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Do you think one of these ( exceptions from the London-wide prohibition) applies to your circumstances:

(3)A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section with respect to a vehicle if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the vehicle was parked—

(a)in accordance with permission given by a constable in uniform; or

(b)for the purpose of saving life or extinguishing a fire or meeting any other emergency; or

(c)for the purpose of rendering assistance at the scene of an accident or a bona fide breakdown involving one or more vehicles, and—

(i)such assistance could not have been safely or satisfactorily rendered if the vehicle had not been so parked; and

(ii)the vehicle was not left unattended at any time while it was so parked; or

(d)for the purpose of loading or unloading goods [F6for a period not exceeding 20 minutes or such longer period as the council may permit], and—

(i)the loading or unloading of the vehicle could not have been satisfactorily performed if it had not been so parked; and

(ii)the vehicle was not left unattended at any time while it was so parked?

Hello both

Thank you for replying. Yes- It definitely does fall on the category b and c (all of it). I was helping a pregnant woman and the car was there only for few minutes with the hazard on. The officer even appeared confused when I asked him- I have even shot a video (and pics-badge number as potential evidence) with him explaining the situation and upon my request he did put a note of this emergency onto the PCN details instantly which could be accessed by the PCN team. He even showed me.

Yes- Parsloes avenue is a long road and has parking box to park which I was unable to do due to the emergency.

Please advise me what I do next.

Much appreciated.

Hi

Not sure what you meant. When you cross the Dagenham heathway station (having station on your left) and take the left after the first signal, the parsloes avenue starts. Look at the bus in the first picture, thats the turn at the signal.

Hope it helps.

Thanks

Hi

Yes thats the location. Oh okay.The marking does not look. You can park on those box Mon- Sat: 8:30-17:30 I believe.

Let me know my next steps please.

Thank you for looking into it.

To be honest, IMO you would not succeed in convincing an adjudicator on (b) or (c), primarily because you could have parked on the carriageway instead. This is based on reading decisions which, because the adjudicator cannot consider mitigation, at times seem cold and harsh.

But if you thought you were parked in a parking place, then different rules apply.

IMO, I would go for contravention did not occur because you believed you were parked in a parking place covered by the upright traffic signs* restricting use to types of permit holders but also exempting assisted alighting which applied in your case as you were ***********.

Are you local and could you get better photos of the markings please. On GSV it looks like a continuous bay with the 2 signs sitting inside.

What property were you parked outside? The numbers are distinct on GSV which would allow us to pin-point exactly where you were.


Objective:
to shift the focus from exemptions applicable to footway parking to those applicable to parking places;

Also, but perhaps later, to tie them up in knots. Their parking places are not lawful or the yellow line isn't, or maybe both! You cannot have a SYL restricting waiting forming one boundary of a parking place which permits parking when those restrictions cover the same times. And (from reading stamfordman's link) the signs aren't prescribed for use anyway unless the parking place already sits within an area where the footway parking prohibition has been lifted.


*- in the plural. Looks to the casual observer like a long parking place within which sit 2 traffic signs.