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#Post#: 91696--------------------------------------------------
Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: Faust
Date: September 27, 2025, 5:36 am
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Hi again,
I have received today a Penalty Ticket because I have left the
car in double yellow lines while I had to drop off my child at
home.
That's where I have left the car parked. I will attach a photo
of the ticket as well.
HTML https://uavbbi.com/images/Mma.png
I would like to know if I can win this appeal?
Thanks a lot.
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Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: John U.K.
Date: September 27, 2025, 5:48 am
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--- Quote ---
> I have received today a Penalty Ticket because I have left the
car in double yellow lines while I had to drop off my child at
home.
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As well as both sides of the unredacted PCN, please post a GSV
link to the location.
Also pleaser provide some context to the drop off - e.g. - when
did you park? how long were you away from the car? How old is
the child? How far is home from where you parked?
#Post#: 91701--------------------------------------------------
Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: Faust
Date: September 27, 2025, 6:05 am
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Thanks John. 18months old child, around 30 minutes.
I have read the ticket and says that I have received the fine
because I have parked on outside hours. Which really confused me
as there are no signs at all.
Please find below the photo of the fine.
HTML https://uavbbi.com/images/MdG.jpeg
HTML https://uavbbi.com/images/MUe.jpeg
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Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: Faust
Date: September 27, 2025, 6:14 am
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Google street view
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/kLUqT18tcUXukzaA9
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Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: MrChips
Date: September 27, 2025, 12:27 pm
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What's your understanding of what double yellow lines mean?
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Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: Faust
Date: September 27, 2025, 12:45 pm
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--- Quote from: MrChips link ---
>
> What's your understanding of what double yellow lines mean?
>
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I know I cannot wait or park at any time. However the
circumstances were different.
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Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: Faust
Date: September 27, 2025, 12:47 pm
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I have tried using ChatGPT to create an appeal letter:
Don't know if is any good.
--- Quote ---
> To: [Parking Department / Council Name]
> Re: PCN Number [Your PCN Number]
> Vehicle Reg: [Your Vehicle Reg]
> Date of Issue: [Date of PCN]
> Contravention Code: 01 – Parked in a restricted street during
prescribed hours
> Subject: Challenge to PCN – Safety-Based Mitigation for Infant
Drop-Off
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> I am writing to respectfully challenge the above Penalty
Charge Notice issued on [date] for my vehicle [vehicle reg] at
[location].
> I understand that my vehicle was parked on double yellow lines
during restricted hours. However, I hope you will consider the
exceptional mitigating circumstances in this case.
> I was travelling alone with my 18-month-old child, and needed
to safely take them into our home. The only available parking
spot nearby was across a very busy road, and given the age and
vulnerability of my child, I felt it was not safe or practical
to attempt to cross the road with them from a further location.
> In the interest of safety and care, I made the decision to
briefly leave the vehicle parked while I ensured the child was
safely inside the home. Unfortunately, this took longer than
anticipated, and I sincerely apologise for the time the vehicle
was left.
>
> I fully appreciate the importance of parking rules, especially
around restricted zones. However, I would ask the council to
consider the exceptional nature of this situation, the
vulnerability of the child, and the fact that my actions were
taken out of concern for their safety — not convenience or
disregard for the rules.
> This was a one-off event, and I would be grateful if the
council could exercise discretion in this instance.
> Thank you for your time and understanding.
>
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#Post#: 91764--------------------------------------------------
Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: John U.K.
Date: September 27, 2025, 1:23 pm
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> Thanks John. 18months old child, around 30 minutes.
> You need to explain how far it was from home, why it took so
long, and who was caring for the child whilst you returned to
move the car.
> I have read the ticket and says that I have received the fine
because I have parked on outside hours. Which really confused me
as there are no signs at all.
> DYLs need no signs.
>
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--- Quote from: Faust link ---
>
> I have tried using ChatGPT to create an appeal letter:
>
> Don't know if is any good.
>
>
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Not really... you are not pleading for mercy, but claiming a
statutory exemption to the ban on parking on DYLs, that of
assisted boarding/alighting. But it is up to you to show why the
exemption applies.
Sorry about the apparently intrusive questions, but should it
reach adjudication, they are the sort of questions an
adjudicator might ask ask as he seeks to understand such a
lengthy wait.
Cases involving such a wait (and longer) have won at tribunal in
the past, but the length of stop must be shown to be necessary.
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Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: Faust
Date: September 27, 2025, 2:28 pm
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> Also pleaser provide some context to the drop off - e.g. -
when did you park? how long were you away from the car? How old
is the child? How far is home from where you parked?
--- End Quote ---
I was away for 30 minutes.
The child is 18months.
At the time I was the only one who was carrying the child.
I have attached new photo with where I have parked where was
home address:
HTML https://uavbbi.com/images/MuI.png
#Post#: 92115--------------------------------------------------
Re: Double Yellow Lines
DIR By: Faust
Date: September 30, 2025, 1:40 am
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Is half an hour can be too long for appeal in this case ?
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