Parking fine

Nephew

Guys, I'm looking for a some advice. I parked in a pay and display area today and was fined €60. I bought a ticket for two hours but I got held up for a few hours so I couldn't make it back to my car to insert the the new parking ticket.

What is the best way out of the fine, should I say I had the two tickets in the car and the newer one fell onto the floor of the car so the warden mustn't have seen it, or should I be honest and explain what actually happened.

Alanstrainor

Just pay the fine. You said it yourself, you were in the wrong.

Berty

You overstayed your parking.

Suck it up buddy and pay the fine. :rolleyes:

Anyway, if its two hours you cannot stay for more. You cannot even just get another ticket. You must move your car elsewhere.

KamiKazi

I got one about two years ago. Forgot all about it and get a letter a few weeks later to say it had increased to €90. Also forgot about it and haven't heard anything since

Hooch

Nephew wrote: »

What is the best way out of the fine,

I love Irishism.......I was wrong.....however how can I get out of paying for it!!!

Joey the lips

afik pay and display has a max time so if you say you had 2 tickets you would be overstaying the max time and be entitled to a fine.

What if they ask you to bring the 2 tickets.....;)

If i am parking and i dont know how long i will be I look for a pay on leaving carpark/

ocokev

Nephew wrote: »

What is the best way out of the fine, should I say I had the two tickets in the car and the newer one fell onto the floor of the car so the warden mustn't have seen it, or should I be honest and explain what actually happened.

If you didn't buy a second ticket you prove that you had one, unless you could say you threw it away on the street without thinking.

Pay the fine and lesson learnt.

Nephew

Guys, I actually have two tickets which covers the time I was parked. Its just one wasn't on display.

cloneslad

even if it fell on the floor (which we know it didn't) it's called 'pay and display' it would be your fault you didn't display.

suck it up and pay the fine.

cloneslad

Nephew wrote: »

Guys, I actually have two tickets which covers the time I was parked. Its just one wasn't on display.

It's not what you said here

Nephew wrote: »

Guys, I'm looking for a some advice. I parked in a pay and display area today and was fined €60. I bought a ticket for two hours but I got held up for a few hours so I couldn't make it back to my car to insert the the new parking ticket.

What is the best way out of the fine, should I say I had the two tickets in the car and the newer one fell onto the floor of the car so the warden mustn't have seen it, or should I be honest and explain what actually happened.

vectra

Nephew wrote: »

Guys, I'm looking for a some advice. I parked in a pay and display area today and was fined €60. I bought a ticket for two hours but I got held up for a few hours so I couldn't make it back to my car to insert the the new parking ticket.

Nephew wrote: »

Guys, I actually have two tickets which covers the time I was parked. Its just one wasn't on display.

Both posts contradict themselves

Similar to the guy getting caught speeding
" I was in a hurry so it wasn't my fault officer" :rolleyes:

*EDIT*
cloneslad beat me to it
Must learn to type faster

Nephew

Nephew wrote: »

Guys, I'm looking for a some advice. I parked in a pay and display area today and was fined €60. I bought a ticket for two hours but I got held up for a few hours so I couldn't make it back to my car to insert the the new parking ticket.

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I'm not contradicting myself I said I bought a ticket for two hours, and I couldn't make it back to the car to insert the new parking ticket. I have two tickets.

cloneslad

Nephew wrote: »

I'm not contradicting myself I said I bought a ticket for two hours, and I couldn't make it back to the car to insert the new parking ticket. I have two tickets.

and why would you buy two and keep one with you? it's not like you could use it again. again I say it.....'pay and DISPLAY'

Nephew

cloneslad wrote: »

and why would you buy two and keep one with you? it's not like you could use it again. again I say it.....'pay and DISPLAY'

I was in the hospital and I am recovering from a broken foot so I couldn't run down to my car so I went to the nearest pay and display machine.

ocokev

Nephew wrote: »

or should I be honest and explain what actually happened.

Why cant you be honest?
Its still going to get you nowhere..
Pay and Display is exactly that.

Cookie_Monster

just pay and move on lesson learnt.

you have to display the ticket and you failed to do this.

Berty

Nephew wrote: »

I was in the hospital and I am recovering from a broken foot so I couldn't run down to my car so I went to the nearest pay and display machine.

How do you drive with a broken foot?


I think this thread is a classic case of "Boo Hoo" :rolleyes:

Spiritoftheseventies

Nephew wrote: »

Guys, I'm looking for a some advice. I parked in a pay and display area today and was fined €60. I bought a ticket for two hours but I got held up for a few hours so I couldn't make it back to my car to insert the the new parking ticket.

What is the best way out of the fine, should I say I had the two tickets in the car and the newer one fell onto the floor of the car so the warden mustn't have seen it, or should I be honest and explain what actually happened.

Neither story will wash with them tbh. Pay the fine and move on.

Nephew

Berty wrote: »

How do you drive with a broken foot?


I think this thread is a classic case of "Boo Hoo" :rolleyes:

I said recovering. My doctor said I can drive anyway so that isn't the problem.

vectra

2 tickets bought at different machines in different areas.
They would smell a rat and laugh their heads off.:D

Pay up bud

cloneslad

Nephew wrote: »

I was in the hospital and I am recovering from a broken foot so I couldn't run down to my car so I went to the nearest pay and display machine.

doesn't matter, you didn't display it now you must pay the fine. What's to stop me from getting a fine and then asking someone who had parked in the car park for their old ticket to show that I had purchased a second one? (well with the exception of my car being in my girlfriends driveway in Ireland and me being in Korea not driving a car)

Wardens take pictures of your car to prove you didn't have a ticket on display for the time you were there. Your fine is not only for being there without a ticket, it's for being there without proof that you had purchased a ticket.

You will just have to pay the fine, or hope to god you find someone to believe you, I know I wouldn't but I'm a príck

Paulw

Your ticket wasn't on display, and you were fined. There is no way out.

Just pay the fine and learn the lesson.

ocokev

Next time you are getting your foot examined, do the same trick, except this time hide on the warden.
When the warden goes to put a ticket on your car run over and start yelling and shouting abuse at him/her.
Maybe then they might look to see if people have dropped their tickets on the floor of the car.

biko

The fine isn't for "not having a ticket", it's for not displaying it.
Even if you had one and it fell on the floor the fine is still valid.
The warden can only go on what he/she sees trough the windscreen.

Nephew

Thanks to the guys who were helpful and best of luck to the wannabe Columbos.

dirtydiesel

you must be hopping mad to try get out of it, cost you more in the long run.

cloneslad

dirtydiesel wrote: »

you must be hopping mad to try get out of it, cost you more in the long run.

no need to make fun of the broken foot too

tin79

Right so you went to hospital to get your formerly broken (now recovering) foot checked out and parked and got your two hour pay and display ticket.

But you got delayed and so instead of going back to the car with the new ticket you just went to the nearest machine to the hospital and got a new ticket and put it in your pocket because you cant run on your recovering foot. That right?

I dont think you have much of a case even if thats true.

Theta

Friend of mine was clamped even though she had a valid ticket in the car it had just turned upside down when she closed the door of the car.

The ticket was not on display technically so she had to pay!

Seth Brundle

Teferi

This thread reminded me I got a parking ticket about a year ago. I forgot to pay it and haven't heard anything since then...you could try just not paying it?

MagicSean

tin79 wrote: »

Right so you went to hospital to get your formerly broken (now recovering) foot checked out and parked and got your two hour pay and display ticket.

But you got delayed and so instead of going back to the car with the new ticket you just went to the nearest machine to the hospital and got a new ticket and put it in your pocket because you cant run on your recovering foot. That right?

I dont think you have much of a case even if thats true.

I disagree. I think it is very possible that a judge would accept this. If he can produce proof that he paid for parking before his time ran out but just couldn't get back to his car as he was in hospital. You could try writing to the corporation explaining this either.

Lets say it was something else. Lets say you got a fine for not displaying your car tax but you could prove that you had purchased it before the month was up and that the new disk hadn't arrived yet (Due to a postal strike or something, or tax office go-slow). There is no way you wouldn't get off that fine.

ocokev

Pay and Display parking

Pay and Display parking operates with a single solar powered meter serving about 20 spaces. There will be signs in pay and display parking areas giving details of the hours the scheme operates and the maximum parking time. As coins are inserted, the parking expiry time for the amount inserted is displayed. When you have deposited enough coins, you press the green button and a two-part ticket is printed. The larger part should be stuck to your windscreen and you can keep the counterfoil as a reminder of when your parking expires. Prices range per hour, depending on where you are in Ireland but in general, fees range from 80 cent-1 euro for 40 minutes.
Since 15 January, 2003 Dublin City Council have piloted a new online service, allowing citizens pay for parking using their mobile telephone or credit card to pay certain parking meters in the city. (This online service will initially be available in the zone from Stephens Green to Parnell Square, including Merrion Square, Fitzwilliam Street and Capel Street. Parking meters which facilitate online payment service are identified by a Blue button, located on the front of the machine). Read more about Dublin City Council's pilot online parking service here.

umpsfar

If you have proof of ticket, this should be accepted, nothing else should be included or relevant,

Nephew

tin79 wrote: »

Right so you went to hospital to get your formerly broken (now recovering) foot checked out and parked and got your two hour pay and display ticket.

But you got delayed and so instead of going back to the car with the new ticket you just went to the nearest machine to the hospital and got a new ticket and put it in your pocket because you cant run on your recovering foot. That right?

I dont think you have much of a case even if thats true.

Yes, Tin. Broken bones usually tend to heal. Have you considered a career in medicine? If you ever break your foot you'll realise how immobile a person becomes.

Guys, what's so hard to understand. I broke my foot, I find it hard to walk at the moment. I had an appointment in the hospital this morning and couldn't get parking nearby so I ended up parking 500m from the hospital. I was in and out in 60minutes for my last three appointments. This morning, I paid for two hours parking thinking that would be more than enough time.

After two hours lapsed I didn't have the time or ability to make it back to my car quick enough so I went to the nearest machine to the hospital and bought a ticket and hobbled back to the hospital thinking I would be finished in a less than 20minutes. I was wrong.

I asked a simple question on how I would best approach the situation as the only thing I did wrong was not display the second ticket.

Theta

umpsfar wrote: »

If you have proof of ticket, this should be accepted, nothing else should be included or relevant,

Thats doesn't mean buttons if it was not on show.

dirtydiesel

Nephew wrote: »

I asked a simple question on how I would best approach the situation as the only thing I did wrong was not display the second ticket.

Yes and the one wrong thing you done is the reason you got a parking ticket, pay it and move on.

umpsfar

if he had a ticket that spans the same time he was given a parking fine for not having a ticket, the ticket was then given in error.
the only advise i can give the guy is to show the ticket and fine to someone like a traffic warden or garda or such,. and let them give him advise.
but not to start saying crap like it fell of the floor,

Guy:Incognito

Nephew wrote: »

What is the best way out of the fine, should I say I had the two tickets in the car and the newer one fell onto the floor of the car so the warden mustn't have seen it, or should I be honest and explain what actually happened.

How do you propose producing this 2nd non existant ticket as proof?

EDIT. Just saw the explanation. Either way , no ticket on display means you get fined. It's called pay and display

umpsfar wrote: »

if he had a ticket that spans the same time he was given a parking fine for not having a ticket, the ticket was then given in error.

How do you figure? If thats the case only one person in the car park needs to buy a ticket, anyone fined or clamped could just use that one persons ticket as "proof".

It has to be clearly displayed in the window and says so on the ticket and/or signs.

Nephew

Stekelly wrote: »

How do you propose producing this 2nd non existant ticket as proof?

EDIT. Just saw the explanation. Either way , no ticket on display means you get fined. It's called pay and display

To put it simply rtft.

MagicSean

Stekelly wrote: »

How do you propose producing this 2nd non existant ticket as proof?

EDIT. Just saw the explanation. Either way , no ticket on display means you get fined. It's called pay and display

Write to the council and explain the situation and include a copy of both tickets.

Guy:Incognito

k_mac wrote: »

Write to the council and explain the situation and include a copy of both tickets.

Paying for the ticket only gets you halfway , you need to display it too or you just wasted your money. Otherwise it would be "pay and stick the ticket in your pocket"

Alun

It's the displaying of a ticket with a valid start time and duration that makes it valid, having it in your pocket means nothing. Turning up days later with any old ticket that could easily have been bought by anyone else, and possibly already used by them for parking, does not constitute proof of any kind.

Seth Brundle

Nephew wrote: »

After two hours lapsed I didn't have the time or ability to make it back to my car quick enough so I went to the nearest machine to the hospital and bought a ticket and hobbled back to the hospital thinking I would be finished in a less than 20minutes. I was wrong.

You can't walk 500m but the doctor reckons that you can drive? Sounds like the doctor made the wrong diagnosis IMO!

MagicSean

kbannon wrote: »

You can't walk 500m but the doctor reckons that you can drive? Sounds like the doctor made the wrong diagnosis IMO!

Maybe he drives an automatic which only requires one foot to drive.

Seth Brundle

Maybe but that defence wasn't used earlier so I'm making what appears to be a safe assumption!

Nephew

kbannon wrote: »

Maybe but that defence wasn't used earlier so I'm making what appears to be a safe assumption!

Defence? It's not Law and Order ffs.

PrettyBoy

I got a parking ticket last year for €80 and didn't bother paying it as I was only in the space for two or three minutes. Got a letter a couple of weeks later saying it was increased to €120. Again, didn't pay and that was well over a year ago. Haven't heard anything from them since. Yeah, I was in the wrong, but who cares? I basically saved €120.

The Big Red Button

PrettyBoy wrote: »

I got a parking ticket last year for €80 and didn't bother paying it as I was only in the space for two or three minutes. Got a letter a couple of weeks later saying it was increased to €120. Again, didn't pay and that was well over a year ago. Haven't heard anything from them since. Yeah, I was in the wrong, but who cares? I basically saved €120.

Nooooo, you only saved the euro or whatever it would have cost you to just pay for the parking in the first place!

PrettyBoy

chatterpillar wrote: »

Nooooo, you only saved the euro or whatever it would have cost you to just pay for the parking in the first place!

My point is that the OP shouldn't worry about it. He's in a position where he has a fine that will cost him X amount of money. At the end of the day, if he ignores it, chances are nothing will ever happen over it.

Seth Brundle

Nephew wrote: »

Defence? It's not Law and Order ffs.

Sorry, in all my years here I never realised there was a list of words that we aren't allowed use! Can you provide a link to it just so that I can avoid using hard words again.