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If you get collared with a PCN (penalty charge notice) you might want to appeal against it.
There are three good grounds for appealing (assuming you're guilty)
1. Lots of PCN's - particularly in London - are dished out by CCTV serveillance operatives. In order for them to validly issue you with a PCN, they must be registered and certified with the SIA (Security Industry Association). If they're not, the PCN is invalid. 80% of all CCTV operatives are not registered. So if you appeal on the basis that the camera operative was not SIA registered, you might win.
2. PCN's can be issued for straying into bus lanes, one ways roads the wrong way, doing illegal left or right turns, going over stop lines etc etc. In order for a PCN to be valid, the signs must be clear and correctly indicated. This is a road sign manual that people I know have used in PCN appeal hearings, and won:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/tsmanual/trafficsignsmanualchapter5ro4183
3. Video / Photographic evidence must clearly identify the offence and the driver. Lots of council actually crop the photos so that the offence looks worse than it is. Any dodgy photographic or video evidence can make the PCN invalid.
Might be useful.
If you get collared with a PCN (penalty charge notice) you might want to appeal against it.
There are three good grounds for appealing (assuming you're guilty)
1. Lots of PCN's - particularly in London - are dished out by CCTV serveillance operatives. In order for them to validly issue you with a PCN, they must be registered and certified with the SIA (Security Industry Association). If they're not, the PCN is invalid. 80% of all CCTV operatives are not registered. So if you appeal on the basis that the camera operative was not SIA registered, you might win.
2. PCN's can be issued for straying into bus lanes, one ways roads the wrong way, doing illegal left or right turns, going over stop lines etc etc. In order for a PCN to be valid, the signs must be clear and correctly indicated. This is a road sign manual that people I know have used in PCN appeal hearings, and won:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roads/tss/tsmanual/trafficsignsmanualchapter5ro4183
3. Video / Photographic evidence must clearly identify the offence and the driver. Lots of council actually crop the photos so that the offence looks worse than it is. Any dodgy photographic or video evidence can make the PCN invalid.
Might be useful.
