New traffic penalties ensure drivers come first in parking disputes
Many drivers do not realise that they have the right to have their case decided by an independent adjudicator
Drivers will be given the benefit of the doubt in disputes over parking tickets that arrive by post, The Times has learnt.
Caroline Sheppard, the chief adjudicator of the new traffic penalties coming into force tomorrow, intends the move to be seen as a tilt towards motorists in their continuing battle with local authorities over parking.
As part of this drivers will also be given new rights to appeal against parking tickets.
Ms Sheppard said that she was determined to ensure that councils could not ride roughshod over the rights of car drivers. She said that motorists would also be able to have their appeals heard by telephone instead of attending a hearing, in a move designed to encourage more drivers to challenge their tickets. The eight million drivers who receive parking tickets each year needed to be aware of their rights to challenge “unfair” penalties, she said.
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