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Driver parked at the bottom of Mount Pleasant.  Sign says pay and display, but they got a parking ticket. The driver then looked and noticed that the Sign is at right angles to the street. Seems to be deliberately so you can’t see it. Surely if you’re following the rules you’ve got to be able to see what the rules are. Driver was displaying a blue badge.











GSV image above is clickable.

Should this be appealed and, if so, on what basis?

I'll ask the driver and clarify the thought process behind why they parked there and displayed their BB.

A blue badge supposedly allows parking without having to pay.

Possibly, but this is dependant on the local authority in question. It's also not relevant to the alleged contravention here.

The current GSV available doesn't seem to even show the sign that was referenced, though it does show the Loading Only paint on the ground, whether that is there now, would be up to the driver to find out.

But if the driver saw the Pay & Display sign, as you say, it's unknown to me how they would have missed the loading restriction directly above it. So, IMO the fact it was angled away from where you'd normally expect to see it, doesn't seem to be convincing at all.

There are other avenues available, and I easily could have missed a million things here, so I'll sign out and let the others continue.

Good luck

More photos tomorrow hopefully.

Thank you. I will pass on the advice.

You lot outside of London are very lucky to have a discounted price of £35. £80 at the discount is standard across the board now in London. It was still £65 not long ago. Soon enough it will be £100, and £200 at the full rate

This is because the Government, despite having powers to control penalties under the LLA & TfL Act 2003, have never used those powers, so the Mayor of London does what he likes. Hence penalties of £180 for stoppin in a yellow box junction, an outrageous amount.

For parking, under the Traffic Management Act 2004, Schedule 9 (4) of this act gives reserve powers to the government to object to proposed penalties and to make regulations setting charges. So far, these powers have never been invoked, so in London, the penalties are now over double the rest of the UK. So again, the Mayor of London can do what he likes

Just to confirm... the fact that the sign with the restrictions is mounted 90º to the street, is not an arguable technical point?

Well, you can argue it, but its not a winner, because of the marked bay, and the duty to look for a sign. If there had been no sign, then the PCN would have been void.