What to do if faced with a parking ticket.

There are many places where it is illegal to park

Double yellow lines.
Junctions.
Reserved areas.
Loading bays.
Pedestrian crossings.
Zigzag markings.
Disabled areas.

Many of these places are accompanied by signs indicating the prohibition of parking there.
Overstaying the amount of time paid for if parking in a place regulated by a meter can also get you a ticket If you do park in one of these places or overstay your prescribed time and a Police Officer walks by, you can expect to get a parking ticket.


Alternatively you may have been caught on camera parking in a forbidden place; as such you may find that you receive a parking ticket through the post.
In the case of a parking ticket paying the fine is taken as an admission of liability; the necessity to get home leads to most people paying immediately for their vehicle to be unclamped or released from captivity. In these cases paying is not an admission of liability and the fine can still be contested.