Parking Ticket by Croydon Council In Private Parking Bay

[mcz]

I live in a cul de sac and my car was parked in a two birth residents parking bay (which is on private land). I received a parking ticket because the back wheel was slightly over the yellow line which is at the rear of the bay (I was unable to park any further in because the car in the bay in front was an estate vehicle and takes up a lot of the space...the bays are not side by side but in front of each other i.e. one car is parked in front so we have to move to allow the other car out).

 

My car was not parked on the yellow line and in their rejection of my representation was that 'If you cannot fit the whole vehicle in the bay, then you must seek alternative parking'. Can part of a car be parked illegally especially as it was slightly over the line perpendicularly not in parallel?

 

Any help on fighing this would be great!

 

Regards,

mcz

[green_and_mean]

If any part of the vehicle is overhanging the line it is in contravention.

[hessey50]

However petty the issue may seem it is the case that technically if any part of the vehicle is within the restriction there is a contravention. The urban myth is that the wheels must be on/over the line. Some ajudicators on formal appeal seem to accept the "De minimus" approach and say the issue was not valid others dont. I am assuming the ticket was for a single or double line contravention and not for parking outside a marked bay as you say the bays are private.

[mcz]

Thanks for the replies...

 

It is a single line which runs across the entrance to the bays... the line is neither even or straight (rather arbitary really). So you have to drive across the line to get into the bay and hence why my back wheel was over the line slightly.

 

mcz

[Jamberson]

Presumably the parking bay is on private land, rather than the footway/road. If you're projecting onto the footway/road at all, then you're subject to the restrictions indicated by yellow lines. The council's comment about fitting entirely in the bay is slightly misleading, as this isn't a bay parking incident - but in essence it is correct.

 

Whether to fight on? Can you put up a photo of the contravention somewhere and give us a link so we can see it?

[dx100uk]

this ticket does [only] say:

penalty charge notice

 

??

 

dx

[dx100uk]

scan the required letters/agreements/sheets

as a picture file

remove all pers info inc barcodes etc using paint

but leave all figures and dates.

goto one of the many free online pdf converter websites

convert the image to pdf format.

or if you have PDF as an installed printer drive use that

or use word and save as pdf

open a new msg box here

hit go advanced below the msg box

hit manage attachments below that box

hit the add files button on the top right

hit select files, navigate to your file on your pc

hit upload files

NB:you can set where it goes in the post by hitting insert inline.

the hit reply button

dx

[mcz]

Thanks everyone for the help! Attached is the pic of the car and the yellow line.

 

Thanks again,

 

mcz

parking bay 1.pdf

[green_and_mean]

Clearly on the yellow line.

[sailor sam]

Yep, back end of that car is actually on the road.

[crem]

Definately doesn't fall in the "de minimus" claim. I'm afraid it looks like a clear contravention to me.