To think this was an unfair parking ticket?

[ObsidianEagle]

Not mine btw, another parent on the school run :)

Next to our kids school is another building that used to be an outreach school for boys with aggressive behavioural problems, it has all the double yellows and school hatchings painted on the road outside.

The building is no longer in use and hasn't been for two years, its pretty much becoming derelict. The only use it now gets is the car park for it has been adopted as a staff carpark for the sure start centre on my kids primary school grounds.

Parent today parked outside the building on the hatchings and got a ticket.

Obviously i know legally you can't do that, but AIBU to think that the lines shouldn't still be there if the building is no longer in use and that the PSCO could have waived the ticket?

PCSO has to abide by the rules, so in that sense, the ticket is "fair". However I agree that the hatchings should be removed - and it might be worth contacting the council to discuss.

The punishment should fit the crime. So your friend should appeal.
Her address will have been given to the Parking people by a Government data base. When it happened to me I wrote to my MP and forwarded his reply to the Car Parking Company.
My husband and I have got out of the last two fines on the grounds that the fine( damages) did not reflect the injury caused. You have to hold your nerve.

Google something like ' getting out of dubious parking fines' there is a website showing you a letter to write etc.
It is just a moneymaking scam.

oh i dont know them, i was stood by my car (in a proper parking space a bit further down btw, lol) and i saw the guy park up and run into the school, and the community officer that patrols ticketed them.

i just thought it was unfair.

holeinmyheart

you are describing parking charges issued by private companies. The OP stated it was a PCSO which issued the ticket. It's therefore a bona fide parking ticket not a charge. Not a good idea to treat it as a scam, unless you're a fan of losing in court.

I'd be surprised if the council lifts the restrictions - more parked cars equals more opportunities for accidents .

If you choose to park on double yellows, you take a risk of a ticket, and unfortunately, the people were unlucky on this occasion. As long as the lines remain, the risk continues.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but....she parked on hashed lines, which are there for safety, got ticketed and, just because she/you don't believe the lines should be there anymore you think the fine is unfair? Surely your friend knows that parking on hashed lines is running the risk of being booked and that was the risk they ran?

I don't think any kind of appeal along the lines of 'Me and my friends think the lines are no longer required as the building is no longer used so, therefore, the fine is unenforceable' would just be refused and probably laughed at

I agree with lurkinghusband the areas directly surrounding school gates are a nightmare, everyone just seems to park wherever they like with very little regard for their surroundings and this is probably their rationale for leaving the lines in place.

I don't think that someone unilaterally deciding that the lines or cross hatching shouldn't be there is a valid defence against a parking ticket.
Approach the council about getting them removed but until they are anyne who parks there should face the possibility of a ticket

where on earth did i mention it was my friend or that i told anyone to complain about it?

you might want to actually read my posts and turn down the frothing!

Less frothing too, OP. "Friend" is often a loose term for someone you know.

So if you went into a shop and stole some bread because it was past the sell by date, and they weren't going to sell it, is that ok too?
Ignore parking restrictions, and pay the price.

Nope, bang to rights (almost did this myself the week at s closed school - no other school in sight). The fact that the office was there suggests the police are deliberately trying to reduce dangerous parking in the area at school open/close times. Good on them.

The lines probably shouldn't still be there if the original aim to make the pupils of the now derelict school safer and I'd be that a PCSO was lurking for easy ticketing opportunities. But I suppose a line is a line and best not to park on it,