Parking Ticket. Is appeal an option?

300TDi wrote:Yesterday we had to take our dog into the vets in Almoradi. Right next to the vets is a parking zone which has a sign which allows loading and unloading for a maximum of 20 minutes.

Our dog could not walk, we literally had to carry him in and he is 31kgs. The appointment was at 11:30 and we parked at 11:29. We got a ticket stating the vehicle was not loading and unloading at 11:30 exactly. At 11:34 we have an email from the vet confirming we had to take him to the hospital in Guardamar. We went straight there and only saw the ticket when we parked in Guardamar.

Obviously I was not unloading commercial goods, I was unloading my dog in an emergency and was out of there in precisely 5 minutes. It just happened that the Policia Local must have went by a few moments after we went into the vets and issued the ticket. Very bad timing on our part.

Does anyone know if an appeal would work in such circumstances? Its a €60, reduced to €30 fine if paid quickly, sure its not a fortune, but with the vet bills and so on, it would be good not to have to pay it if they consider such circumstances as valid to squash the denuncia.

If it is possible, where would I go to appeal, or send an email showing the proof of appointment time and exit time, literally 5 minutes elapsed in total.

300TDi wrote:Yesterday we had to take our dog into the vets in Almoradi. Right next to the vets is a parking zone which has a sign which allows loading and unloading for a maximum of 20 minutes.

Our dog could not walk, we literally had to carry him in and he is 31kgs. The appointment was at 11:30 and we parked at 11:29. We got a ticket stating the vehicle was not loading and unloading at 11:30 exactly. At 11:34 we have an email from the vet confirming we had to take him to the hospital in Guardamar. We went straight there and only saw the ticket when we parked in Guardamar.

Obviously I was not unloading commercial goods, I was unloading my dog in an emergency and was out of there in precisely 5 minutes. It just happened that the Policia Local must have went by a few moments after we went into the vets and issued the ticket. Very bad timing on our part.

Does anyone know if an appeal would work in such circumstances? Its a €60, reduced to €30 fine if paid quickly, sure its not a fortune, but with the vet bills and so on, it would be good not to have to pay it if they consider such circumstances as valid to squash the denuncia.

If it is possible, where would I go to appeal, or send an email showing the proof of appointment time and exit time, literally 5 minutes elapsed in total.

300TDi wrote:Yesterday we had to take our dog into the vets in Almoradi. Right next to the vets is a parking zone which has a sign which allows loading and unloading for a maximum of 20 minutes.

Our dog could not walk, we literally had to carry him in and he is 31kgs. The appointment was at 11:30 and we parked at 11:29. We got a ticket stating the vehicle was not loading and unloading at 11:30 exactly. At 11:34 we have an email from the vet confirming we had to take him to the hospital in Guardamar. We went straight there and only saw the ticket when we parked in Guardamar.

Obviously I was not unloading commercial goods, I was unloading my dog in an emergency and was out of there in precisely 5 minutes. It just happened that the Policia Local must have went by a few moments after we went into the vets and issued the ticket. Very bad timing on our part.

Does anyone know if an appeal would work in such circumstances? Its a €60, reduced to €30 fine if paid quickly, sure its not a fortune, but with the vet bills and so on, it would be good not to have to pay it if they consider such circumstances as valid to squash the denuncia.

If it is possible, where would I go to appeal, or send an email showing the proof of appointment time and exit time, literally 5 minutes elapsed in total.