PCN on a car parked with voucher during residence only hours

[hicnar]

Hi,

 

Yesterday I received a council PCN because I parked my car in a parking place available at the time of my staying there to residence permit owners only (8am-2pm voucher, 2pm-6pm residence permit holders only, 6pm-8pm voucher).

 

It is fair enough - I should have looked up the signs, but on the other hand I'm really ****ed off because the parking machine actually sells vouchers during the "resident permit only" hours (I payed 3 pounds and bought the voucher after 2 pm) instead of printing out a warning like "you cannot park here now". This in my opinion is simply not fair and should be handled by the software installed on the parking machines!

 

What do you suggest I should do with that? Should I challenge the PCN and at least request my 3 pounds back?

 

Thanx in advance!

K.

[Jamberson]

Are you absolutely sure that the bays do not allow vouchers as well? If you had a voucher but it wasn't displayed correctly or something was wrong with it, then this might be why the PCN was issued.

 

If you are sure, I would say appeal it. xplain exactly what happened. I agree with you that it is a conflict to issue a voucher for parking when it is not permitted.

[green_and_mean]

Who issued it? What did you get issued with? Where were you parked? What did the bay/sign look like? If you want advice we need to know more than you are just upset, if the sign says 'residence permits' its not legal for example, its all in the details,

[hicnar]

The pcn was issued by parking enforcement officer in Fulham (it is a council pcn). This bay allows vouchers and I bought one and it was displayed correctly. The problem is the bay is for residents only between 2pm and 6 pm (I parked around 2:20pm) which I misread - so this pcn is on one hand fair. What is not fair is the fact that the parking machines keep selling vouchers between 2pm and 6 pm that means during the time only residents are allowed to stay in those bays.

 

K.