Ticketed for parking in a bay before cones have been put down showing a restriction?

[mwacuk]

Ok I have a friend who lives near Hull Fair. Anyway he has been on holiday for two weeks in spain. Parking his car in a residential street with no parking restrictions he came back to find several tickets on his car. What happens is the area in front of his house becomes a 'no parking area' marked out by police cones temporarily for a week whilest he was gone but after he actually parked the car there when no such restriction existed. Surely a ticket cannot be enforced if no such restriction was in place at the time the car was parked there? cheers

[Guest Ting]

When you say 'tickets' what exactly did he get? Issued by who?

 

Better still - show all of one of them.

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[mwacuk]

they where local authority ones...they are saying he parked where it was not allowed (ie the same as parking on double yellows) afaik...its happened now i was more asking the question out of curiosity.

[Conniff]

I think you will find that these type of restrictions are well advertised in the local paper, (notice of road closure), and that counts for all the notice required to enforce.

 

It matters not if you don't read the paper.

 

You could check with your local paper office to see if it was put in the notices section or not. Your only hope is that it was not, and then you can argue the point.

[mwacuk]

Ok thats fine but ok how about Im not from the area? I park my car in a town then the whip in a temporary restriction? Then ticket me?

 

If you was to provide address details which was not local and therefore would have never been made aware of the temporary restrictions.

cheer

[green_and_mean]

In decriminalised cases the cases usually go against the driver as you are meant to check the car daily or in advance if going away for a long period.

[crem]

In decriminalised cases the cases usually go against the driver as you are meant to check the car daily or in advance if going away for a long period.

 

Check where and how?

 

Do you really think the council would be over the moon (not to mention helpful) if 1000 people a day were ringing them and asking "oh I am thinking of parking my car for a couple of days in this perfectly legal street but want to know if you intend changing the rules before next Wednesday"