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Hi Guys, both myself and a friend had tickets issued yesterday "parked in a restricted street during prescribed hours" code 01 by Wiltshire council. It is a place I have parked for many years to access free fishing below Chippenham Town. We were parked beyond the DYL on grass verge/hard standing, but not restricting access to the gate beyond that is rarely used for access for grass cutting. The verge is not used as walkway but is waste land. the DYL looks as though they have been painted recently and I have never noticed them before. I called the council and they said the ticket was correct as the DYL extends to the boundary fence. Could some bright person out there confirm this, as I have been looking on the net and there seems to be very confusing/conflicting information. I also read "The officer’s notes must also specify whether all windows of the vehicle were checked – to prove there were no documents on display overriding the waiting or parking ban, such as a dispensation or disabled badges at the time of the infringement." which is not on the ticket.. does this make any difference? Thanks in advance. PS. I couldn't work out how to attach files/photos,
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On a recent holiday in Devon, my rear side panel has visibly damaged by a stone thrown up from a Devon CC owned verge cutter and will cost upwards of £300 to fix. Devon CC's insurers have not admitted liability as they say the drivers are well trained did nothing wrong and the onus was on me to have avoided the stone (not clear how this could have been done?). Can this really be the case? The driver was very apologetic and I have no issues with him but he did inform me that a similar accident happened a month ago on the same road. He also said that the verge/hedge cutting used to take place 'out of season' to avoid damaging more cars. Are the council negligible in not using their common sense or on any other grounds or iis this a battle not worth fighting? Any views, most welcome.
