Subaru Legacy - 62 J issued

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Thu 1 Nov 2012 21:12
Subaru Legacy - 62 J issued - zilphia

My fiance has just received a 62J penalty notice in the post for having one of his rear wheels on the pavement. He was taking his car to the garage and was waiting to reverse back onto their driveway (at right-angles to the road). There was a car coming out so he had to wait a minute whilst they exited. Whilst he was waiting there he unintentionally had one rear, inside wheel on the dropdown kerb. He was keeping well in as it is a busy highstreet. Once the other car had left the garage, he reversed back into the space on the driveway, off the road. For the very short time he was waiting to reverse, a camera van must have taken a picture of his wheels. This seems so wrong and as he was not issued with the ticket at the time he had no opportunity to take pictures of his own, or gather any evidence, let alone explain things to the traffic warden!

He wants to appeal this notice - does anyone have any advice? thanks v much

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Fri 2 Nov 2012 10:12
Subaru Legacy - 62 J issued - Bromptonaut

Contravention code 62 is parked with one or more wheel on the pavement. Mainly a London issue as pavement parking there is prohibited unless there are exemption signs. Reverse applies in rest of country.

Camera contraventions don't normally generate a ticket at the scene; pretty well always served by post.

The Notice to Owner tells him how to appeal. Stage one is to make representations to the Council. If they reject those he can appeal to an Independent adjudicator, in London the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service. The adjudicators are experienced lawyers appointed jointly by TfL and the Lord Chancellor.

Process is pretty informal and straightforward. The adjudicator will have the documentation, including the pictures on screen. The driver will have paper copies in advance.

The adjudication is free but if the appeal is refused then the penalty is payable in full without the 'discount for early plea' he'll get if he pays now.

The adjudicators rooms are near Old St. So far as I'm aware the hearings are open to the public (check this before attending) so he can go along and see what happens before getting into the deep end.

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