This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO)If you are unlucky enough to be fined while stopped to ask for directions, you might have a valid excuse.You will need to provide evidence of the condition, and be sure that your claims are in line with what the parking officer has said about your case.If you work as a doctor, nurse or health visitor, and you are given a parking fine while attending a patient, you may be able to get out of paying.Evidence of a medical condition, either permanent or temporary, could see you get out of your parking fine.You could also claim you were stopped to wait for gates to a private property to be opened.Unfortunately this doesn't mean just any old time nature calls.You must show that you had no other option but to park illegally in order to avoid an unacceptable delay and that there were no other parking spaces available.In the most "urgent" of circumstances, collecting a prescription from the chemist could be reason for illegal parking, but you will have a hard time proving it. Share ; Comments; By. There's a five to 10 minute 'grace period' after your parking runs out. Parking tickets. For example, the evidence presented through the POPLA website may give them a different perspective, while some landowners give operators instructions not to contest appeals even if the charge notice is technically valid.But the Ombudsman pointed out that there are some legitimate reasons why a parking operator may not contest an appeal.Between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019, the Ombudsman processed 79,962 appeals against private parking fines. Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston recreate THAT risqué topless...ISIS leader is a former US intelligence supergrass who ratted out 88 fellow jihadists when he was arrested...Shocking moment cop fatally shoots woman after aiming for her dogMigrant boat lands on NUDIST beach on Sussex coast after naked sunbather swam out to help struggling...Back in business! Citizens have voiced anger at the government for the prohibitory prices. Saving & Making Money Krishan Davis. Hancock insists 'tests ARE available'... despite people travelling for hundreds of...The great Australian rort: How drivers are being fined by...'You forgot this': Thai national park will post trash back to litterbugs who drop it Parents reunited with son after he was abducted 40-years agoSocial club members 'had Covid symptoms and were awaiting test results when they went on boozy day-trip to...Britain back on red alert: First of mothballed Nightingale hospitals is told 'be ready to reopen within 48...'He's a monster!' To state the obvious, parking tickets should only really be challenged if you think they're unfair.Of course, it's right to appeal if you've been charged too much. 'Drivers who take advantage of the '30 minute free parking' spaces in the Inner West should display their ticket the same as drivers using paid parking to avoid being fined. Ethiopia is still among the least motorized countries in the world. Founders Junaid and Addisu are professional dancers. The Ombudsman had previously raised concerns that operators were not contesting complaints because they weren’t considering appeals properly in the first place, essentially dismissing them out of hand. Savings & ISAs Best Buys Of those appeals, the charges were cancelled in around 40% of cases. Your traffic ticket should have the fine printed on it; if it doesn't, contact your court for details.