PCn 622 help please

[Bondy2011]

Hi great site.

 

Although it's my first post this site had helped me alot in the past with the bank charges so respect for that one!

 

Today I got a PCN for contravention 622 "Parked with one or more wheels on or overa foothpath or any part of the road other than a carriageway."

 

I parked on a single yellow line with 2 wheels on the path as parking fully on the road here causes congestion and can be a pain.

 

Don't get me wrong I'm no mother theresa it just simply makes sense on this particular location and without sounding to naive its what everyone does here! *Please don't quote that sentence and give it to me!

 

To be honest I didn't even know that what I done was wrong.

 

Anyway here are some photos of PCN and location. *

 

Any help to appeal would be greatly appreciated.

 

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As soon as I left someone else dis the same as me . Please see the red escort!

 

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[crem]

Did this occur within London as any pavement parking is a contravention unless it is expressly permitted with a sign at that location?

[Bondy2011]

No in hornchurch essex

[crem]

Then you need to check if the contrary is true at that location, ie that there is a sign specifically stating pavement parking is not allowed there.

[Bondy2011]

There is no signs at all stating it is not allowed. That's what confuses me and forgive me I sound stupid here but how are you suppose to know where this is acceptable and where it isnt?

[green_and_mean]

No in hornchurch essex

 

I think you will find Hornchurch is in the LONDON borough of Havering.

[Bondy2011]

Correct London borough but it's in essex

[green_and_mean]

Correct London borough but it's in essex

 

So it is in London and has been part of Greater London since 1965 therefore footway parking has been an offence since the 1970s.

[Bondy2011]

Ok that's fair enough but how would someone know this?

[green_and_mean]

Ok that's fair enough but how would someone know this?

 

Its in the highway code.

[Bondy2011]

But surely not Specific to every location? There must be another way of alerting drivers what's right or wrong in that particular area?

 

There must be more to it then that.

[green_and_mean]

244

 

You MUST NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement in London, and should not do so elsewhere unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs or with visual impairments and people with prams or pushchairs.

 

 

Footways are for those on foot hence the name if the road is not wide enough to park safely then park elswhere.

[Bondy2011]

Ok can anyone advise if there are any flaws that may enable me to appeal in this case?

[Jamberson]

I can't see any defence. All I can suggest is that you appeal on mitigating circumstances - needed to stop while allowing traffic through. It's along shot but better than not trying at all.