A FORMER traffic warden who parked on a double yellow line for three months has expressed his outrage after being fined £400.
Lucas Taylor, 40, claims he should not have received the penalties due to a legal loophole.
He left his Vauxhall car on the lines in Brighton’s Abinger Road, just around the corner from his house.
Mr Taylor, who has been issuing tickets in the seaside town for four years, says the double yellows are badly faded, which means parking restrictions are no longer in effect.
Drivers in the United Kingdom have the right to appeal tickets if the markings are not clearly visible.
Mr Taylor also claims that the lines are not terminated with a “termination bar,” or T-bar.
He has refused to pay and claims that the council has no right to demand his money.
Officials disagree, and bailiffs have been dispatched to Mr Taylor’s home.
“The lines are absolutely shocking,” Mr Taylor said.
For the past three months, I’ve been parking there. Many people have. “They then began selling tickets.
“However, they can’t enforce them because the lines are completely weathered.”
“How can you break parking laws if you’re not aware of their existence?”
Mr Taylor, who now works as a window cleaner, was fined £424 by Brighton and Hove City Council.
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The authorities have given him “formal notice” that bailiffs will be summoned to take some of his belongings.
