27-02-13, 12:20 PM
Happened to me a couple of years ago in Wesminster. I appealed as there was no sign about the change. Never had to pay. If you can be arsed to write a few letters, appeal - always worth a try.
The thing about the London ones (as far as I know only Wesminster charge in central london?) is that you have to text your reg to their number and they charge you through your phone bill. Then the inspectors check your plate against their records and if it's not logged they write you a ticket. This assumes you have access to a mobile phone / know how to send texts / can read the number of the tiny little sign (about the size of an A5 bit pf paper), which is exclusive... If I had time and any sort of trust for lawyers, I'd argue that it was discrimmination!!
Bakc then it only cost £1 - so the whole thing was obviously designed to catch you out and generate funds through tickets rather than parking. Scum council that Westminster....
The thing about the London ones (as far as I know only Wesminster charge in central london?) is that you have to text your reg to their number and they charge you through your phone bill. Then the inspectors check your plate against their records and if it's not logged they write you a ticket. This assumes you have access to a mobile phone / know how to send texts / can read the number of the tiny little sign (about the size of an A5 bit pf paper), which is exclusive... If I had time and any sort of trust for lawyers, I'd argue that it was discrimmination!!
Bakc then it only cost £1 - so the whole thing was obviously designed to catch you out and generate funds through tickets rather than parking. Scum council that Westminster....
See you on the A3...