{"id":144344,"date":"2023-12-02T03:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T03:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=144344"},"modified":"2023-12-02T03:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T03:13:54","slug":"driver-gets-fine-revoked-after-proving-parking-signs-too-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/driver-gets-fine-revoked-after-proving-parking-signs-too-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver gets fine &apos;revoked&apos; after proving parking signs too short"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Driver, 42, gets his \u00a360 fine &#8216;revoked&#8217; in court after proving the council&#8217;s parking signs were 6cm too short<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chris Burton, 42, found many &#8216;P&#8217; signs in Bury, Manchester, were the wrong size<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He investigated the issue with a tape measure after being fined<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He says that other could do the same to get out of fines\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many of us have tried to appeal a parking fine by saying a sign was obscured, or even didn&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n<p>But one driver has gone a step further by measuring parking signs, and won a case against a council by showing that some of its signs are 6cm too short.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Burton, 42, found that a &#8216;number&#8217; of the &#8216;P&#8217; signs in Bury, Greater Manchester, didn&#8217;t reach the 20cm requirement.<\/p>\n<p>He investigated with a tape measure after receiving a \u00a360 fine while dropping his father off at a hospital appointment.<\/p>\n<p>A county court ruled that an order to recover the unpaid penalty charge from Mr Burton should be &#8216;revoked&#8217; after he submitted pages of evidence. He now thinks his work could help others to query tickets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/20\/78486601-12815939-image-a-25_1701463814662.jpg\" height=\"1063\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chris Burton, 42, (pictured) found that a &#8216;number&#8217; of the &#8216;P&#8217; signs in Bury, Greater Manchester, didn&#8217;t reach the 20cm requirement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/20\/78486603-12815939-image-a-26_1701463818140.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A county court ruled that an order to recover the unpaid penalty charge from Mr Burton should be &#8216;revoked&#8217; after he submitted pages of evidence<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/23\/78490915-12815939-image-a-27_1701473834271.jpg\" height=\"972\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Burton, a TV cameraman from Manchester, said: &#8216;I want to encourage others to go back to Bury council with old tickets to say they weren&#8217;t legal&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/01\/23\/78490917-12815939-image-a-28_1701473837490.jpg\" height=\"1058\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;UK law says signs have to be 20cm in size, but when I checked the signs that were there, they were only 14cm,&#8217; he said<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0How extortionate council charges are killing High Streets as local authorities fleece drivers with \u00a36-an-hour tickets and rake in \u00a31bn a year<\/h3>\n<p>Mr Burton, a TV cameraman from Manchester, said: &#8216;I want to encourage others to go back to Bury council with old tickets to say they weren&#8217;t legal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;UK law says signs have to be 20cm in size, but when I checked the signs that were there, they were only 14cm.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Burton says there were no available parking spaces at the hospital so he found a space on a nearby road. When he returned to the car, he discovered a parking ticket.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed online and says this was rejected in minutes, so he appealed again but heard nothing back. He then received a letter saying the council was taking him to county court.<\/p>\n<p>He had initially complained that the residents-only parking signs in the area had been obscured. He then decided to measure the signs and sent the court his evidence.<\/p>\n<p>A council spokesman said: &#8216;We believe this issue relates to a tiny number of signs located at residents-only parking zones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The overwhelming number of signs across Bury are fully in accordance with national regulations, and any which are not will be rectified.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12815939\/Driver-42-gets-60-fine-revoked-court-proving-councils-parking-signs-6cm-short.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver, 42, gets his \u00a360 fine &#8216;revoked&#8217; in court after proving the council&#8217;s parking signs were 6cm too short Chris&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Driver gets fine &amp;apos;revoked&amp;apos; 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