Hiya all,
Personally I think that the fine I've received is absolutely unjustifiable on the grounds that it was completely unclear,
even clear in the opposite way, that this spot was restricted-
and every colleague/friend/family member I've consulted has agreed.
However I'd like to sense check that before I waste any more time dealing with the glacial process of formally appealing it now that the informal one has failed.
I was parked at the end of a cul de sac, which had no signage about parking.
There were double yellow lines alone the sides of the street,
but they appear to me to visibly not cover the end of the street
(indeed everyone else has come to this idea, as the end of this street is regularly full of cars parked at the end).
As the PCN and the rejection of my informal appeal only mentioned double yellow lines, It can't be anything else.
Hopefully everyone can see my attachments;
the first two less grainy photos are some of the ones I took to demonstrate the situation,
which I sent along with my informal appeal.
Long dead end street, no obvious double yellow lines at the end, no signage banning parking
The third grainy photo is to me the most damning photo they sent as evidence.
Interestingly the white paint splodge of no clear meaning right next to my car that you can see in my photos
looks as if it could be a double yellow line due to the angle of his photo.
I'm sure that this was absolutely a coincidence and I have absolute faith in the traffic wardens honesty and integrity.
Only a cynical person would suggest that he's deliberately misrepresented the situation.
So what do people think?
I'm currently waiting until the notice to owner arrives and plan to make a formal appeal,
but if people think I was actually in the wrong then I'd rather not waste everyones time.
additionaly I'd be grateful if anyone could answer the following:
Can I make a formal appeal directly even though I'm not the registered owner of the vehicle?
The "Notice to owner" apparently has to go to the owner,
is there a limit on what representation I can make by myself?