Confusing signage

Arrived at 5.45
Paid for 15 mins ringgo (which added up to an overnight stay )cos this road is free after 6pm
Despite confusing yellow line which doesn’t actually describe if is waiting parking or loading restriction, the sign also showed the availability of parking
The bay stretched to the right as per the arrow
Is it worth challenging?
The sign is confusing

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Was ticketed at 9.35pm

It is free after 6PM, but only until 7:30PM. Then it becomes no parking overnight until 8AM.

Sign looks fairly standard. There’s a set of rules councils are expected to follow.

Thanks
Not sure if it’s me but it doesn’t seem to say if it’s a ban on loading or waiting or what
Should we be punished for a simple mistake when we’ve already paid for parking?

Signs like this are in a hierarchy, with the main restriction always at the top, (the yellow sign). The top sign should be well familiar to you because it is used all over the place and always contains the 'No Waiting" (aka no parking), symbol, with the times when it is banned. In you case from 7.30 pm to 8.00 am.

Then below this, the times when parking is free, and then below that, a sign for when payment must be made.

What made you think parking was free all night when there is a sign that says it isn't ?

Post the PCN both sides.

Thanks
The wording at the bottom of the sign and because the road is free parking after 6pm

It was a genuine error by an older person who still paid for the parking time

It was a genuine error by an older person who still paid for the parking time

Unfortunately, councils dine out on genuine errors, and are naturally very unforgiving when it is they who keep the penalty money !

Yes I know
Guess I’d better pay the reduced rate then

Well, not necessarily...  As noted above, post up the PCN, there may be issues with it, or the Council's handling of the appeals process, that may mean you can get it cancelled on a technicality.

The sign appears to mix the 12 hour and 24 hour clock, only referring to am and pm on some lines. It's not clear whether Monday to Friday parking is 06:00 to 19:30 or 18:00 to 19:30. This is confusing as it could be read as there being an overlap.

Thanks will post the pcn

Pl read page 172 of the Traffic Signs Manual and then compare with the sign.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/782724/traffic-signs-manual-chapter-03.pdf

Any chance of a clearer photo of the top part of the sign. The yellow line looks very broad for a 'no waiting' marking.

Pcn pic

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