"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote:

You misunderstand how parking enforcement works nowadays. The parking
attendant (not a warden) is there simply to issue tickets. He or she is
only concerned with whether a parking infringement has occurred, not with
the reasons.

The council appeals system is there to deal with reasons why the
infringement was reasonable. Contact the council and explain the
circumstances. I can't imagine that they won't then cancel the ticket. If
they don't, appeal to the independent parking adjudication service.

In other words, someone (the attendant/their employer/the local authority,
or a combination of), makes a lot of money from issuing tickets without any
regard for what one might term 'common sense'.

To deal with the vast number of tickets which are consequently disputed, an
elaborate multi-stage appeals process is then put in place. Funded by the
taxpayer, no doubt.

Chris