About 12.10pm on 28/12/2015, I parked my sedan in a 1/4 hour parking zone with the parking sign saying, 1/4 P Mon - Fri 7am - 3pm, Taxi Zone at other times. I returned to my sedan to find that I had received an infringement notice at 12.13pm, well within the 1/4 hour parking.
I asked the SDRO for a review indicating that I was correctly parked at the time of the alleged offence. It was a Monday, albeit, a public holiday. There was nothing on the sign that suggested the parking was not allowed on a public holiday.
I have just received a reply from the SDRO stating that the review was considered and the penalty for the parking fines still applies. The letter further says, `As the 1/4 P parking sign at the location where the offence occurred does not indicate the restriction applies on Public Holidays, the Taxi Zone restrictions were in effect at the time of the offence.'
I would submit the wording is contradictory, does not indicate the restriction applies on Public Holidays! I am dumbfounded.
What is your Traffic Law opinion?
I asked the SDRO for a review indicating that I was correctly parked at the time of the alleged offence. It was a Monday, albeit, a public holiday. There was nothing on the sign that suggested the parking was not allowed on a public holiday.
I have just received a reply from the SDRO stating that the review was considered and the penalty for the parking fines still applies. The letter further says, `As the 1/4 P parking sign at the location where the offence occurred does not indicate the restriction applies on Public Holidays, the Taxi Zone restrictions were in effect at the time of the offence.'
I would submit the wording is contradictory, does not indicate the restriction applies on Public Holidays! I am dumbfounded.
What is your Traffic Law opinion?