Disabled Bay - Bay Markings Defective
A disabled persons’ parking bay is indicated by a roadway marking. Under the current Irish traffic signs regulations that marking is traffic sign RRM 015, and it consists of markings on the road surface — there is no separate upright sign that must also be present, so do not argue that one was missing. What can be argued is that the bay was not validly indicated at the time: the RRM 015 marking was substantially faded, worn away, obscured, or the bay had been repainted to something other than a disabled bay. If the marking did not indicate a disabled persons’ parking bay when you parked, the basis for the charge falls away.
Legal basis
Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 182/1997) Article 44; Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 433/2025) Regulation 67 — "Traffic sign number RRM 015 (disabled persons’ parking bay) shall indicate a disabled persons’ parking bay", and that sign "shall consist of roadway markings". (The Road Traffic (Signs) Regulations 1997, S.I. No. 181/1997, are REVOKED — by S.I. No. 200/2024 Regulation 3(a), itself revoked by S.I. No. 433/2025 Regulation 3(a) — and are not relied on.)
How to identify this in your case
Photograph the bay surface from a standing position and from a driver’s eye line, in daylight if you can, so the state of the marking is clear. You are looking at the roadway marking itself: is the disabled persons’ parking bay marking still legible as such, or is it faded, worn, patched, painted over, or covered? Do not look for, or rely on, a missing upright disabled sign — the marking is what indicates the bay. If the bay has recently been resurfaced or repainted, say so and give the approximate date.
Sample appeal wording
Sample wording to adapt and send yourself — it may not fit your notice or the stage you are at. Replace the bracketed prompts with your own details; leave any case citation as it is.
Dear Sir or Madam, Re: Fixed charge notice [NUMBER] — vehicle [REGISTRATION] — [LOCATION] — [DATE] I make representations against the above notice on the ground that the bay was not validly indicated as a disabled persons’ parking bay at the material time. Regulation 67 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that traffic sign number RRM 015 indicates a disabled persons’ parking bay, and that the sign consists of roadway markings. Article 44 of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 governs such bays. On [DATE] the marking at this location was as follows: [Describe only what your photographs show, and delete the rest: the roadway marking was substantially faded / the marking was largely worn away / the marking was obscured by [surface dirt, resurfacing material, standing water] / the bay had been repainted and no longer carried a disabled persons’ parking bay marking.] [Attach your photographs and state the date and time each was taken. If the bay was resurfaced or repainted recently, give the approximate date.] On those facts the bay did not carry the marking that indicates a disabled persons’ parking bay, and the notice should not stand. I ask you to cancel it. Yours faithfully, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS]
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