Parking wardens

[delrich]

Does the parking warden have to wait for a set (legal)time observing your vehicle before he issues the ticket?

[hc4361]

No

[Buenchico]

That's a perfect one-word answer from Hc4361but I'll just add a relevant point:

Parking wardens may sometimes needs to wait for a certain length of time to ensure that the driver can't find a way of contesting the ticket.

For example, if a driver has parked his car where there are valid waiting restrictions but no valid loading restrictions, he might have just jumped out of his car to collect bulky pre-paid goods from a nearby building. If the warden simply issued a ticket and walked off, the driver could challenge that ticket on the grounds that he was 'loading', rather than 'waiting' (even if that wasn't actually the case).

So, where loading is permitted at the relevant time, a parking warden would be wise to wait to see if the driver returns within a minute or two, carrying a heavy or bulky load. It's likely that the warden's employers would instruct him to do so. (However it's not a statutory requirement). But where both waiting and loading were prohibited, there would be no need for the warden to wait.

Chris

[ummmm]

Chris - when I posted about getting a parking ticket and appealing against it someone mentioned that you could park anywhere for about 20 mins ( I think ) as long as you're not causing a obstruction..

[squarebear]

"you could park anywhere for about 20 mins ( I think ) as long as you're not causing a obstruction.. "

Nice one. Double yellows here I come. Whoever told you that was mistaken.

[Coobeastie]

There is usually provision for vehicles to stop for 20 minutes on yellow lines provided there is not a ban on loading in place. It's for the purpose of loading unloading and activity would gave to be seen to be continuous...for a private car driver this allowance would probably only apply if collecting bulky pre ordered goods.

[ummmm]

Davethedog
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Tell them you were unloading, don't mention your Nan say you were unloading something heavy. Under parking law you are entitled to 20 minutes loading or unloading time.

I only deal with vans and loads so I don't know how people fit into this equation but the loading advice is 100% accurate not an opinion.

[hc4361]

ummm, you are wrong. You can park on yellow lines providing you were loading/unloading. This should be as quick as possible, not stop to unpack, have a cup or tea or walk 10 minutes down the road. Literally in and out. If you have lots of things to unload or load you should be continuously going back to the vehicle.

If there was no building to load to very near where you were parked, you can't use that argument.

And no, you don't have 20 minutes. If it takes two minutes you should only be two minutes.

And it is up to the driver to prove he was loading/unloading.

[ummmm]

I'm not wrong because I didn't say it. I was just saying what was posted on my thread when I got a parking ticket. It was 'Davethedog' that said that.