Got a **!*%$@* council parking ticket? Been Clamped or Towed Away?  Whatever you call it the Parking Ticket, Penalty Charge Notice, Parking Fine or PCN is increasingly being issued unfairly in parking enforcement and the only way to fight back is by appealing - all the way to the adjudicator if need be! LATEST SCAM UNCOVERED! WHEN SOME WESTMINSTER CTTV OPERATORS SEE EVIDENCE THAT A PASSENGER IS GETTING INTO A TAXI THEY RAPIDLY MOVE THE CAMERA TO THE VEHICLE'S NUMBER PLATE TO DISGUISE THE FACT THAT THE PASSENGER HAS GOT IN. WESTMINSTER HAVE NOW ADJUDICATOR CRITICISED THE COUNCIL IN TWO CASES! CLICK HERE FOR MORE!
STOP PRESS: CLAMPING ON PRIVATE LAND TO BE BANNED! The ban, which will be introduced in the new Freedom Bill in November of this year, will stop wheel clamping companies in England and Wales from being able to clamp vehicles or tow vehicles parked on private land.
The government says that once legislation is in effect, anyone who clamps or tows away a vehicle on private land will face tough penalties.
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WATCH THIS SPACE FOR BREAKING PARKING TICKET NEWS!!!COUNCIL WORKMEN DRAW THE LINE!
CAMDEN COUNCIL GUILTY OF PREJUDICING MOTORISTS AT PATAS PARKING TICKET APPEALS!! CLICK ON CAMDEN GUILTY TO READ MORE! CHECK OUT THE NEWS ON OUR NEWS PAGE!
LAMBETH PARKING TICKET INVESTIGATION!! - EALING YELLOW BOX JUNCTIONS ILLEGAL! REFUNDS BEING GIVEN TO MOTORISTS AND PCNs CANCELLED! GO TO PARKING TICKET NEWS
WATCH THIS SPACE!! MOVING TRAFFIC PENALTIES - £ MILLIONS ILLEGALLY COLLECTED BY COUNCILS!
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Many people believe that you cannot take on the might of a local authority to fight an unfair parking ticket or penalty charge notice, clamping or the dreaded tow-away. Although winning against councils under the current regime of parking enforcement appears difficult the facts show that this is not the case. We continue to help motorists win appeals against councils' parking tickets and have won important victories for motorists. The latest victory relates to the massive Zone F Controlled Parking Zone comprising the whole of central London. In a landmark decision at the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service, the Chief Parking Adjudicator held that the single yellow lines in that Zone are unenforceable. In that case he stated "I am therefore not prepared to find that Zone F is properly signed". This has been reinforced by the latest case Barrie Segal- v - City of Westminster (PATAS Case No. 2090277347) which also comments on Controlled Parking Zones B5, B7, E and G. There has been another Segal - v- Westminster case on this issue. I have also recently won another case on this matter. So if you want to appeal press the red button now! Penalty charge notice ( fixed penalty notices are only issued by the police or traffic wardens and relate to parking offences) can be succesfuly appealed.
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See the update on our private parking webpage. One motorist has received a so called "Charge Certificate" from a private company. Only local authorities and Transport for London can issue these. I have seen this so called Charge Certificate and in my view it is highly misleading. Click on this link to find out more Illegally Issued "Private" Charge Certificates!.
Been towed or clamped? Or fallen foul of the London congestion charge?
Appealnow.com may be able to help you.
Nobody likes to get a parking ticket. The feeling of dread, regret and anger when we see a parking ticket stuck on our windscreen is familiar to far too many of us. And more and more people get parking tickets each year.
The really unlucky ones find their cars clamped or towed away with nothing but the promise of a big bill to look forward to.
Many motorists don't bother to appeal their parking tickets, clamping or towing fees because they feel that to do so is:
- Time consuming
- Complicated
- Expensive
- Bureaucratic
and that they risk higher penalties if their appeal fails.
The relentless attitude of local authorities' parking enforcement makes motorists believe that it's all all about raising money - (see www.appealnow.com/news).
If you get at parking ticket click on the link to read Barrie Segal's 5 steps to help you win your appeal.
Why not book Barrie to speak at your party, lunch, dinner, office or club!
Why is it such a problem?
Local authorities are increasingly using the parking ticket 'system' to raise money. Moreover the commercial parking ticket issued to transport and courier companies is big business. Gone are the days when parking tickets were used to keep the traffic flowing - they are now a major money spinner. And with that commercialism comes the increasing likelihood that a parking ticket is issued unfairly, incorrectly or illegally.
Barrie Segal, Appealnow.com's founder and an acknowledged authority on parking tickets in the UK, estimates that as many as "5 million parking tickets per annum could be illegal and unenforceable."
More people than ever before are lodging appeals (appeals are 30% up year-on-year in London alone) and 63% of all appeals are upheld by the parking adjudicator!
The chances are that your parking ticket can be appealed.
That's why Appealnow.com was set up!
AppealNow.com has been asked to assist ITV who are looking for people who have received Penalty Charge Notices via CCTV. If you have received one click on this link to find out more!
Why are so many parking tickets issued in error?
As local authorities have moved away from: using parking tickets as a traffic flow measure and towards a revenue generation model, their staff (a parking attendant is now called a civil enforcement officer) have been under increasing pressure to 'perform'. It is no secret that parking wardens are poorly paid and work to strict quotas.have been under increasing pressure to 'perform'. It is no secret that parking wardens - sorry I mean civil enforcement officer - are poorly paid and work to strict quotas. The fact is that the councils want you to pay parking tickets! Very often the do not apply the parking rules that govern
"You pay lowest wages you get lowest quality people" Peter Guest, vice precident of the British Parking Association in evidence he gave to the Commons Transport Committee.
"There are currently seven DPE Councils outside London that clamp or remove vehicles. They are: Birmingham, Blackpool, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Nottingham and Oxfordshire... The fact that these Councils between them elected not to contest 28% of the appeals brought in cases involving the clamping or removal of vehicles, gives cause for concern." Chief Parking Adjudicator on Clamping and Towing away.
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The Traffic Management Act 2004- The Hidden Minefields
The Traffic Management Act 2004 came into force on 31st March 2008!! (If it was due to come into force on 1st April that would have been more appropriate because there are many hidden dangers in the supposedly "fairer" [sic] legislation.) Motorists will need to be on their guard!
The government has missed a golden opportunity to make parking enforcement fairer but has scored an own goal. The warnings that I raised about this new legislation have proved to be correct and thousands of unfair parking tickets have been issued particularly by CCTV. Motorists who want to challenge their CCTV issued penalty charges notices only get one chance to appeal to the local authority. So if you want to appeal don't delay and click on this link.
RECEIVED A PRIVATE PARKING TICKET FOR PARKING ON PRIVATE LAND? - CLICK ON THIS LINK
Click on these links to learn more about yellow lines and parking signs - Controlled Parking Zones - Car Clamping - Car Towing - Red Routes - Bus Lanes - "Key Cases" decided by the Parking Adjudicator.
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IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH - PARKING ADJUDICATOR HOLDS THAT PARKING TICKETS ON SATURDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2009 WERE ISSUED ILLEGALY! READ MORE ON OUR NEWS PAGE
WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL BLITZ STREETS WITH CCTV ISSUED PCNS - FOR MORE CLICK ON WESTMINSTER COUNCIL CCTV PARKING TICKET BLIZZARD!
IF YOU GOT A PARKING TICKET AND PAID UP AND WANT TO CLAIM A REFUND GO TO BOXING DAY PARKING TICKETS.
IF YOU WERE MISLED INTO PAYING AND WANT TO GET YOU MONEY BACK WE ARE WORKING ON A WEBPAGE WITH OUR SUGGESTIONS. IT WILL BE AT BOXING DAY PARKING TICKET REFUNDS.
Dick Turpin (Sorry I mean Camden Council) forced to refund £134,000 in parking fines. Click on the link Dick Turpin Parking Tickets
(Un)civil Enforcement Officer suspended after being caught on film swearing at a motorist. Go to swearing CEO suspended
Barrie Segal appeared live on the prestigious New York's AUTOLAB Radio Broadcast on Saturday 27th March 2010. Click on this link New York's Radio Programme for Motorists to hear a recording of the programme.
Keep an eye out for an update to our "private" parking ticket page.
According to Islington Council ".. it is not the role of a CEO to inspect bay markings and make an assessment as to whether bay markings are inadequate when enforcing PCNs".
This was the astonishing statement made to one of our newsletter subscriber when he pointed out that there were NO BAY MARKINGS WHATSOEVER after he got a parking tickets. This deserves a dishonourable mention in our scams page! See Scam 74!
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL's 5000+ ILLEGAL BUS LANE TICKETS - BUS LANE TICKET REFUNDS
ANOTHER WIN FOR THE MOTORIST IN A SUSPENDED BAY CASE - WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE.
NORTHERN IRELAND PARKING ATTENDANTS COST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF THE FINES RAISED! READ MORE ABOUT NORTHERN IRELAND PARKING TICKETS.
NEWS FLASH - PRIVATE CLAMPING MOTORISTS WILL BE ABLE TO APPEAL AND GET REFUNDS!
WESTMINSTER TO ISSUE WARNINGS NOT PARKING TICKETS! I AM WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
URGENT WARNNING ON STOLEN LOG BOOKS CLICK HERE -> STOLEN DVLA LOG BOOKS
BRENT COUNCIL TO REFUND BOXING DAY PARKING TICKETS - CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
TICKET TARGETS? LEAKED NSL E-MAIL SAYS 'There are still a significant number of people issuing at a rate of below 0.9 per hour.' IT THEN GOES ON TO SAY "We should not be uncomfortable about using the disciplinary process'. This is very interesting indeed. For more on this story click here
COUNCILS ISSUE PARKING TICKETS TO THEMSELVES - AND THEN SUE THEMSELVES !!! CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR THE FULL STORY
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea lose £640,000 on towing and clamping vehicles. Unbelieveable - to find out more click on this link clamping and towing news about Kensington & Chelsea
Watch for information about suspended parking bays comming shortly.
KEEP AN EYE ON REDBRIDGE COUNCIL - WATCH THIS SPACE!
Although Clamping on vehicles on private land is illegal in Scotland the Scottish Court Service has started clamping cars for for outstanding fines.
Scotland pay increase parking penalties from £60 to £80 or £100!
NEW PARKING TICKET SCAM ADDED - NOW WE HAVE 74 PARKING SCAMS!
Scam number 74 uncovered. Parking Ticket Scams uncovered now reach 74!.
Another two parking scams uncovered. Watch out here!
AppealNow.com Crazy Parking Ticket Awards
 At Appealnow.com we are constantly on the lookout for examples of parking wardens gone mad. The rabbit that got a parking ticket is one of our favourites but the mourners at a funeral who were given tickets was an instance of the insensitive side of bureaucracy. More recently the whole country was outraged to learn that Transport for London and Wandsworth Council had issued parking tickets to the volunteers who were bravely trying to save the London whale. Thankfully those tickets have now been overturned on appeal.
Please let us know of any examples of local authority parking ticket lunacy that you come across. Like the latest crazy situation where councils issue parking tickets to their own vehicles and "sue" them selves at the Parking Adjudicator. Islington Council even asked for costs against itself!!
Don't get lumbered with parking fines through your own inaction.
It's bad enough getting a parking ticket, but paying it without at least investigating whether you have a valid appeal would be a real pity. You'd be amazed at how many tickets are issued incorrectly - Appealnow.com's creator and best selling author of "The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness & Traffic Warden Hell", Barrie Segalpresented the motorist in the famous High Court case commonly referred to as the " Moses -v- Barnet " case ( R (London Borough of Barnet ) v Parking Adjudicator [2006] EWHC 2357 (Admin); [2007] RTR 14 ) which decided that millions of parking tickets (PCNs) issued by UK local authorities were invalid and unenforceable. As a result, over 6 million parking tickets worth over £300 million were invalidly issued!
Your parking ticket could easily be unfairly or illegally issued - in fact the odds suggest that you are more likely than not to have your ticket cancelled on appeal.
Appealnow.com can help you to lodge your appeal within the next five minutes at the click of a button.
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Since the website was set up more than 6 years ago I have answered thousands of parking ticket questions for the public and journalists. I am now starting to put together these questions and answers for for you.
RECEIVED A "PARKING TICKET" FOR PARKING ON PRIVATE LAND? - CLICK ON THIS LINK
What about private parking where you have been targeted by wheel clampers? We can tell you the parking laws as they relate to private parking and dealing with private parking fines. We have a detailed analysis of your rights and the parking rules that apply so that you can fight any wheel clamping or towing.
HAVE YOU BEEN STUNG BY WHEEL CLAMPERS OR TOWED FROM PRIVATE LAND? - CLICK THIS LINK.
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