Parking ticket not properly signed

Ollib2 · 11th January 2008, 19:17

Hi there,

I was parked in a parking bay in the borough of Camden, paid for my ticket and placed this on my car window. I came back and was about 2 minutes over the alloted time so did stay over my alloted time.

There was a penalty notice/parking ticket issued by a traffic warden and this was placed on my window.

Upon closer inspection, in the spot where the parking attendent has to sign his name, there was just a totally straight line that at a 45% angle.

It looks nothing like a signature and as I said is literally a line about 2 inches long.

I wrote into Camden and explained that yes I was over my time limit but only by 2 minutes, but said that I felt this ticket was not legally issued because there was not a proper signature. I also sent in a copy of the ticket.

I just got a letter back that did not even address the signature, which was the whole point of my letter. They just said that there is no grace period and that I have not provided any grounds for dismissal.

I want to fight this, but I want to know legally do I have a chance of winning on this technicality?

Thanks in advance,

Ollie

Bernie_the_Bolt · 11th January 2008, 19:19

Scan and post both sides of the PCN (obscure the PCN and your VRM nos)

patdavies · 11th January 2008, 20:07

I would ebdorse Bernie's advice.

There is, however, no requirement in law for the PA to sign the PCN

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