Parking Tickets

[Danadaman_3]

Can i clear this up quickly, as i just got a ticket for parking on yellow zig zags outside of a school entrance. which i know is illegal in term time but its the school holidays!
i have been parking in the same spot for the past 2 weeks! the road is a free parking with 2 sets of these zig zags at the 2 school entrances. there was at least another 4 or 5 cars on them aswell all with tickets too!


can anyone clear this up for definate please as i have 14 days otherwise :(

[kcsaxo]

hurry up and get a copy of the highway code, should have it in there.

[droopster]

Like above but as far as I nkow a zig zag line is a no go zone anytime. I may be wrong tho.

[BLUE_DEVIL]

Parking on the Zig Zags at anytime is illigal.

Same with single yellow line, double yellow line, Taxi Rank, Bus Stop, Clear Way & outside my neighbour house (the miserable git)

[mike_obuk]

its allowed when its not term time i think. there should be a sign there to let you know anyway.

always worth an appeal anyway.

[Mystic]

u can park on single yellow off peak cant u?

[droopster]

Yes it displayes the time when you cannot park there ie between 10am and 12pm around the train station.

[Viper]

no parking on zig zags at any time..

unless ur a copper ;) they can do wot the fuck they want :P

[Easty]

isn't it three points as well if a copper catches you on zig zags ? i know thats the case on the ones before traffic lights...

[MikeCracknell]

Zig Zags no go any time of day or night

Being a courier driver, the rules are different with regards to double yellows etc..all the cars round me get tckets - not me though :D

[Dan]

Yeah I was pulled over for parking on them before (well not pulled over as I was already parked lol) but got away with it as the copper was sound, but yeah zig zags are a no no all the time.

[blackvts]

Where was that in carlisle mate?

[Danadaman_3]

Strand road outside Trinity Sports Centre mate.

Yellow school entrance zig zags! sign say "no parking Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm" as this is obviously school times. weekends you can park on them with no bother and school holidays USUALLY are fine aswell!! as i said i have been parking on them since start of holidays and never had any bother! hundreds of traffic wardens will have passed it in the last 2 week! but now one knob heed has given a load of people tickets!

i have been trying to track down the highway code as i havent got one! anybody know of one online as i cant find any lol

[Easty]

Strand road outside Trinity Sports Centre mate.

Yellow school entrance zig zags! sign say "no parking Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm" as this is obviously school times. weekends you can park on them with no bother and school holidays USUALLY are fine aswell!! as i said i have been parking on them since start of holidays and never had any bother! hundreds of traffic wardens will have passed it in the last 2 week! but now one knob heed has given a load of people tickets!

i have been trying to track down the highway code as i havent got one! anybody know of one online as i cant find any lol

i will have look in my dads traffic cop book for you mate, hang on :D

[Easty]

from

"guide to traffic law, for the enforcement officer"

Parking Enforcement

A local authority can make an order under the road traffic regulation act 1984 which allows them to impose parking restrictions and prohibitions and place signs in accordance with the traffic signs regulations and general directions 2002...

(for example no parking 8-4 mon - fri)

Increasingly local autorities are trying to take over responsibility for enforcing parking contrventions from the police and to retain the funds received from penalties to fund their enforcement activities

(i guess this means traffic wardens)

These poweres mainly include enforcement of parking regulations on yellow lines, They do not include endorsable offences and offenses related to obstruction which the police continue to be responsible for. These offences should be dealt with by a fixed penalty notice.

[Gav]

did you no that you can park on double yellow lines if they are broken in anyway. if the paint has totaly gone. a bloke got a ticket for parking on them so he took the council to court and won as it says that it has to be a continues double yellow line until it has a line across both lines. was on the news few year back.

[Easty]

did you no that you can park on double yellow lines if they are broken in anyway. if the paint has totaly gone. a bloke got a ticket for parking on them so he took the council to court and won as it says that it has to be a continues double yellow line until it has a line across both lines. was on the news few year back.

our traffic warden at work repaints the lines after he has given anybody a ticket incase they try claim this... bastard !