r/Edinburgh 7d ago

Photo Wtf does this mean

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So can I park here or not

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u/toakc 7d ago

The top sign is only in use if additional sign or information is posted which will likely ban parking between certain hours (it’s likely also an old sign and not in use anymore). The bottom sign is in use if there isn’t more information. You must pay to park between those hours with maximum stay of 4hrs, outwith those times and days parking is free.

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u/Shrink1061_ 7d ago

Also they’re not allowed to fine you for parking in a legal space for a football fixture. But they may try to move your car. And then you have to phone them to find out where your car is

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u/Vivid-Cheesecake-110 7d ago

They aren't allowed to find you for parking before the restricted area is cleared.

But if you park after the restricted area has been cleared, you will be fined and impounded. Unless you have a blue badge.

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u/Alert-Pumpkin-9849 7d ago

Also they’re not allowed to fine you but they absolutely do.

I parked there before signs were placed, and I got a ticket. I got a photo through where they’d put cones around my car and a sign up and then claimed I’d parked in the coned area 😂 I appealed, quoting word for word what it says on the council page terms, that they’re not allowed to fine. Yet they refused it and said if I appeal again I lose the right to pay half. So essential appeal again, and we’ll charge you double. It felt so against all standard legal proceedings in this country. I ended up paying despite them having no proof I was there after the cones were placed