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News - Stories that highlight the crazy world of PCNs


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The Motorists legal Challenge - Support Neil Herron in his High Court Judicial Review of parking

999 worries over ban on two-wheel parking - Barnet suddenly decide to enforce footway parking with no warning. Nothing to do with the recession of course....Jan 11

Millions of parking tickets given out 'illegally', expert reveals - Ex-head of the Met police traffic division slates councils and the current system. Oct 10

Parking tribunal chief tells councils to show common sense - The head of the parking appeals service in England says councils are taking the p*ss! Oct 10

Yellow box camera raises £1m a year - TfL camera in Battersea Bridge Road taking advantage of congestion to trap motorists. Oct 10

 

Exeter council tells officers to issue tickets when they know the signs are illegal. Sept 10

 

Illegal Notice to Owners at Shepway Council

Incorrect wording on the notice to owner regarding the 28 day period. Read the motorists story and adjudicators decision on pepipoo here. Aug 10

 

Parking wardens giving out 'illegal' fines to hit targets - Dodgy Westminster wardens with quotas to meet. June 10

 

 

Ticketfighter reveals invalid bus gate in Harrow

 

 

 

Ticket Tyrants even targeted flooded cars - Flooded cars ticketed in York. March 10

 

Unfair' parking fines system should be overhauled -The parking fines system should be overhauled to stop councils benefiting financially and forcing motorists to pay often trivial fines, a coalition of campaigners has said. More information here. Feb 10

 

London councils sue themselves for parking offences. Feb 10

 

London councils' three-decade parking error revealed - Illegal diplomatic bays in central London. Feb 10

 

Crack cocaine fines fall below cost of a parking ticket. Nov 09

 

Ticketfighter reveals inadequate signage in bus only street, Bodiam Way, London Borough of Brent

Sept 09

 

 

Local authorities breach parking guidelines - councils set targets for tickets. Aug 09

 

'Periscope' parking fines quashed - Parking appeals service deems that councils enforcing by CCTV require warning signs. This could affect millions of people!More info here. Aug 09

 

Parking fines hit record 3.8m a year - 60% of tickets are successfully appealed nationally. May 09

 

Stoke Council double white line blunder - Bays with double white lines were covered up after the council lost an appeal but are now reappearing . March 09

 

TfL sends bailiffs after people who paid their PCNs! Local Government Ombudsman investigation finds against TfL. Dec 08

 

Refunds after parking fine error - Thousands of motorists due refunds after a welsh council made an error over a traffic order. Dec 08

 

Westminster controlled parking zone ruled illegal - Yet still they refuse to admit they are wrong. More information here. Nov 08

 

Ealing forced to pay costs in yellow box junction cases - Naughty Ealing on the wrong side of the law again. More information here. Oct 08

 

Barnet's bus lane tickets deemed invalid - Barnet Council issued 33,817 penalty charge notices which failed to use the correct wording. Oct 08

 

Wardens quit due to immigration checks - Illegal immigrants handing out tickets to motorists in Lambeth. Sept 08

 

Ealing Council refuses to correct parking bays - Ealing admits the bays are wrong but vows to carry on enforcing them anyway. Sept 08

 

Ticketfighter exposes unenforceable parking bays in London Borough of Ealing

A double white line at the end of a parking bay means virtually all of Ealing's residents bays are invalid. Aug 08

 

 

TfL issue illegal tickets in Barnet and refund motorists - Red route lines encroached onto a section of road owned by Barnet. July 08

 

The 10 most unreasonable parking fines of all time - March 08

 

Council forced to refund thousands in traffic fines - Thanks to Ticketfighter, Waltham Forest council pay back fines after a dodgy yellow box is deemed illegal. Feb 08

 

Drivers advised not to pay parking tickets - A dodgy private parking company operating at Ealing Broadway Station. Feb 08

 

Fake yellow line in Muswell Hill - Haringey council refuses to pay back fines issued on a fake yellow line after admitting they were in the wrong. Some may call it theft. Nov 07

 

Islington moving traffic offences tickets invalid - Islington, Hillingdon, Waltham Forest and no doubt many other authorities yellow box tickets deemed invalid due to incorrect wording. Nov 07

 

Illegal Bolton street parking probe - Parking bosses in Bolton still enforcing illegal signs and roadmarkings could be guilty of the offence of "misfeasance" - a common law offence involving wilful misconduct by a public officer dating back to 1703. Oct 07

 

Parking sign blunder could cost authority millions - Aberdeen council gets a controlled zone sign wrong and loses an appeal. The council doesn't seem too happy at getting a taste of their own medicine and having to follow the law themselves! Sept 07

 

Lawless Bolton Council - Barry Moss successfully targets illegal parking signs in Bolton. Illegal because they are missing one word (video below) July 07