I parked in a council owned car park and paid for 4 hours, when I returned I had a PCN on my windscreen. It was night, dark (poorly lit) and I wear glasses. I had no idea it was upside down. £50 charge reduced to £25 if i pay within 14 days.

"83 Parked in a car park without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket or voucher or parking clock"

DOesnt matter if it was upside down. You had the ticket and it was displayed.

Quick question, when you say upside down, was all the info still clearly displayed ont he ticket?

no it was face down

problem then as I see it, wearing glasses not the issue, as still can see on exit as car light interior comes on? sure others will respond and advise anything you can do?? all entries usually say show face up for inspection.?? Many of us wear glasses so little hope on that one. annoying as it may be to get a charge.

problem then as I see it, wearing glasses not the issue, as still can see on exit as car light interior comes on? sure others will respond and advise anything you can do?? all entries usually say show face up for inspection.?? Many of us wear glasses so little hope on that one. annoying as it may be to get a charge.

i know, annoying when youve paid though. to err is human and all that...

appeal it'll work out ok

send a copy of the ticket too.

I assume they produced pictures to prove there was a ticket but was not up the right way...

simple fell down or moved when you shut the door

Have you appealed to the council? I had a friend do this when they did the same in Dundee. The ticket has a reference number on the front and the back. This reference number appeared in their evidence photos, so my friend wrote to the council with proof that they had paid for that date and time (a photo of both sides of the ticket) and they recinded the PCN.

Have you appealed to the council? I had a friend do this when they did the same in Dundee. The ticket has a reference number on the front and the back. This reference number appeared in their evidence photos, so my friend wrote to the council with proof that they had paid for that date and time (a photo of both sides of the ticket) and they recinded the PCN.

Now thats a really good point, i have checked and the reference number is the same. i will use that as my proof and see what they say

appeal it'll work out ok

send a copy of the ticket too.

 

I assume they produced pictures to prove there was a ticket but was not up the right way...

 

simple fell down or moved when you shut the door

Yeah, i'll give it a go, thanks.

Law on the council side but most will cancel as you can show that you paid to be there Generally of it is the first time you have had this issue then it is a shoo in.

Law on the council side but most will cancel as you can show that you paid to be there Generally of it is the first time you have had this issue then it is a shoo in.

Thanks

If you had paid indeed, and it was just a matter of displaying the ticket properly you can show the ticket to the council and avoid the fine

UPDATE:

I emailed the council, enclosed a copy of the front of my ticket and pointed out the ticket number was visible on THEIR photo and my ticket matched. Therefore no loss to them had occurred.

Three weeks later they emailed back and said they would on this occasion cancel the ticket.

Thankyou for keeping us updated, and well done

Not all councils are like Croydon.

glad they saw reason.