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, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

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)