I was issued a ticket within 2 minutes of parking and i think this is illegal
2006-12-16 21:04:40 · 9 answers · asked by cockleboat 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I'm afraid there isn't any legally required "observation period". Once you have parked illegally it is a de facto case of illegal parking, not 2 mins or 20 mins after the act. You could argue that if a traffic warden is lurking in the shadows (which some TV programmes have recorded) it would be a human act for them to approach the parking driver and warn them that they'll be booked if they leave the vehicle there. However, some would and some wouldn't.
2006-12-16 21:15:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's totally legal.
If you were parked in a place where you weren't supposed to be, then it's an instant ticket.
Why would a traffic warden stand and look at an illegally parked car?
2006-12-17 07:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by THE BULB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You broke the law, why do you have a problem? Your ticket may well have been issued within 2 minutes but what did you intend to do, stay and watch your car? If you knew it was illegally parked so you should have moved it immediately. You are just angry that you got a ticket, and a legitimate one, just before Christmas.
2006-12-17 03:22:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in actual fact it will depend where you parked. you can park most places single yellow line or double yellow line as long as you want as long as you can be seen to be continually loading or unloading. if you were parked on a clearway which means no stopping between certain times instant ticket. if you park in a disabled bay instant ticket. if you can prove you were loading unloading, and the ticket was from a constabulary traffic warden there is an address on the back to the police central ticket office you can put you mitigating circumstances, they can cancel the ticket before it goes to court. if its a council ticket, right to the parking services manager, they will cancel rather than go to court as most parking service tickets are a bit iffy, if it goes to far it is looked at by an independent body in Manchester. I have gone to them and been let off every time. good luck
2006-12-16 22:59:26 · answer #4 · answered by sunnybums 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally, to get a parking ticket, you must be parked. Won't matter how long. But the specifics of the parking laws depend on where you are.
2016-05-23 01:40:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In manchester a parking ticket can be issued as soon as the pay and display ticket has expired or if you are found parking on double yellow lines, or parking in a disbaled persons space without a permit etc.
It may be different for other city councils so its best to check.
see
http://www.contact.manchester.gov.uk/instantkb12/article.aspx?id=10237&cNode=2T2K8W&Tree=Closed
and see
http://www.manchester.gov.uk/environment/parking/avoid.htm
2006-12-16 21:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by tanny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Son, If I see you get out of the car and close the door, you already rate a ticket. Next time don't break the law and you avoid a ticket.
2006-12-17 01:07:57 · answer #7 · answered by pedohunter1488 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try turning left from Church Street in Chesterfield. There are no easily-visible signs warning that the road you are about to enter is bus only and the lazy b@stard traffic wardens sit on their @rses and catch all the out of town drivers who do not know any better. They are more crooked than the famous spire. B@stards!
2006-12-16 22:17:04 · answer #8 · answered by checkmate 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You were in the wrong, and the traffic warden was correct....you helped get his daily quota of tickets issued!
2006-12-16 21:54:04 · answer #9 · answered by Kate J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋