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#Post#: 107845--------------------------------------------------
WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading and
unloading, Easton St
DIR By: 777GE90
Date: January 29, 2026, 5:37 am
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I parked my car on the side of the street, where there is no
yellow line or signs of any restriction or loading bay, I
thought I was legally parked, yet I was surprised to see this
ticket upon my return. I am genuinely shocked as I still don't
understand how on earth this is some sort of restricted spot?
There is no sign anywhere in sight.
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Never had a ticket in 14 years of driving and now got 2 a week
apart :(.
This is where I was parked on maps street view:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/tFv7KYfNuBRs9kAd7
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Can someone explain how I am supposed to know there is no
parking allowed here as I am genuinely confused?
#Post#: 107848--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 29, 2026, 5:49 am
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It's a restricted parking zone often used to cut out unsightly
lines. But you need to have passed clear entry signs like this
for it to be enforced.
And in a large zone there should be repeater signs.
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/4RBuBBwwPQ96BvyG6
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#Post#: 107858--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: 777GE90
Date: January 29, 2026, 6:11 am
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Ok thanks, I genuinely did not notice any such sign on my
approach. I just had a look through the maps street view and
can see there is actually a sign on my route but it appears to
be conflicting.
See image below of my route:
HTML https://i.ibb.co/k6JW3PZh/Screenshot-2026-01-29-at-11-57-36.png
The orange sign is where the restricted sign is, which is a bit
of road that I am on for a very short distance before I turn
right more than 90 degrees, where I saw the second sign (marked
blue on the image) saying Restricted Zone Ends. To me it seems
like that second sign was indicating that that the zone had
ended on that part of Easton Street, it is located in a
confusing spot.
Restricted sign, seemingly indicating restriction if you are
following the road on, i.e. going LEFT:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nxc2rgw7RxbvuTVd7
Restrictied zone ends sign, seemingly indicating that if you
then turn right onto that part of Easton Street the zone has
finished:
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/MYFQv5BMo5Ghha2n8
Do I have any leg to stand on here?
#Post#: 107869--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 29, 2026, 6:51 am
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It's possible you can make a case that the end zone sign on the
main road looks to apply to the part of Easton Street where you
parked but you'd have to make it as a theoretical case as you
didn't see any signs and crucially not the entry sign.
#Post#: 107872--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: 777GE90
Date: January 29, 2026, 7:10 am
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--- Quote from: stamfordman link ---
>
> It's possible you can make a case that the end zone sign on
the main road looks to apply to the part of Easton Street where
you parked but you'd have to make it as a theoretical case as
you didn't see any signs and crucially not the entry sign.
>
--- End Quote ---
Ye I see where you are going. The truth is I didn't see the
sign, I've come this route many times before but never really
noticed that sign before (probably because it's an immediate
left turn and then an immediate right and so my focus would have
been on the road while doing these manoeuvres), this is the
first time I've actually had to park there and genuinely thought
it was a unrestricted area. I even checked Google Maps before I
went there to double check for no parking restrictions but
didn't notice any and so went ahead, there is actually a car
park just up the road that I could have easily used as well had
I known it was restricted.
Annoying, but oh well. My only comment about the signs is that
when you take that immediate right, you clearly see a white sign
and not a big red one, so subconsciously I would have not been
alerted that this is a restricted area and the white sign gave
quite the opposite, they also don't have anything on that part
of the road to reinforce that it's a restricted area, like
further up Easton Street they have signs constantly showing it's
restricted, but this part it does not. Hence why I genuinely
ended up parking there and not noticing it was restricted.
But from the sounds of it, seems like I have a pretty weak case
then? Do you have any advice on how I should go forward with
this? Do I just appeal stating the reasons above and when I get
the inevitable rejection pay up and move on?
#Post#: 107873--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: fraser.mitchell
Date: January 29, 2026, 7:16 am
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I am very surprised you took the 'Zone Ends' sign as applying to
the street you turned into when it quite plainly is on the
traffic lane for vehicles driving towards Abbey Way, see this
GSV view: -
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/HP28x8UMK57J7srF6
It's difficult to think of a robust appeal argument, but with
the fairly draconian restrictions past the sign (No Parking, No
Loading except in marked bays). I think they should have put up
two signs at the entry to Easton St, not one. Looking around,
they have put repeater signs like this one opposite the entrance
to the law courts and car park.
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/QZBUnL77yLqxbV498
I suppose to remind people.
Wait a bit to see what others might suggest, but if you are
minded to pay the discount, don't miss the deadline for that.
#Post#: 107875--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: 777GE90
Date: January 29, 2026, 7:23 am
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--- Quote from: Incandescent link ---
>
> I am very surprised you took the 'Zone Ends' sign as applying
to the street you turned into when it quite plainly is on the
traffic lane for vehicles driving towards Abbey Way, see this
GSV view: -
>
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/HP28x8UMK57J7srF6
>
> It's difficult to think of a robust appeal argument, but with
the fairly draconian restrictions past the sign (No Parking, No
Loading except in marked bays). I think they should have put up
two signs at the entry to Easton St, not one. Looking around,
they have put repeater signs like this one opposite the entrance
to the law courts and car park.
>
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/QZBUnL77yLqxbV498
> I suppose to remind people.
> Wait a bit to see what others might suggest, but if you are
minded to pay the discount, don't miss the deadline for that.
>
--- End Quote ---
Ye we probably posted at the same time, but I just answered
above, truth is I didn't notice any of those signs to be honest.
But when you are actually on the road there is nothing to show
you that you are in a restricted zone and I made the point about
the repeated signs that you just made on the other side, where
it's very obvious once you have parked up, but on this small
part of the road it's not.
The laughable matter is i literally checked this on Google maps
street view BEFORE I went and parked there, having just had my
first ever parking ticket a week earlier, but the maps street
view of that exact location again shows no sign in sight, it's
only when you come down the route that you have to notice it's a
restricted zone, which is hard to notice when you are doing
immediate left / immediate right.
#Post#: 107895--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 29, 2026, 8:46 am
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#Post#: 107896--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: 777GE90
Date: January 29, 2026, 8:57 am
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--- Quote from: stamfordman link ---
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>
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Ye so it's definitely restricted. The only argument I have is
whether there was enough signage or not I suppose, as I
genuinely didn't notice, even when checking google maps street
view before hand.
#Post#: 107909--------------------------------------------------
Re: WTF no signage? Buckinghamshire, code 02 parked or loading
and unloading, Easton St
DIR By: stamfordman
Date: January 29, 2026, 10:38 am
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I can't see any small repeater signs - I think that part of the
street heading out of the centre should at least have one or
two.
The traffic signs manual agrees:
[i]It is for the traffic authority to determine how many signs
are required within the zone and where they are to be placed.
The aim should be to place signs strategically so that where
drivers might be tempted to stop, they can see a sign.[/I]
These are repeater signs.
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