Parked on taxi rank - not properly signed.

[222helen]

Hi all,

A driver parked their car in central Cheltenham and checked the ticket machine for restrictions. The signs state payment is due between 06:00 and 20:00. It was 20.15, so they assumed it was free parking. Upon returning to their car, they found a PCN on the windscreen. The ticket states Code 45: Stopped on a taxi rank. The driver was shocked and then noticed another small sign showing after 20:00; it was a taxi rank. What is more upsetting is the enforcement officer must have watched them park and immediately slapped the notice on the car, as the timestamp is 20:16, one minute after the driver parked the car.

No road markings suggest it is a taxi rank, which is pretty misleading. The enforcement officer didn't even put the correct car colour on the notice; they must have been in a hurry to issue it!

Is it pointless contesting it, should the driver just pay the reduced amount of £35?

[222helen]

Ignore the post. I asked a friend to check the signage, and it is clear enough.

[islandgirl]

Never mind - lesson learned! I feel your pain having just paid daughter's £35 fine for driving in a bus lane...

[charitynjw]

Never mind - lesson learned! I feel your pain having just paid daughter's £35 fine for driving in a bus lane...

.....& her being a bus driver as well!

It's all about the money, ennit!

[tesla6518]

Your daughter probably forgot she was not driving her bus and automatically drove in the bus lane.

[islandgirl]

well the similarities between being a Midwifery student and ensuring you enter the correct channels may be greater than we know...

[Huxie]

HOWARDTAYLOR is a spammer and has been reported.

[Huxie]

Hmmm, report button gone missing. ULA can you fettle the spammer please?

[ULA]

Huxie it is easier to just tag me as you have done, then I get an email alert. Thanks