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New Sun 4 Aug 19 11:11 
 Have you ever received an unfair fine - Bromptonaut
>> Well done , if you’d lost the appeal , would you have had to pay
>> double the Fine .....in my case it was £65 or 130 if not paid within
>> 14 days , and IF it goes to tribunal and you win , it’s nothing
>> but if you lose it’s 130 , I couldn’t afford to take that chance

The fine is £130 discounted by 50% if you 'hold your hand up' early and accept that infringement was committed. The policy intention is to encourage those people to pay up and put it behind them rather than clogging up the appeals system with cases that have little or no chance of success. I don't see any intrinsic unfairness in that, it reflects practice with fixed penalties for speeding etc and wider criminal justice system where an early guilty plea gets a discount.

In my case I freely admit that if I'd looked harder I'd probably have spotted the sign on a lamp post showing that half the 'run' of apparently contiguous bays were residents rather than P&D. While I would not have gone the distance if I didn't have a chance of success my then volunteer role at Citizens Advice often covered parking tickets. I also had close involvement with the Tribunal in my previous Civil Service career. Was happy to punt a £65 increase in penalty for an opportunity to try the system out.

I posted at time, account starts here:

www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?t=26058&m=574325&v=e
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