Were you parked legally for the correct amount of time?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 14:49, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Of course not
but that doesn't give them the right to just give you a ticket does it!
(Bazongaloid, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 14:52, Reply)

How very dare they?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 14:54, Reply)

well yes and no
i had to scratch off the time of arrival, which was 12:10pm. i scratched off both the 12 and the 10 in the hours column. as these fucking things are like gold-dust, i then scratched off the 10 in the minutes column rather than using a fresh one, and left. (i) it was obvious to an illiterate monkey (ie a traffic warden) what i meant; and (ii) the earliest i could therefore have parked was 10:10am. either which way, it was clear.

when i got there at 8.30am the next morning... parking ticket. the scrubby, pikey, cheating, unscrupulous, desperate, working on commission, get a real job bastards.

i'm damned if i'm paying it, i'll see them in court!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:05, Reply)

You don't have a leg to stand on though do you
you've just admitted it's your fault you got it wrong and therefore according to the terms and conditions which you are implicitly accepting by using the ticket, you have invalidated the ticket.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)

I'll invalidate your ticket
wait...
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:25, Reply)

yes
but i don't consider it to be invalid. on the face of the ticket, it was quite clear. if i had arrived after 10.10am, i could have seen their point - conceivably i could have had more than 24 hours.

if i weren't a lawyer, i'd just scratch off a new ticket and send them that with a letter saying "what's your problem?"

but my practising certificate is worth more than a £35 parking ticket, sadly.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:26, Reply)

But you just said you scratched off two boxes in the hours column
which I'm almost certain will, according to the T&Cs, render the ticket invalid.

So really you ought to look at it as an expensive lesson in colouring between the lines.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:31, Reply)

nope
also there is nothing in the Ts & Cs about scratching off 2 boxes invalidating a ticket. NOTHING. don't get me started on the legal ramifications of interpreting express and implied contractual clauses. but i will be really irritating the cunts at oxford city council parking department. it's the principle of the thing - that man/woman could clearly SEE i was not breaching anything. AND i was the only car on the street, so it's not as if i was even taking up spaces for residents. argh!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:36, Reply)

I'm very surprised that the T&Cs are that badly worded then.
You should still try not to be such a clumsy arse in future though
(Bazongaloid, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:38, Reply)

hungover and bleary eyed
would be more accurate.

yes, i intend to exploit their weakness. ha.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 4 Oct 2010, 15:41, Reply)