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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Pcn - electric charge bay
« on: January 06, 2026, 01:55:41 pm »
There is no terms board. I revisited today to confirm all signage

There is 11 bays in total - all 11 bays have a disabled sign on tarmac & are 100% identical

There is a disabled pole sign infront of bays 4 & 9

The ev pole sign is between bays 10 & 11

I was parked in bay 10 showing a blue badge

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Pcn - electric charge bay
« on: January 05, 2026, 11:55:50 pm »
The full row are marked the same on the tarmac, yellow hatching & yellow disabled sign. I would have thought an EV bay would have to differentiate a little to make it clear e.g ev sign painted or the bay painted green/ green hatchings - something that is accepted universally as EV.

I would have thought the signage should be made clear enough that there is no possibility of assuming it is anything other than a disabled EV charging bay - not that you should have to “assume” it is for disabled ev car drivers.

Unfortunately i dont own an EV & therefore have no knowledge of how EV chargers work. I could not tell you if it can charge 1or 2 cars but i would assume 2. 




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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: Pcn - electric charge bay
« on: January 05, 2026, 11:02:40 pm »
Please see attached photos (if i have done it right)

After reviewing, all bays have the disabled sign on tarmac.

To the left of me is solely a disabled bay i assume as there is no ev charger, there is also a disabled sign to the left

To the right of me is a ev charger then after the charger - off centre closer to the space to the right to me is the ev signage

All bays are marked the exact same whether they have an ev charger or not

I now realise that the space i was in may have been a disabled ev only space.

However i still maintain the signage is very misleading & with the bays all looking the same then nothing distinguishes the disabled only from the disabled EV except from in my opinion a random placed ev sign & charger with no clear START - STOP  (i would expect a ev sign in every ev space)

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Pcn - electric charge bay
« on: January 05, 2026, 06:32:49 pm »
Good Evening,

Im looking for a little advice.

I was parked perfectly legal in a council park carpark.

The carpark has a row of disabled bays then a row of electric charging bays.

I was parked in the last disabled bay displaying a valid blue badge. To my right was the first electric charging bay.

Between my space & the electric bay was a charge point.

I received a PCN for contravention 71 (parked in an electric vehicles charging place during restricted hours while not charging)

I WAS NOT in an electric vehicle charging bay.

It was printed at 15:43 today & when i try to go online & appeal it then the online system cannot find the PCN.

Will this be an easy enough win?

They will presumably have a photo of me in the bay showing the electric charge point to my right & the signage further down on the right.

Ill then have a photo of the same bay showing the disabled sign on the ground & the disabled pole sign further down to the left.

Since it is not showing online, should i wait before appealing or give them a call tomorrow morning?

Thanks

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Using Mobile Phone
« on: July 19, 2024, 12:24:13 pm »
Hi All,

I received a fixed penalty ticket yesterday after being pulled over for allegedly using my phone.

The police officer said he seen me pass him at the junction with my head tilted down.

I was doing two things at that point. I was looking down to press the button for my auto start/stop. In the car i was driving the button is in my centre console. In my other car the button is below the steering wheel. Its likely my head was down a little to locate the button. I had also just pulled my phone & wallet from my door pocket to put into my pocket because i was about to stop & go into the sainsburys which is when the police stopped behind me with their lights on.

I was asked if i was using my phone. I admitted it because i had just held my phone. But upon doing a little research. I have now realised that it is not an offence to handle your phone. Just to activate the screen & use it.

The electronically printed ticket says the offence then in brackets it says (see note). I cant see a note on the ticket. Is it likely they have noted on their system that i admitted it?

Whats the likelyhood of arguing this in court after technically admitting it, although not realising i was not doing anythnig illegal?

If i took it to court & lost is a ban a possible outcome? Or is it likely to just be the points?

If i lost, what is the level of fine?

This happened is Scotland

Thanks

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