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Look carefully at the upside down 'T' lines (from point of view of camera) on each side of the tree. These are demarcation lines which indicate a controlled parking bay in front of the tree. You'll have to pay i'm afraid. Sorry
Marion I would be glad to help if you have any other parking fine disputes. Sorry this one went against you but you'd be suprised how many that you can challenge and win. Best luck.
Not only are the lines worn, but there should also be dash lines. These dash marks are missing altogether, giving you good grounds for appealing the ticket.
I have looked at it on google street view. from Archway Rd junction eastwards there are double red lines, changing to double yellow fading into single yellow. Then one disabled bay, then 2 X " 30 minute bays" ( your one is the first of these 2) Then there seems to be no parking restriction at all for quite a way ( apart from white driveway marks) The second 30 minute bay is properly marked, your one ( the first one ) isn't.
What, more silly little lines missing? (See: http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/a-parking-conundrum-in-...).
And there are plenty more worn out markings etc. – especially around Harringay. What’s the excuse for parking infrastructure neglect when there is a revenue surplus?
I think this case deserves equal help.
Where are you councillors?
Every parking fine I have applied to be overturned was rejected on the first appeal. I think it is just their standard response. Persistance may well pay off.
It's been the same for me too. The response I had to a first "informal challenge" last year didn't even get my name right (I parked in the wrong bay accidentally). It seemed a pretty generic letter and it failed to answer the points I raised. They finally used discretion to allow my "formal representation" "due to insufficient information" but they did not apologize for, or even acknowledge, the inadequate signage and worn/unlawful markings which I told them about and nothing was done about it - I wondered if, perhaps, this was because the people answering the appeal were in Worthing, not Haringey as one might expect.
This quote from (DfT) Operational Guidance to Local Authorities is relevant to your case; I don't think the Council has any excuse.
6.13 CEO duties will also include related activities such as the following:
• Checking and reporting defective traffic signs and road markings.
This includes signs that are obscured, damaged, or deliberately ‘spun round’,
and broken or faded road markings. Defective or missing signs or lines may
make the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) that they indicate unenforceable, in
which case CEOs should not issue a PCN
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(A "CEO" is a Civil Enforcement Officer - what used to be called a traffic warden.)
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