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Escape a Parking Ticket?

  • 02-07-2007 2:51pm
    #1
    md99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭


    Is there any grounds by which one can escape paying a parking ticket fine, for either

    a) being parked on double yellows
    or
    b) parking past the 'free' time allowed in a pay & display area...

    ? Any help appreciated.


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  • #2
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    The only defences I can think of are:
    Loading/unloading
    Improperly issued ticket.
    Bye laws invalid/ incorrect signage or road markings.


  • #3
    md99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 817 ✭✭✭md99


    now that you mention loading/unloading... I was actually working when I parked there, if you count fast food deliveries as working....


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Some councils operate an administrative appeals system for parking tickets / clamping.
    md99 wrote:
    a) being parked on double yellows
    Were you loading, etc.?
    b) parking past the 'free' time allowed in a pay & display area...
    Generally no. Grace is given on a hierarchial basis - essentially some offences are prioritised over others. You will get no grace for nuisance parking (loading bay, wheelchair space, etc.). You will likely get a few minutes grace if you meter ran out, but this is grace, not a right - and if you got a ticket, you were over time.

    But seriously, its a parking ticket, not 5-10 years in Mountjoy. But if you want to blow your "ritual satanic abuse when I was a child" defence, go ahead.


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