To challenge parking ticket - with diagram.

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Got a ticket in my local car park today. When I arrived, there was only one space, in between a standards sized bay and an oversized bay. The regular bay (purple car) had parked so far over that its tyres were on the painted line dividing bays. Had I parked between the white lines, my passenger wouldn’t t have been able to open the door. To the other side of my car (red car) was a larger bay - no idea why it’s larger as it’s not a parent and child or disabled bay, it’s just a third wider. (Yellow car)

Came back to find a fixed penalty for not parking “ wholly in the marked bay”.

Whoops posted too soon - meant to add that my grounds for challenging are that I was forced into parking as I did by the position of the purple car and the fact there were no other bays available, and that even if I was slightly over the lines, the yellow car driver still had loads of space to get in and out of their vehicle as they were in a huge bay.

Apologies for shite artwork too.

Yabu. Your passenger could have for out before you pulled in to the space.

You are unlikely to be successful. Poor parking on the part of the other driver doesn't excuse poor parking on your part.

Did the purple car get ticketed too? In tight spaces let your passengers out first and then park.

No ticket on purple car, but Council would argue that they were within their bay as they were on the lines, not over them.

I know someone else who had the same thing; they parked further over because someone else had, the original car moved and they got the ticket.

Can you appeal it? No, because you were parked in the wrong place, for whatever reason. IF the purple car parked like that, you drive on by and don't park next to it, to ensure something like this doesn't happen to you.

The company will only have your word that the purple car did park like that and won't overturn the ticket on that basis.

I’d challenge and ask them to check
Their cctv for proof, giving details of where and when you parked
I managed to get a parking ticket retracted by doing this after I put my ticket in the window (nonglue so just on the dash) and it was a really blowy day so after taking my child out of the car seat it must have blown on to the footwell if the car
Good luck - I hate drivers like that I often park too close so they have trouble getting in their cars

YABU , you were parked over the lines .

YABU you were parked across the line. As others have said, you had options - move on, let your passenger out before parking

YABU. You had to park between the lines, you didn't and should have parked elsewhere (in another car park or street).

Did you take a photo of the way you were both parked?

If so, I don't think you have anything to lose at all by appealing. Trickier if you have no photo but probably still no reason not to appeal.

Oh no! You are in the wrong unfortunately - the correct action would have been to not park there - park in the yellow spot if it was clear (and write a shitty note for purple car). You cant blame another for an action which you have taken

Next time take a photo of the relative positions

I would be furious

Yes I have a photo. Although I cannot swear that it was the same car parked when I arrived and when I left, although it was parked in the same position. I was there about an hour.

I will pay if I have to but agree that there's nothing to lose by appealing.

YABU to have parked like that. Another car parked on the lines doesn’t mean you can park over- you should have let your passenger out and then parked.

Parking ticket from who?

YABU - you can't challenge it by saying that "someone else was doing it too".

Council parking ticket. It wasn't one of those private parking company scam thing.

I take the point that I should have let passenger out first then parked. Would have still been tight to reverse it in though - I have a mum bus MPV type car.

YANBU. In the real world I've never seen people parking within the lines when some dick has parked outside of their own bay, everyone tends to move over a bit. Not saying it's right but it is what happens. I'd contest it.