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To save those precious £££££s click on Save Petrol for Christmas
It is very easy to fall into the trap of getting a parking ticket over the Christmas and New Year period. So here is my advice on ensuring that you don't ruin your holiday by getting a parking ticket.
This year Christmas and Boxing Day will fall on Tuesday 25th December and Wednesday 26th December 2012.
Similarly New Year's Day, 1st January 2012 will fall on a Tuesday.
You should be aware that some councils may treat Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day as normal days for parking enforcement where single yellow lines and metered or pay and display parking bays are involved.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON DOUBLE YELLOW LINES!
Double yellow lines are always enforced 24/7 even on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Dropping off or picking up a passenger is fine but you can't wait for them.
Residents' parking bays
Similarly any restrictions applicable to residents' parking
bays and loading bays also apply to public holidays as if
they were ordinary days. So for example Christmas
and New Year fall on Tuesdays and Boxing Day on a Wednesday so if a residents' bay is
restricted to residents Monday to Sunday from 8:30 am to
10:00 pm, that restriction would apply on those days.
Loading bays
Never park in a loading bay unless permitted to do so -
i.e. you are loading or unloading and are using a vehicle permitted to do so.
Bus Lanes
Additionally Bus Lane enforcement treats all bank holidays
and public holidays e.g. Christmas, New Year and Boxing Day
as ordinary days so please be careful.
Yellow Box Junctions
Yellow Box are always enforced 24/7 and that includes public holidays.
NEVER PARK AT AN OUT OF ORDER METER!!
Check with the local authority
My advice is to check with the local authority regarding
their parking enforcement on Christmas, New Year and Boxing Day
for single yellow lines and metered or pay and display parking bays.
Increasingly local authorities are putting this information on their websites
but there have been cases where the website said that there was no enforcement
but this was then changed and teams of civil enforcement officers sent out to ticket motorists who relied
on the original webpage.
If you do use a council's webpage to get the information
above, do copy the webpage by using your browser's
"Save Page As" facility. I recommend saving the page as an
HTML file.
If in doubt do not park there!
If you have any doubt as to whether to park it is safest not to!
Have a parking ticket free Christmas, New Year and Boxing Day.
To save those precious pounds or dollars click on Save Petrol for Christmas
Yours sincerely
Barrie Segal
founder of www.appealnow.com
Have a great parking ticket free holiday!
Barrie Segal, founder of Appealnow.com
Reversing the charges™
For more Parking ticket information click on the links below:
Yellow lines and parking signs - Controlled Parking Zones - Car Clamping - Car Towing - Red Routes - Bus Lanes - "Key" Parking Adjudicator cases
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