is it not possible that even with special authorisation from the DfT an adjudicator can still deem that this authorisation was contrary previous legislation concerning clarity of sign posting for road users and thus invalid? i know that obviously is a much bigger battle but for me it may well be worth it. i'm afraid i dont have any photos but possibly an additional point of interest (and i don't know if this is true for all of them but) in the bay i recieved the fines except "m/c permits only" written on the floor the only other thing which could be interpretedd as a sign were the diagrams on the metal rings attached to the floor for chaining bikes. They showed a blue 'P' parking sign and a diagram of a bike next to it. almost the identical diagram is shown on page 46 of the 'know your traffic signs' publication on the DfT website to indicate free parking for solo motorcycles. any toughts?

hi, has anyone had any progress on finding out whether these markings are valid or not? it strikes me that the term 'm/c permit' is both new and ambiguous and so under the Local Authorities' Traffic orders Regulations 1996 (SI 1996 No.2489) Regulation 18 (1) the coucil have aduty to ensure the precise nature of the regultion is made known unambiguously to the parking bay user. "where any order relating to a riad has been made, the order making autority shall take such steps as are necessary to secure before the order comes into force, the placing on or near the road of such traffic signs in such positions as the order makng authority may consider requisite for securing that adequate information as to the effect of the order is made available to the persons using the road." i find it hard to belive that 'mc/ permit holders only' written on the ground can be viewed as "adequate information" when as far as i am aware all other bays in RBKC that require some form of residents permit are designated by signs with considerably more detail mounted on lamp posts etc above the space. I have the same problem as i returned from two months away yesterday having left my scooter in an "m/c pemit holder only" bay which i have been parking in daily for a few months since it was changed from a "solo motorcycles only" bay. Since i had not heard of any implementaion of a new kind of motorcycle parking permit and there was no signs with any mention of the requirement of a residents permit i assumed the name change was no more than a rewording rather than a redesignation. i didnt recieve any fines for the months i was in london and saw that almost all other bikes in the bay had no parking permits and so thought i was right in my assumption. i returned yesterday to find mt scooter had been towed and i have 11 fines with a total expense as it stands of £1480! i'm a student with no access to that kind of money and made a genuine mistake so i'm very keen to fight this. i'm going to go dowwn to the RBKC townhall tomorrow morning to makk further enquiries but would bereally grateful for anymore information and view points anyone has. Thanks