subject: Who Should Appeal Parking Tickets? [print this page] Who Should Appeal Parking Tickets? Who Should Appeal Parking Tickets?
Since the days of abolishing criminal penalties in the 1990s, parking control went into the hands of the local power of the local councillors. Since then there has been a sharp rise in the amount of issuing parking tickets to motorists and people demanding for them in return for their savings.
There are more than a few people out there right now who firmly believe that these parking tickets are a clear violation of their rights, and as a result quite a bit of scrutiny is being exercised against the Council at the moment. Many believe that the so called traffic violations are merely accusations leveled against the public in the interest of collecting funds.
There are an increasing number of motorists appealing against their parking tickets. And no wonder with the latest increase in parking fines to 120 pounds for some motorists.
It is a good idea to appeal against a parking ticket if one feels that it has been issued unfairly. Around 50% of motorists who decide to appeal their parking ticket succeed. Almost half of the time the local councils do not even bother to turn up during the appeal hearing.
If nobody was ever given a parking ticket then there would be chaos on the road and our Local Council would have smaller budgets or be forced to raise Council Tax as there would be no revenue from parking fines.
Though the above theory is legitimate and correct most of the time, but there is the reality that traffic wardens are simply under pressure to hand out as many tickets as they possibly can. This means that the traffic wardens in question will stop motorists for every possible violation, some of which are not even legitimate.
So if one finds there is no such signs mentioned for parking in there, or something he smells fishy for parking, then he should avoid that area because it is better to avoid a huge traffic fine or appeal for traffic ticket which are a mere trap to make the commons fool of alleged parking.
To appeal for a parking is not a very hard procedure. But in spite of these easy steps 99% people are still paying their parking fine. All it takes a simple 10minute consuming letter to the local council or if you are lucky then one very quick and easy email.
So sitting down at your comfort level in house and writing up a simple mail or a letter in 10minutes to save 30-120 pounds is too much hassle for you? Of course this is not. But the problem is that many people doesn't even realise how easy and compact it is to write the appealing letter or the mail. This is where the website explains you to deal the parking ticket appeal letters by providing you with template letters or even appealing for you.
Now comes making the parking appeal more attractive and henceforth a successful one to provide you with the clue which may aid in your procedure for proving that the parking ticket issued is legally invalid. Instances like one can provide photographic proves or may be some pre-recorded mediums which depicts that the area where he parked did not have any signs displayed in there correctly. In this way with near two thirds of parking tickets being distributed illegally there stands a big chance for you!
There's yet another way other than photography. One can utilize technicality to help appeal for a parking ticket. Common technicalities are to do with what is on the parking ticket. Say you got a ticket and it said you were parked in Smith Street when in fact you were parked in Smith Road you could argue that the contravention never occurred thus winning your parking ticket appeal.
As if the traffic wardens weren't enough, private companies are now handing out their own tickets. These look very similar to the official traffic tickets you receive from the city, and if you might decide to pay it. This is why you should always examine your tickets carefully before you give ANYONE a dime.
But paying attention to these parking tickets which are given privately is always a worse option to opt for. The appeal for a legal parking ticket is rejected when one usually writes for them. The reason that I discourage you all for pursuing these companies is that they constantly pest negative threats after issuing the illegal ticket. This is because they are legally invoices but not tickets.
To make this point clear one such instance is describes for a company called Euro car parks where there has been never taken any drivers to court till date and has issued parking tickets to all of them. Taking a person to court proves him as registered keeper (when you enter their car park you enter in to a contract). That is clearly to say they would need to prove that it is in fact who was driving the car while the fees was being charged. Thus if also they prove you of driving the car during that hour they would be entitled to be the amount you should of paid e.g. 2 pounds for an hours extra parking.
To conclude do not respond to the parking ticket companies even if they send you 3 or 4 threatening letters. Once they don't get any response from you they will give up or alternatively forward the letters to me and I will bring court orders on them for harassment. As for other parking ticket appeal companies and their legalizations please check out their technicality or some useful advice that they can offer you.
