Parking infringement?

[Rohannus]

(Will upload a photo to illustrate my point)

Hi there,
I got a $40 parking ticket this morning for being 'parked on a footpath'. This particular space of pavement is out of the way, and attached to my workplace building, and I have been parking there 5 days a week for at least 3 months. Every day I see the traffic wardens walk past, have a look, then continue walking on, yet today, one of them kindly chose to stop and write me a ticket...

I was under the impression it was unwritten law that this kind of parking is acceptable provided you are courteous of other users - leave space for people to walk, use wheelchairs / mobility scooters etc.

There is about a two-metre wide gap for anything to get past, hell, you could probably drive a car through. I mean I tried to take up as little space as possible

Does anyone have a recommended course of action on what to do? This seems like a ridiculous fine that I am REALLY reluctant to pay... As I first mentioned, if I upload the photo I took minutes afterwards when one of my coworkers pointed out the piece of paper on my pillion seat, it'll illustrate my point.

*EDIT* The cars in the photo are in car parks that are perpendicular to the wall I park up against. It is on a side street of Jackson Street in Lower Hutt.

Cheers

[Squiggles]

Technically m/c's have just been getting away with it for ages, and occasionally one will lose out... up here in Auckland they got real anal about it last year

[Taz]

$40 for 3 months parking is pretty cheap.

[jim.cox]

This particular space of pavement is out of the way, and attached to my workplace building

Maybe your particular space is actually part of the building lot, and not the public road...

[FJRider]

So if you get away with it for long enough ... the law changes and makes it ok ???

You got lucky for a while .....

[gwigs]

We need pictures ...

[Kendog]

Type 'parking on footpath' into search and all will be revealed.

This is a favourite of mine.

[The Stranger:Me]

Interestingly the cars in the photo seem to take up more of the footpath than your bike yet no doubt didn't get a ticket for parking on the footpath.

[Lorax]

Interesting. Where is it in Wellington? Because in my experience the wardens let it slide more the further you are from the CBD.

You could try to challenge it (why not, the worst that can happen is a 'no').

And guess you'll be finding a new park too...

[Str8 Jacket]

So your the prick that parks there!

[Ms Piggy]

Wow! I've almost always parked on the footpath in Wellington.

Maybe you can find out why exactly you were ticketed. I'd be interested in hearing what they say.

[jaykay]

Ifyou want to fight it here is what you do.

Nothing............until you get the Reminder Notice.

I will almost guarantee that the Reminder Notice will be defective (ie illegal), so when it finally arrives post here again.

In the meantime if anyone else has a current Reminder Notice of any sort and wants to know the best way of fighting it, start a new thread.

Personally I wouldn't bother trying to reason with the council, they won't take any notice.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I will almost guarantee that the Reminder Notice will be defective (ie illegal), so when it finally arrives post here again..

Please elucidate: what about the reminder notice renders it illegal? How is it defective?

[Rohannus]

I called the parking line of the Council this morning, and they confirmed what I had already guessed - motorbike parking does not exist on Jackson Street, in Petone of Lower Hutt. So... because everybody I have talked to at work says this particular warden is a nasty piece of work, I'm just going to use a carpark for now - which, the side-street ones have no time limit or fee, but I wasn't using them because I figured it would be more considerate not to take up that amount of space with a bike... but if I'm going to get ticketed by one person in particular (who I've been assured is notorious for doing so without exercising discretion) then bugger that -__-

[Blackbird]

I called the parking line of the Council this morning, and they confirmed what I had already guessed - motorbike parking does not exist on Jackson Street, in Petone of Lower Hutt. So... because everybody I have talked to at work says this particular warden is a nasty piece of work, I'm just going to use a carpark for now - which, the side-street ones have no time limit or fee, but I wasn't using them because I figured it would be more considerate not to take up that amount of space with a bike... but if I'm going to get ticketed by one person in particular (who I've been assured is notorious for doing so without exercising discretion) then bugger that -__-

Try grovelling with a bit of humour, it got me off a parking fine and nothing lost if it fails. See my letter at post 14, http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh....php?p=1018243.