On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:57:15 -0000, "Carlos"
wrote:

"Cynic" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:15:52 -0000, "Carlos"
wrote:
[snip]
If you want to create waves, make sure that you get evidence that the
car park was indeed free after 17:30 on the day in question. It is
not unheard of for rules and signs to be changed retrospectively.

Absolutely positive it was free after 17:30 because a) the signs stated so
quite unambiguously b) the machine capped my parking time to 17:30 even
though I had theoretically put enough money to take me to 18:05.

Cynic's advice is good. If you decide to pursue this, you really do
need evidence, preferably in the form of photographs and the testimony
of someone else who's seen what the signs say.

There have been a number of parking cases where the local authority
has changed signage after the event to justify their penalty. Once
the signs have been changed, it's difficult, without suitable
evidence, to prove when they were changed.

Mike.