Suing for frivolous parking ticket

In message <cnfc5v$ppa$1@times.reader.netnews.ja.net>, at 11:20:31 on
Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Rob_Summersm remarked:
>Hmmm, by paying 1 pound for an hour at 17:05 you should get an hour's
>parking therefore your ticket should be valid until 9:35 the following
>morning if the chargeable time is until 17:30 (Every car-park that I've ever
>used near the end of the paid-for time has issued me with such a ticket
>though I don't know if it's universal).

I've never found one that would roll-over the balance (35 mins) like
that. But most will stamp the ticket "9.00 am", rather than "17.30".
--
Roland Perry

In message <419bc279.3595049@news.freeserve.net>, at 21:31:12 on Wed, 17
Nov 2004, Neil Williams <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> remarked:
>>I've never found one that would roll-over the balance (35 mins) like
>>that. But most will stamp the ticket "9.00 am", rather than "17.30".
>
>Milton Keynes won't, which is bloody irritating as it means you can't
>go out for the evening, decide to have a drink and take a taxi home,
>and therefore go and put a couple of quid in the pay and display
>machine to cover your car until a sensible hour of the morning
>(charges operate from 0700 to 1800). You instead need to go out and
>move to one of the out-of-the-way free spaces once you have made said
>decision.

A real problem. I once stayed in a hotel in the historic centre of
Chester, so no on-site car parking. But because of the lack of roll-over
I was supposed to go down to the municipal car park at 7am to legalise
the morning session!
--
Roland Perry