Parking ticket thrown into my car window as I was driving away.

[dreadwear]

Hello

 

On Sunday I parked with my wheels up on a pavement (silly me, I copied everyone else and just assumed it was ok) at the playing fields where my son was playing a match.

 

Someone alerted us all that a traffic warden was issuing tickets and we all ran to move our cars. When I got there, I didn't have a ticket and so I jumped into my car, started to drive away, rolled down my window to see past the many other parents who had already been issued tickets and were building up a bit of a crowd actually in the road, talking (sort of) to the warden. As I put my foot down to drive off, the warden jumped from between the parents and threw the ticket in through my car window (hitting me on the face - it didn't hurt obviously, it is only paper!) and jumped back to continue arguing with the parents.

 

I thought if you were driving off a ticket is not valid. But cos he managed to get it into my car, the ticket hitting my face as he did it, is it still payable?

 

Thanks for any info.

[lookinforinfo]

I think I would be writing to the Council claiming that I was assaulted by one of their wardens. You were hit in the face by a projectile, namely a parking ticket, and you could easily have had an accident, or maybe had one of your eyes damaged.

As I understand it, the ticket is supposed to be affixed to the windscreen, not

thrown through an open window. And take it from there.

[Bernie_the_Bolt]

PCN not properly served. It has to be affixed or handed to the person appearing to be in control of the vehicle. Being reckelssly thrown at a person is not "handed to".