of toilet blocks and that’s at the seaside God knows where the tourists go.
Anyway expect more hardball from councils in general as these fines are going to be their income
The response from the council states that they have checked photos and enclosed them. They didn’t enclose them!!!
I would ring or go down and speak with the council and question them on why they said photo was enclosed when they wern’t and request that they provide you with photo evidence.
Surely it is the wardens responsibility to ensure photo evidence of the penalty clearly visable or the ticket is void, which you could argue.
Don’t hang about, get it sorted within the 14 days from the date of the appeal letter or the fine will be full cost.
it was in jest my above comment but def argue with them and point out theyve not followed procedure and provided photos also complaint separately to the council complaints dept to not the parking dept
The countdown timer is stopped whilst corresponding but if they’ve given their final answer as far as they’re concerned then it will have restarted again. If writing I would send special delivery so you have proof they got it too.
I used AI to enhance the image on the council’s portal. It doesn’t look conclusive. Can anyone with better eyesight than me tell if it’s a blue badge?
Impossible to tell from that, but if you are adamant that you displayed the badge, and it was there, send the annotated photo to them. Whilst you might struggle to prove that you displayed it, that photo doesn’t really confirm that you didn’t! Good luck.
You can’t prove you displayed it and they can’t prove you didn’t display it. But if you have an up to date blue badge you should win an appeal. It’s their job to provide evidence of it it not being displayed IE a clear picture of the front window screen taking in the top of the dashboard where it should be displayed. They haven’t. The fact you have an up to date badge will sway it for you.
That picture prooves nothing, other than the warden needs lessons in taking photo’s to be used as evidence. There shoud also be a photo of your cars reg plate on file.
When I lived in London I had a great many problems with Wardens and fought when I felt I was in the right.
The first thing you have to understand is that a council will always reject an appeal at first level unless the evidence is incontrovertible. However, you have the right to appeal to higher levels within the council and, if this fails, appeal to an Independent Adjudicator This is free and can be done online.The photograph shows a small section of the windscreen proving that the ticket was issued. The Warden should have stepped away and photographed your entire front window. Your badge could be above your steering wheel.
Basically, the Adjudicator will decide if he believes you were issued a ticket correctly. You can prove you have a badge and would be expected to use it and the fact that they can only provide a photo showing part of your windscreen rather than the whole of it which they should do, then it suggests that they are being economical with the truth and it should be cancelled.
I have had a similar case and won.
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