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Parking fine at school run

124 replies

js1000 · 19/03/2010 19:36

I am really upset, as I got parking tkt whn i went inside the school to pickup kids. My car was on double yellow,there are no single lines on that street. I was only away for 6 min. ( on ticket time is 3.35pm -3.41pm.
I think its v unfair because they purposely come at 3.30 when they know parents are going to be inside the school.
Is it worth appealing against it?

OP posts:
NormaStanleyFletcher · 19/03/2010 19:38

But you parked on a double yellow. They are there for a reason. They mean no stopping. They are usually there for safety/traffic flow reasons. Could you not have parked further away? And walked a bit?

Lulumaam · 19/03/2010 19:39

if you were parked illegally, then you were parked illegally, regardless of whether it was school time or not

if it is double yellows, then you are not supposed to park there !

we have the same at the school my DCs go to, traffic wardens do patrol at drop off / pick up times

cars parked illegally outside school creates a hazard

park further away and walk , then you don't get a ticket

Lulumaam · 19/03/2010 19:39
Kbear · 19/03/2010 19:40

I'm sure if they had known you were special and had a special reason for parking there they would have let you off, I mean, double yellows are there to stop people parking but that doesn't apply to YOU.... have you heard yourself??? LOL

activate · 19/03/2010 19:40

there is a double yellow line for a reason

what's wrong with your legs? :shock:

can't believe you think it's worth appealing - I'm glad you got a ticket might teach you not to be so selfish

thisisyesterday · 19/03/2010 19:41

no it isn't worth appealing

double yellows are double yellows, it makes no difference at all what you were doing at the time

we have a nightmare at our school because of people parking illegally, so they have started having police patrols at pick up time!!!

the lines are there for a reason, and it's mainly the safety of those children walking to and from school.

so park somewhere further away. it won't kill you

GrimmaTheNome · 19/03/2010 19:42

I'm afraid you don't have a leg to stand on. Traffic wardens coming at a time when parking offences are most likely to happen - and most likely to cause the sort of problems the lines are presumably there to prevent - seems pretty sensible.

LynetteScavo · 19/03/2010 19:43

No, it's not worth apealing. You knew you were on yellow lines when you got out of the car. If your ticket/meter had run out because you had been held up in school I would have had sympathy for you, but as a previous poster said, you need to park safely and walk.

jaquelinehyde · 19/03/2010 19:44

Don't park there, then you won't get a ticket.

Sorry but people with an attitude like yours drive me crazy.

TheCrackFox · 19/03/2010 19:44

Have you thought about parking further away from the school where there are no double yellow lines and using your legs?

LaurieFairyCake · 19/03/2010 19:45

Careful, OP will come back on and say they have an extenuating circumstance.

So I'll get "walk you lazy fecker" in before she does.

JollyPirate · 19/03/2010 19:46

It's hard but fair - you won't stand a chance of appealing.
It's the same at DS's school as pick up and drop off time is so busy - the school constantly ask parents to use the church car park about 3 mins walk away - so many ignore that thpugh and the patrols are starting to ticket parents here too.

renderedspeechless · 19/03/2010 19:49

drivers are allowed to stop on double yellow lines to let passengers board or alight. this not usually extend to the driver escorting the child into school or collecting childre. that said, i do know of cases won at appeal for this reason though, but not many.

would say though that just cos parking ticket shows time span of 6 mins, it doesnt necessarily follow that you werent away for much longer than that. in my experience and based on the limited info given, i think you are unlikely to have ticket cancelled.

Nettiespagetti · 19/03/2010 19:52

yabtttu i think you should move whole thread over there. We have people parking on double yellows, blocking pavemnets and all sorts round our school. I wish the traffic wardens were there everyday at that time.

have a look honey?? Is it safe for yours or other children or pedetrians? These restrictions are there just to try and make areas as safe as possible!!

palacemonkey · 19/03/2010 20:00

Sorry to hijack - but i Love your name nettiespagetti... I get called that by a couple of select frinds

Clarissimo · 19/03/2010 20:00

We have police patrols at pick up time, tehya ctively chase ds3's drop off away: ds3 is autistic and travels in a special disabled taxi.

If they ngot s ticket I would kick off and appeal

If however I or any other aprent without a similar level of need got oone I woudl say we had to accept it

I got a speeding ticket this week (first ever) for 37mph; I have the decency to be ashamed and admit it is my fault and should defintily do better.

Not that hard to accept is it, that sometimes we cock up?

herbietea · 19/03/2010 20:00

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upahill · 19/03/2010 20:02

I posted this on a thread and got no replies but seeing that we are talking yellow lines can any one answer. It is not a contervesial (sp) or provocative question just a genuine wonder?

''Can any one answer this question about parking and tickets and the like?

Genuine question and I did ask a traffic warden who when I asked her said that she hadn't thought of it before.

Ok parking on double yellow lines is not allowed because you are/ can cause an obstruction. Fair enough but a car with a blue badge (disabled permit) is allowed to park there. Does that car not cause an obstruction like any other car?

Does anyone know the answer to that? It was a thought that popped into my head a few years ago when I saw cars on the yellows getting ticketed but the car next them didn't beecause of the badge. ''

Clarissimo · 19/03/2010 20:04

upahill disabled badge holders are still not allowed to aprk in any way that would cause an obstruction or hinder an emergency vehicle, but are allwoed to park on yellows in order to get a shorter distance to travel to amenities

They do still ahve to bear safety in mind though

GypsyMoth · 19/03/2010 20:06

Op...... Do you park there every day?

upahill · 19/03/2010 20:10

I understood that everyone including badge holders couldn't park where there were double yellows + the yellow lines that go on to the pavement. The car in question was parked on a junction and I always believed there was a distance you had to park away from a juction anyway but if there was yellow lines you couldn't park.

I understand and agree with the need for the disabled badge but struggle with the concept of yellow lines being there for a reason i.e. because it is not a safe place to park generally but for some cars it is ok.

The traffic warden did seemed baffled and was going to find out the reason but of course I have never seen her again.

This more of a wonder thing than a bee in my bonnett iyswim.

Clarissimo · 19/03/2010 20:13

Yellow lines exist for avariety fo reasons- and parking too close to munctions isn't OK whatever your ability level

Am not up on where exactly disabled users can park as DLA people kindly refused us a badge (sob) but am aware of the no danger rule

Nettiespagetti · 19/03/2010 20:13

Hi jacking Thx palacemonkey {grin}

OrmRenewed · 19/03/2010 20:15

The reason they purposely come to catch you is because they want to stop you doing it .

The lines are there for the safety of pedestrians and other road users, including children from the school.

Walk to school or park further away.

RuthBlackett · 19/03/2010 20:21

upahill- on my road, disabled drivers park on double yellows, and the traffic wardens leave them. They do take a note of their reg and times of parking etc, presumably to check on a database, but they don't issue tickets. I think they have to allow it as the double yellows are by the shops, and there is no designated disabled parking there (ie there is no parking at all).

They are pretty hot on ticketing anyone else, so I assume disabled drivers (well, or passsengers) have the right to park on them.

Outside schools usually have those zigzag lines though and no-one is permitted to park on those. (we have a school on our road too)