PCN for not displaying Blue Badge ina Disabled Bay

[lookinforinfo]

The heading says it all. My partner has a blue badge and we have a disabled parking space right outside our house. Sadly we forgot to

replace the badge on the dashboard after using the car yesterday and were given a ticket.

Other than throwing ourself to the mercy and kindness of the authorities is there any way of avoiding the ticket. It is a local Council

ticket and they were the ones who issued the blue badge and placed the disabled space for my partner when she was registered as

being disabled.

[Michael Browne]

Other than throwing ourself to the mercy and kindness of the authorities is there any way of avoiding the ticket.

Really that's all you can do. Polite, contrite letter, very sorry, won't do it again etc asking them to use their discretion on this one occasion and enclose a copy of the BB. A lot of councils will cancel for BB contraventions if this is the first time.

[ploddertom]

Is it a general space or dedicated for a particular reg no?

[green_and_mean]

You are allowed time to collect the badge from the house and bearing in mind you are disabled that could take longer than the observation time.

[2ltr16valve]

Does the bay have a sign post staying blue badge only ? Not just written on the bay

 

If it does not have a post with a sign I thought they were not enforceable ?

[lookinforinfo]

It is a general space but was only just placed outside the house for my partner a few months ago and to date noone else has parked there apart from there.

[letsgetitsorted]

disabled bays , here on the isle of Wight, are classed as courtesy bays and anyone with a badge can use them, however only the police can enforce these for obstruction of a disabled bay if they so wish to do so,

 

as Michael Browne says its worth an appeal to the council. post 2#

[green_and_mean]

disabled bays , here on the isle of Wight, are classed as courtesy bays and anyone with a badge can use them, however only the police can enforce these for obstruction of a disabled bay if they so wish to do so,

 

as Michael Browne says its worth an appeal to the council. post 2#

 

 

 

The Police cannot issue in disabled bays as the IoW has decriminalised parking, the Council actually issued 466 PCNs last year to vehicles in disabled bays!

[LZ-DEN]

hi,im feeling very sorry for you 'lookinforinfo' you forget to display your blue badge and park in a disabled bay and you get a ticket?...makes my blood boil...we have a neighbour here where we live that parks in a disabled bay (blue badge holders only) outside her house and has never displayed a blue badge, i do know that her husband is disabled but i have never seen a badge displayed in any of the cars that family has had..and to my knowledge she has never had a ticket.ok i am a blue badge holder myself and i used the disabled parking bay but when that family moved here i lost use of the space,yes i could park there if she goes out..but i dont because of the bird mess that covers the car and it looks dreadful because a tree overhangs the parking bay..so as far as im concerned she can have it on those grounds alone,but i hope and pray she gets a ticket.in the meantime i hope you get your ticket canceled.

Edited February 26, 2015 by LZ-DEN