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#Post#: 78817--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: stamfordman Date: June 29, 2025, 4:34 pm
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I think playing the baby card is your best bet.
How old is baby?
Did you pay to park?
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I am challenging the PCN because I parked in good faith of the
parking conditions and had to park so I could get my young baby
out of the front passenger’s side door and could not do so
without avoiding an upright post on the footway.
Although I was not aware of being in any contravention, I could
not have left my baby on the pavement while I attempted to
repark the car!
I feel sure you will give consideration to the needs of my baby
and wish to make two points.
1. When I parked, there were cars positioned both in front and
behind me, which significantly limited visibility of bay
markings and space to manoeuvre. These cars had left by the time
the photographs were taken at 14:42, creating a misleading
impression of how the vehicle was positioned at the time of
parking.
Moreover, the bay markings in the provided photos are not
clearly visible, suggesting that the lines may have been either
very worn or not present at all in certain areas. This made it
even more difficult to assess the exact boundaries when parking.
2. As the parent of a small baby, who was seated in a
rear-facing car seat on the front passenger side. I was aware
there was a post near the front passenger door, which made it
difficult to open the door fully. I needed to allow sufficient
space to safely remove the car seat and take my baby out of the
vehicle. I also required clear rear access to retrieve the buggy
from the boot. These considerations impacted the exact
positioning of the car, and I did my best to park safely and
responsibly within the conditions presented.
I also make the point that there are no instructions at the
roadside about parking in bay markings.
I respectfully request that this penalty charge be cancelled and
thank you for your understanding.
#Post#: 78818--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: Vada_nevada Date: June 29, 2025, 4:58 pm
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The baby is 5 months old and of course I paid for parking using
RingGo. Thank you very much for your help.
#Post#: 78819--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: Vada_nevada Date: June 29, 2025, 5:00 pm
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I almost forgot, I got back to this off street parking and I
noticed the markings are very strange that is for sure. As you
can see from the evidence, my front wheel is between two lines,
that makes the bay either too short or too long. This style
continues on the entire stretch of this location as I parked
there again this week. It does look very confusing, not sure why
they do not renew those markings…
#Post#: 78946--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: stamfordman Date: June 30, 2025, 12:33 pm
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What do you mean about the markings? These are the council pics.
The latest Maps view I can see is:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/vgrU1XQFzp9wPQzJ9
Is there an extra line or something?
[img width=640 height=480]
HTML https://i.ibb.co/MyxhfbXr/k5.jpg[/img]
[img width=640 height=480]
HTML https://i.ibb.co/TqkK7MMM/k3.jpg[/img]
[img width=640 height=480]
HTML https://i.ibb.co/hRVxJFtj/k2.jpg[/img]
[img width=640 height=480]
HTML https://i.ibb.co/bMn7tnCX/k1.jpg[/img]
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Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: Vada_nevada Date: June 30, 2025, 1:15 pm
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Yes, exactly the extra line / which is not that obvious for
others.
On the other hand, there is a limit of symbols for appeal, I can
see my notes are a bit lengthy - far too many symbols. What do I
do?
#Post#: 81196--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: Vada_nevada Date: July 16, 2025, 4:31 am
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Good morning. I have just received a response on my appeal and
it was denied. I can see they do not recognize double horizontal
lines (extra lines) at all and still insist I was outside the
bay. Please see their response via the below link:
HTML https://imgur.com/a/7lrUSJI
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Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: John U.K. Date: July 16, 2025, 5:01 am
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You may wish to redact yr name & address from the NoR and
repost.
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Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: Vada_nevada Date: July 16, 2025, 5:21 am
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Please see the link below.
HTML https://imgur.com/a/7lrUSJI
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Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: stamfordman Date: July 16, 2025, 6:46 am
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I would be inclined to go with this. They've not addressed the
practicalities of the baby you raised in the circumstances of
parked cars at the time.
You can also say you paid to park.
There are also the odd markings but not sure about this unless
you can go back and take pics with no cars there - maybe old
markings are showing.
If this were to go the tribunal they would also have to produce
a correct traffic order, which often trips them up.
See what others say.
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Re: Kingston- 24 not parked correctly
By: fraser.mitchell Date: July 16, 2025, 6:57 am
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"the markings are slightly worn"
Clearly this person has never been on-site to see the markings,
which seem to have almost disappeared, if the photos are to be
believed.
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