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Parked on taxi rank - not properly signed.

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  • Parked on taxi rank - not properly signed.

    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?
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  • #2
    Ignore the post. I asked a friend to check the signage, and it is clear enough.

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    • #3
      Never mind - lesson learned! I feel your pain having just paid daughter's £35 fine for driving in a bus lane...

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      • #4
        Originally posted by islandgirl View Post
        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!

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        • #5
          Your daughter probably forgot she was not driving her bus and automatically drove in the bus lane.

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          • #6
            well the similarities between being a Midwifery student and ensuring you enter the correct channels may be greater than we know...

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            • #7
              HOWARDTAYLOR is a spammer and has been reported.

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              • #8
                Hmmm, report button gone missing. ULA can you fettle the spammer please?

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                • #9
                  Huxie it is easier to just tag me as you have done, then I get an email alert. Thanks
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