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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: PCN code 21: suspended parking bay: High Street, Tunbridge Wells
« on: November 18, 2024, 01:38:08 pm »
@cp8759 is this ok?
I parked on this occasion as I had often done before in the long, undivided bays. I had no reason to go to the back of my car, so walked, initially across the road, then up the hill towards Hoopers. I glanced at the last parking timeplate sign as I went, still within this bay, and the sign was as normal with no suspension. Every space was parked with cars.
I then walked back to Caffè Nero and went in for a coffee, sitting almost opposite the car. One car had a ticket, and I assumed he had been there for longer than an hour; no other cars had tickets.
The traffic warden walked along, looked at the other cars, but when he got to mine he started taking photos. I came out of the cafe and explained I had been there for less than an hour, and at this point he pointed out the signs added to the posts saying there was a suspension.
On looking at the sign, there was a piece of white paper taped onto the yellow sign; in very small letters, hard to read, it said the times of the "suspension"; the location mentioned bays that do not correlate to the markings of the long bay; and there was no purpose stated.
There was nothing that clearly marked out anything different to the usual parking, the signage was unclear, and I do not believe that this complies with legislation; I therefore believe that this PCN should be voided.
I parked on this occasion as I had often done before in the long, undivided bays. I had no reason to go to the back of my car, so walked, initially across the road, then up the hill towards Hoopers. I glanced at the last parking timeplate sign as I went, still within this bay, and the sign was as normal with no suspension. Every space was parked with cars.
I then walked back to Caffè Nero and went in for a coffee, sitting almost opposite the car. One car had a ticket, and I assumed he had been there for longer than an hour; no other cars had tickets.
The traffic warden walked along, looked at the other cars, but when he got to mine he started taking photos. I came out of the cafe and explained I had been there for less than an hour, and at this point he pointed out the signs added to the posts saying there was a suspension.
On looking at the sign, there was a piece of white paper taped onto the yellow sign; in very small letters, hard to read, it said the times of the "suspension"; the location mentioned bays that do not correlate to the markings of the long bay; and there was no purpose stated.
There was nothing that clearly marked out anything different to the usual parking, the signage was unclear, and I do not believe that this complies with legislation; I therefore believe that this PCN should be voided.