Parking fine, even though I paid!

LaFleur

I paid for parking for an hour today. Got my parking ticket. I placed the ticket on my dash.

When i got back, I had a fine placed on my windscreen.

I couldnt believe it. It seems my ticket turned over on my dash with a gush of wind blew in as i was getting out of my car.

I still have the ticket to prove i was totally legit.

Do i have a leg to stand on? Or should i just pay the damn thing?


Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

LizT

Are you expecting a serious reply in after hours?:p

mikemac

LaFleur wrote: »

Do i have a leg to stand on?

Nope
Sure otherwise I could buy a parking ticket, turn it over so the warden could not see the date and use it for months and months.

It's up to you to display the ticket correctly.
Did you even check it before you left?

Post in your ticket to the council and you'll get the fine waived. And you've learned a lesson for next time

SV

Serious reply : You do have a leg to stand on, don't pay and dispute it. You'll get away with it.

Ah reply: No man, you're going to jail..

Whosbetter?

Offhand, if your parking disk is the same time/date as the ticket you recieved, you could try arguing the toss with them.

brummytom

Mom had the same problem recently, somehow the ticket fell off the dashboard. She still had it, sent it off.. thought it'd be grand, it had the time and date on.

They said it was her responsibility to ensure it was properly visible or something. I'd say, in all honestly, save yourself the hassle of fighting it and pay it.

Ro: maaan!

Happened to someone I know. When she told them about it they said it was "impossible" for that to happen. Having the ticket didn't help either. Could be from any car.

Jemmy

Your still going to have to pay it afaik. It states ticket must be clearly displayed. I had to go around to the passenger door of my car the other day to put it in the window bcoz of the wind.

you could still try argue it, might be lucky!

LEIN

LaFleur wrote: »

I paid for parking for an hour today. Got my parking ticket. I placed the ticket on my dash.

When i got back, I had a fine placed on my windscreen.

I couldnt believe it. It seems my ticket turned over on my dash with a gush of wind blew in as i was getting out of my car.

I still have the ticket to prove i was totally legit.

Do i have a leg to stand on? Or should i just pay the damn thing?


Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hate that.

Can't think of a funny AH reply

But on a serious note! Yeh, you can probably get away with the fine. Just ring the number and tell them what happened, they'll ask you to send in the pay and display ticket, and they'll see that it was purchased before the fine ticket was given. Has happened to me before.

Dun laoire

Only park where they print out the sticky tickets that you place on the window. You'll never have to worry about it flipping over again.;)

LaFleur

Dun laoire wrote: »

Only park where they print out the sticky tickets that you place on the window. You'll never have to worry about it flipping over again.;)

Fantastic idea! Loving the other ideas too.

Its sooooo annoying, i know i'll probably have to pay it ! :rolleyes:

Danbo!

If you dont pay, you may need this

Beasty

This country faces a deficit of €20bn+ this year, and you are trying to find a way to avoid paying your dues to society.

Pay up, ideally before Brian stands up to deliver his Budget speech tomorrow - every cent is important. Your failure to pay may be the straw that breaks the camel's back, leading onto another downward spiral and untold further damage to the economy. This could result in a plea to the IMF, and putting hundreds of thousands more on the dole. Do you really want that on your conscience?

squod

Pull your jumper up over your face and kick the parking dude in the shins next time you see him.













*This may result in criminal prosecution and/or more parking tickets from angry parking dude.

jd007

Beasty wrote: »

This country faces a deficit of €20bn+ this year, and you are trying to find a way to avoid paying your dues to society.

Sure he's already paid for the ticket, why shouldn't he try and get out of it?

Run_to_da_hills

Dun laoire wrote: »

Only park where they print out the sticky tickets that you place on the window. You'll never have to worry about it flipping over again.;)

Would it not be easier just to bring a roll of Cellotape.

TouchingVirus

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Would it not be easier just to bring a roll of Sellotape.

FYP...Cellotape...pffft

Fracture

just tell them you had the ticket displayed on the passenger side dash, it wasnt your fault they didnt check it, bullsh1t them.

seanybiker

pay and display.

Ya didnt display so ya got the ticket.

I_luv_2_ski!

i got clamped awhile back in a train station car park even though i paid!!!

i had to pay to get the clamp removed or else they wouldn't come to remove it and i was told i could dispute it later. so i paid the €125 and got the clamp off and went home to write the letter and sent it along with a copy of my reciept and the parking ticket.

i got a letter back a few weeks later saying that the rules of the car park clearly state that the ticket must be visible in the front window!!! so i was now down €125 euro which when your working part time and getting paid monthly was over half my months wages!!!

mental07

Don't think you have a leg to stand on tbh.

If the ticket is not displayed, you're fined, simple as.

pickarooney

Send them a blank cheque and convince them it's valid but it's up to them to get it to display properly.

kmick

No you dont have to pay it. If you have a ticket you just send it in to them and they cancel the ticket. tell them it was displayed properly (little white lie). Keep a scan/copy of ticket in case it get lost and send it registered post. Ring the local council and they will give you the info on where to send it.

Huggles

On topic: Op just fight it

Off Topic: Brummytom why isnt Luke Kelly in your sig? For shame.

Kipperhell

Same happened to my mother but ther was no fine once she produced the ticket. She was told they can see a record of passed offences so they believe the people who don't have any/few past offences but assume the ones with a track record are lying. The can fine everyone but use this limited system of logic.

Do they take pictures when issuing a ticket here? I saw they do it in the UK as proof.

biko

After placing the ticket on the dash, get out, lock car.
The turn around and make sure the ticket is fully visible from the outside.

a little trick that never fails

Theta

LaFleur wrote: »

I paid for parking for an hour today. Got my parking ticket. I placed the ticket on my dash.

When i got back, I had a fine placed on my windscreen.

I couldnt believe it. It seems my ticket turned over on my dash with a gush of wind blew in as i was getting out of my car.

I still have the ticket to prove i was totally legit.

Do i have a leg to stand on? Or should i just pay the damn thing?


Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

Friend of mine was clamped for the exact same thing! Nothing you can do except pay the fine.

getz

LaFleur wrote: »

I paid for parking for an hour today. Got my parking ticket. I placed the ticket on my dash.

When i got back, I had a fine placed on my windscreen.

I couldnt believe it. It seems my ticket turned over on my dash with a gush of wind blew in as i was getting out of my car.

I still have the ticket to prove i was totally legit.

Do i have a leg to stand on? Or should i just pay the damn thing?


Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

its to late now but,unless they photographed your car without the ticket showing,or he had a witness, it would be your word against his,any privite company who take a person to court without proof would be sure to lose.thats the way it works in the UK, anyway ,if it happens again phone up and say ;that b......s blind my ticket was on my wind screen ,the sun must of been in his eyes,by the way i was one of the b......s who used to put parking tickets on cars so i know a few of the ropes.

Guy:Incognito

Dun laoire wrote: »

Only park where they print out the sticky tickets that you place on the window. You'll never have to worry about it flipping over again.;)

Or drive a Citroen. My Xantia has a little clip coming off the A pillar that holds parking disks to the window.

RoyalMarine

this happened to me before.

i brought the parking ticket, and the fine into the county council office, and they cancelled the fine on the spot.

Fracture

buy an angle grinder

Capt'n Midnight

Stekelly wrote: »

Or drive a Citroen. My Xantia has a little clip coming off the A pillar that holds parking disks to the window.

Or drive a Citroen DS

lock the front wheels hard and let her sit down on the suspension

clamp that !

Victor

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Or drive a Citroen DS

lock the front wheels hard and let her sit down on the suspension

clamp that !

They'll just ticket you / tow you.

Fracture

Fracture wrote: »

buy an angle grinder

to remove a ticket?

Fighting Irish

You always close your door and check your ticket through the window. If everyone followed the common sense rules, the world would run perfectly, but there's always one

Fighting Irish

I_luv_2_ski! wrote: »

i got clamped awhile back in a train station car park even though i paid!!!

i had to pay to get the clamp removed or else they wouldn't come to remove it and i was told i could dispute it later. so i paid the €125 and got the clamp off and went home to write the letter and sent it along with a copy of my reciept and the parking ticket.

i got a letter back a few weeks later saying that the rules of the car park clearly state that the ticket must be visible in the front window!!! so i was now down €125 euro which when your working part time and getting paid monthly was over half my months wages!!!

and now you've learnt your lesson and will do it properly the next time

manutd

I got a fine during the summer, the ticket machine was out of ink, you couldn't see the time and date clearly. Brought it into the council office and they told me to pay the fine, they told me i should off payed for another one in a different machine, why should i pay for a second ticket?

MizzLolly

I wonder did the OP ever have to pay that fine?

patwicklow

Magnus wrote: »

After placing the ticket on the dash, get out, lock car.
The turn around and make sure the ticket is fully visible from the outside.

a little trick that never fails

true thats what i do ....

Fracture

Deleted User wrote: »

to remove a ticket?

I was thinking for a clamp, but yes actually for a ticket too................cut the ticket in half LOL

Beasty

manutd wrote: »

I got a fine during the summer, the ticket machine was out of ink, you couldn't see the time and date clearly. Brought it into the council office and they told me to pay the fine, they told me i should off payed for another one in a different machine, why should i pay for a second ticket?

I would have played merry hell with them if they said that to me. You bought the ticket from their machine. They are responsible for ensuring the ink was in the machine. How could you have known it was out of ink before you put the money in the machine.

I would have refused to pay the fine, and eventually gone to court if necessary, purely as a matter of principle.

In practice, if you are in the right (and you clearly were in this case) and (quite literally) shout loud enough in their office, they will either capitulate there and then, or you will get to see someone more senior who is much more likely to concede the point.