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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 09/8/2013

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The reason why the council refused to acknowledge the evidence was because the two cars in the photo were council employees and were dismantling a market stall on the car park at the time. So basically it was a waste of time taking the matter further as they would have just argued that the council had priority.

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Quote: Originally posted by tango55 on 09/8/2013

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My wife also has a blue badge and had a parking fine for exactly the same reason in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire 3 years ago whereby all 3 disabled bays were taken. She parked the car in a non disabled bay but as two of the cars hadn't got a disabled badge in the window I took a photo as evidence just in case. I complained to the council about this and forwarded the evidence but they said it clearly states that if you display a blue badge you have to be parked in a designated parking bay. I argued that if we had parked on double yellow lines then no penalty would have been issued and they agreed. The reason why the council refused to acknowledge the evidence was because the two cars in the photo were council employees and were dismantling a market stall on the car park at the time. So basically it was a waste of time taking the matter further as they would have just argued that the council had priority. We have never returned to Lincolnshire since then merely because of this as the money spent in the local shops in my view isn't deserved in reflection of the councils attitude.

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