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Lorry parked on the exit of services
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Hello,

I received a parking ticket for my truck, but I didn’t receive any correspondence for a year. Then I found out that I had 4 penalty points and a £600 fine.

I had a hearing at Burnley Magistrates’ Court because the case documents were sent to the wrong address. The court decided to reopen the original case and remove the 4 points and the £660 fine from my driving licence record until the next hearing in December 2026.

However, the points and fine are still showing on my record. I have spoken to Burnley Court many times, and they keep telling me to send an email and that they will remove them. It has been three weeks and nothing has happened.

Do you have any advice on what I should do or who I should contact?

Also why it went straight to court and not a parking ticket ?

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Re: Lorry parked on the exit of services
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Clearly was not a parking ticket, as these do not attract points. So I suspect it was something else, although 4 points seems a strange number. What is the offence code on your driving record?

Re: Lorry parked on the exit of services
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Contravention of special roads regulations(excluding speed limits) MW10

On 28/01/2025 at Lancaster in the county of Lancashire stopped a vehicle, namely MAN HGV index number NX71SKD, on the carriageway of the M6, Lancaster.
Contrary to regulation 7(1) of the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982, section 17(4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

Re: Lorry parked on the exit of services
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That is a 3 point (only) offence, are you sure it says 4 on your driver record?

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It could be 4 points for a professional driver.
Bus driving since 1973. My advice, if you have a PSV licence, destroy it when you get to 65 or you'll be forever in demand.

Re: Lorry parked on the exit of services
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Not according to the Magistrates Sentencing Guidelines.