Apologies in advance for this small rant... I received 2 PCN's for not "Paying & Displaying" when I left my car parked for 4 days in a Pay & Display Bay on The Grove, in a bay that I believed to also be a residents parking bay. And the reason I thought that? In addition to a "Pay & Display" sign there was also a "Zone A Residents Parking Only" sign. My first appeal against these tickets has been rejected. Instead of receiving the two PCN's in the post, I have received SIX PCN's - so not surprisingly I'm a little miffed at where the other 4 have come from since they weren't attached to my windscreen. Not only that but the "Zone A Residents Parking Only" sign has now been mysteriously removed by the Council. I'd have thought that this is an admission of their guilt, but I'm still having to spend far too much time writing to the Council to dispute these tickets.
So it leaves me thinking that the Council are trying it on in the hope that I just pay up to avoid the fine increasing (which it already has once, and will again if I lose the next appeal). And it leaves me thinking that if wardens are rewarded for giving out parking tickets then they should be punished (commission docked) for giving out parking tickets that are successfully disputed - does this happen?? Plus I should receive compensation for the amount of my time that is wasted with such ridiculous parking tickets. In fact now that its gone this far I'm kind of hoping that it goes to Court so that I have the potential to get compensation for time wasted.
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