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  1. As above I've got a Birmigham city council penalty charge notice for entering a bus lane. Its £60 or reduced to £30 if paid by the Christmas eve (merry christmas to me. I did drive in the bus lane but I just want to make sure it is being enforced correctly and that they are doing their bit correctly and legally, not trying to evade it or anything I just know these are likely done in bulk. For anyone that knows Birmingham city centre, it was St Martins Queensway. It was saturday afternoon and absolutely manic + my engine was overheating. Will be honest I've not driven this route in about 15 years and was fully using the satnav. See this link, my sat nav was telling me to turn left so I crossed over fairly late and turned into the tunnel which is as can be seen in this photo a bus lane, by the time I had noticed it was too late and I went into the tunnel about 40 yards where there is a gate on the right which I used to turn around in and come back out the way I had come. Now the thing is that the photos they have provided show me coming back out of the tunnel and turning left back onto the main road not going in. The lane I am in does not say bus lane. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.478504,-1.8932093,3a,75y,236.94h,96.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCqmX0jiPV2qJIHxsCBR0Rw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Now if you go back up the main road the way I had come, it was poorly signed and there were likely buses parked infront of the signs, I suspect I had only entered the left lane at the last second and entered the tunnel. Just to be clear I admit doing it however I think its pretty unclear and I was causing no danger or did I make or mean to make any gain from doing so. I guess I just want to make sure they are legally doing this correctly and if I have any grounds to appeal. I'm not going to risk £30 and my time if its not worth the effort. Its the principle though.
  2. Caught again! . . this time it is just do i appeal first or just send a letter denying all liability and what should be said in opening letter/appeal? Story: My employers and a 3rd party company share a carpark that is free and used for employees and guests. It is a private carpark but no barriers etc and no parking charges imposed. Recently as it has become very over crowded & the landlord has brought in a private parking company to manage the parking UKCPS and the bays have just been colour coded . Our company and its staff can use red or blue marked bays and the other company uses green bays. I only visit head office once a month on my first occasion I parked in-between the two coloured bays. (There were 2 unmarked bays available on the entire carpark) There was a gap of 4 unmarked bays between blue (left handside) and Green(right handsome). 2 were available, myself and a colleague used these bays and then went to our reception in our office to ask the girls if we were okay where we had parked? I also have to have a visitor ticket on the dashboard and i mentioned my car being parked in an unmarked bay to my receptionist as i collected the visitor ticket. I was told that unmarked should be okay. I put my visitor ticket on the screen. At 5pm i had a ticket for parking in an un- authorised bay - i believe - £100 fee reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days? (the receptionist was new and had got the facts wrong, apparently we should not us the unmarked bays either) My reception asked to have the ticket appealed verbally over the next day or so with the parking enforcement company and they have refused - she has just emailed to say i have to pay them unfortunately. Now I could go to her boss and tell them to pay , but it is my boss also and she is new and made an honest mistake. i would prefer to fight it rather than anyone pay as it is ridiculous. What is the easiest course of action I have 22 days left to appeal. parking ticket was dated. 6th december 2016 just looking for the best initial course of action - send an appeal letter to them on the grounds of ?....
  3. Hello all, I have just had a parking charge notice through the door today and I could do with some advice. Details as follows: Date of the infringement - 07/10/16 Date on the NTK - 13/10/16 Date received 10/12/16 - with a covering letter saying they sent it to my DVLA registered address first and got my current address from a credit reference agency. As far as I'm aware all of my details are up to date with DVLA - I've lived at this address almost 2 years, it's the address on my driving license etc... Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of the Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? Yes Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Yes - timestamped photos of me presumably entering and leaving the car park. Have you appealed? Not yet Who is the parking company? Parking Eye Where exactly? Corporation St car park, Preston For either option, does it say which appeals body they operate under? There's a BPA logo at the top of the page, but no specific mention in the letter. They are stating that there is a 1hr20 time limit on free parking and I arrived at 10:40:59 and left at 12:36:15, so 1hr 55 minutes. I'd love to be able to appeal but not sure if I can. I don't keep receipts except for electrical goods and presents and I can't see anything on my bank statement around that time for any of the shops in that retail park, but I wouldn't have gone there if I wasn't planning on buying something, it's in a bit of a weird place. I also had no idea there was such a short a time limit on parking there, I've never stayed more than about 15-20 mins before. Is there a way to prove I updated my details with DVLA before 7th October and they're at fault for not sending this out? Or that they (illegally?) contacted a credit reference agency to get my information? Or can I appeal on grounds of original 28 day payment date of 10/11/16 + 14 extra days to re-send has passed? (plus an extra 13 days if sent on the 7th as per the date on the letter) I'll go back and look at the signage one day next week, as people have been advised on other threads here, but their notice states that there is signage "clearly displayed at the entrance to and throughout the car park". I think it's just about walkable from work within my hours lunch. Thanks in advance for any help.
  4. Hi, Hope you can help, this is my first Penalty Charge Notice. I park on the same road for 6hrs 3 x week for work and have done for years. I have always paid and for at least 1yr have been using the pay by phone app so it is easy for me to prove that I always pay, regular as clockwork on these 3 days at the same time every week. On this day I was frazzled and tired and rushing to work and received an important phone call at exactly the time I was paying by phone. After the call I forgot to pay. I told the council all of this and I immediately offered to pay the usual parking fee owed as I always do and they still want me to pay a fine! I think this is really unfair and it sticks in my craw as it was an honest mistake so I really don't want to pay the fine. Do I have any chance/way of winning an appeal or is there no way around it and should I just (very begrudgingly) pay? They say they only observed my car from 14:07 til 14:12- only 5mins, is this a way to win an appeal? Many thanks for any help.
  5. I am in a very difficult situation with DEL. I was using a hire car. The hire car sent me the charge. I made the payment or at least I thought I made the payment. My bank statement shows payment gone through but DEL received anything. It turns out that there was error with the bank processing system and somehow the last digit of account number was missing. The bank processed the transaction and have resent the original amount. DEL claims that they sent me a letter for payment which I never received. And I have asked them numerous times in the last week to send a copy of the letter that they sent. First they said that it was sent recorded delivery. I asked who signed for it and they didn't respond. Then they admitted that it was never sent. Now the MD of DEL wrote to me stating that letter was sent. I don't have a problem with paying the charge however, I never received any notice from DEL that payment was due until I received letters from Gladstones and their Debt collectors. Please is anybody able to provide any guidance or advice about my rights? Below is the copy of the email received today: ----------------------------- Dear Sailesh, Your email has been forwarded onto me to review. Looking at the case , it would appear that judgment was entered against you on 31/08/2016. As such, we regret that we cannot accept the original charge amount and that we will be pursuing the full judgment amount. If you wish to resolve the matter, please make payment for the outstanding amount at your earliest convenience and we will ensure that our agents notify the Court that the judgment has been satisfied. Please note that we are unable to accept payment directly. Further details of how a County Court Judgment is obtained can be found at the following link: Trust online link We trust this answers your queries . Please note that we will not engage in protracted correspondence regarding your Claim and subsequent judgment. You’ve been given the opportunity to dispute the matter and we are now in a position whereby we will seek to enforce the judgment against you. If you wish to dispute the judgment then we would suggest that you seek independent legal advice as to how this may be achieved. Kind regards, Dyl Kurpil LLM/LLB (Hons) Law Managing Director
  6. Hi guys. Simply put. Parking fine - £82 Forgot to pay it. Went to a Debt Collector, who added their £75 on top. As soon as I got the letter and remembered the debt, I paid Stockport Council via their website The £82. I have an email proving so. This was October 3rd Just had a letter placed through the door tonight for.... The original debt £82 Compliance fee £75 1st visit £235 Total: £392. Am I missing something here? Clearly a lack of comms between the council and the bailiff. According to the law, do I have to pay the bailiffs' fees for a debt I paid 2 months ago? Thank you so much in advance
  7. Hi, New here, hope someone can help me. I received a Parking Charge Notice this evening, in hindsight, I should have noticed the sign opposite my car, but I didn't, so here we are. If you look at the image, the notice doesn't seem to explain exactly WHERE parking is restricted and I was parked by a kerb with no lines (yellow or otherwise) anywhere near it. The offence on the ticket is listed as "other" and scrawled on there is "no parking in garages" - I was not blocking any garage, it was on a side road which gave access to the garages but I wasn't blocking the way or anything. In any case, upon further inspection, the ticket has an incorrect reg. number on it (without giving my full reg they have written down an "M" which should be a "W" in both parts of the ticket) however the ticket does suggest that the offence was "filmed". My question is the obvious - what steps should I take now? I understand the advice is often to ignore, and given that they've incorrectly transcribed my reg I am inclined to do just that, however I am concerned that them having "film" of it may allow them to track me down anyway. Any and all advice most welcome (the charge is £100 or £60 if paid in 14 days, I'd rather not pay!) Thanks in advance! sign.pdf
  8. Hi, We recently moved house and new property did not have and working landline. Previous supplier was Virgin Media but that was cancelled by the previous occupier's family. When I looked to transfer from my current home the website said I would have to pay a new connection charge for engineer etc. As BT couldn't provide the service I arranged for Sky to provide phone line and Broadband as part of my existing TV package, BT however want to charge £169.75 early termination of contract fee and a separate charge of £31 for "cessation of broadband." My question is simple, are they entitled to make these charges as I moved house to a residence that did nnot have a supply.. Surely the contract was broken. Any advice would be gratefully received how to avoid these charges Thank You Trojan
  9. Hi, long time since I have been on so hope I have put this in the correct place. I am taking two large loans from a friend and family, to clear some business issues, both of which need to be secured on my property. Lawyers are asking ridiculous sums for agreements and posting the charges. A full legal charge appears to be too complicated and time consuming for my needs so I am proposing equitable charges which should suffice. My question is, what forms do I need to submit to the land registry and can this be backed by a simple loan agreement between lender and borrower? Would there be templates on the site for loan agreement and charge as I cannot seem to find them myself? The loan agreement I can find online if necessary, it is the charge details that I do not have. Many thanks for any input. r
  10. Hi , re Congestion Charge non payment. On the 13OCtober 2016 when the closure of Tower Bridge was in place I just realised , upon receiving a PCN today, that I had entered the congestion charge via liverpool street station while according to TFL that was not the correct diverted route. I was genuinely and truly sure it was. Funny enough the PCN came 1 month after it all had happened when memories are toally faded away and I was sure there was some sort diversion sign directing me through that CC area . Eventually a small yellow sign that barely a motorist could see in the middle of the crazy traffic when you already need to have sights on every move you make .. . Even if there was any diversion sign still, as I knew from the massive sign in Tower bridge seen month before about the closure period and by a quick read on METRO news, I was aware I could cross London Bridge. Hence I automatically though and logically that that would be a correct route. Any help in this or right things to write in my representation? I also would not see any reason why I should not have paid the CC charge if was aware of it, especially having 24h time to do it... would much appreciate yur help was actually thinking to write the following... Dear Sir/Madam, I would not not consider myself liable for the congestion charge (CC) non-payment penalty because I was in truth and genuinely thinking to follow a diversion for Tower Bridge closure. I am also very surprised that this communication come after a month from of the fact. I truly entered the Congestion Charge is because of Tower Bridge works and I am sure I have seen a sign diverting me toward Bishop gates which seems pretty logical also as way to follow as diversion. I don’t see any reason why I should have not paid the congestion charge if there’d be no closure of Tower Bridge and I had gone through that part of the Congestion Charge area. If I was aware of that I would have had time to pay till the day after but again and in bona fide I was totally not aware as sure of been following the diversion. I would be so grateful if you could accept my apology and accept the fair minimal usual payment for entering the Congestion Charge zone. Yours sincerely,
  11. I also got a PCN from ECPs in july 16, for parking at the Shell garage, Gatwick. ANPR demanding £100 - £60 if i pay now On the advice of Money saving expert, i have ignored the letter Now its mid Nov 16, Debt recovery plus ltd have written asking for £160 on behalf of clients ECP, with 5 days to pay or they take to court On basis of what ive read here, im gonna gamble to ignore and see what happens.....am I right?
  12. Hi , I received a charge from MET parking, apparently my charge was observed for 20 minutes. The reason my car was parked at the front was because i had just returned from the school run, unfortunately for me, where i live they are building the Royal Wharf. which means that every day for the past 18 months if you move your car from 7.am and after, your space will be taken, and all the other roads have no space due to amount of contractors they have working on the site. ive seen some people arrive as early as 5am and sleep in their cars until they have to start, and of recent vans are parking and leaving their vehicles on the road until Fridays, meaning less and less space for residents on the road, on the day of the offense, i arrived from school run with my 2 year old daughter, and there was no parking spaces on my road or on any of the other road around. My daugher was bursting to do a number 2, so i parked at the front and took her upstairs. When returned i had received a ticket. I don't have a permit to park in the 3 car space available on the grounds. Im stuck on how to appeal
  13. Hi there, I've been reading through the forum and have so far only found a couple of older threads relating to these chancers... I've received a Parking Charge Notice through the post from NewGeneration Parking Management stating that i was "not parked in marked bay". This was indeed the case but there were no available visitors spaces and we were staying at a friend's flat in the housing estate. I had a valid parking ticket for the entire period. I've copied the standard answers in to the thread below and have attached a copy of the letter as a pdf. 1 Date of the infringement 05/11/2016 21:43 2 Date on the NTK 11/11/2016 3 Date received 14/11/2016 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? No 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Yes, photos of my car taken by a digital camera, no ANPR 6 Have you appealed? Not yet. Have you had a response? 7 Who is the parking company? New Generation Parking Management 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] Prospect Place, Cardiff CF11 0AS It states on the letter that they are a member of the IPC and that they use the IAS for appeals. Should i just appeal via their website stating that the charge isn't valid, using the standard response? Many thanks in advance, Adam IMG_20161114_0001_01.pdf
  14. Please help. I've received a parking charge notice through the post. It is £70 but reduced to £40 if I pay by Thursday 10th. I ran over the 3hrs parking by 35 minutes as I was breastfeeding my distressed baby in the back of the car. I challenged this on the website as the letter suggests but have had no response or acknowledgment. I don't know whether to just pay the £40 as I cant risk having to pay the full £70. 1 Date of the infringement 23/10/16 2 Date on the NTK 28/10/16 3 Date received 30/10/16 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? No 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Yes, car driving in and out of car park 6 Have you appealed? Yes on website saying was breastfeeding baby in car as he became distressed and asking them to look at videos of car park as would see that I got into back seat with baby. Have you had a response? No and no acknowledgment 7 Who is the parking company? Smart Parking Ltd 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] Greenwich Shopping Park, Charlton
  15. (Sorry if this has been answered before but I am not great on the laptop and couldn't find any answer on the site.) I have had a contractual breach charge left on my car in the car park of the flats I live in and wanted to get some advice. I was displaying a valid permit but they claim I was parked obstructively( I guess because the only place free I could park was in front of the steps) but I had left plenty of room for people to walk behind my car. Also, as the part of the car park where I parked does not have marked bays, isn't it up to the person parking to decide if they can park in a certain spot ( within reason of course) I haven't contacted the company who issued the CBC someone called, ethical parking management and I would appreciate some advice as what I should do because I don't feel I have done anything wrong so I am reluctant to pay them. Thanks
  16. On the 10 May 2011 I received a PCN for staying longer than I should have in a car park at Berkeley Precinct in Sheffield. I have never entered into any correspondence with the issuing company on advice from forums and the media. I believe it was initially Parking eye but over the years I have received letters from various companies and a solicitor. The solicitor's company even rang my home. Due to not being contacted for over a year I threw away the paperwork I had received believing that it was all over. BW legal have taken over and have been offering me discounts etc. I have now received a Letter of claim, balance due 154.00 and threatening me with County court action, CCJ and siting Parking eye v Beavis. If I don't pay and they take me to court the total bill is estimated at 272.50 I have until the 10 November to respond. I have had nearly 6 years of this and am worried. I didn't originally pay the fine because the company had not put any additional signage up at the car park as far as I was aware stating that you couldn't stay longer than 2 hours however I did not take any photos etc once I received the PCN. Can you help me as to what I need to do ? Do I need to write to them denying the payment etc. I feel I don't have any justifiable defence that I can evidence. Thank you.
  17. I was at a privately owned retail car park a few weeks ago in the evening and overstayed by 10 minutes . Firstly, I am not the registered keeper; it is my mother's car. She had sent me out for a Mcdonalds for her and we ended up having an argument over the phone. I stayed in the car park for a while before going home so we could both calm down. My mother has schizophrenia so she can be VERY difficult to deal with and very irrational and demanding, hence why I didn't want to go home. Result is, I overstayed in the car park by a whole 10 minutes and 14 seconds. This particular car park gives you one hour free parking, after which you have to pay £2 for an additional hour if you wish to stay longer. Today my mother received a parking charge notice from Parking Eye for £100, reduced to £60 if paid by 8/11/2016. This is two days before I get my wages so I can't afford to pay anything until the 10/11/2016 when I get paid, I will be liable for the full charge. It's in her name though and they state they don't know who the driver is. They say not to name the driver in the template appeal letter I found but I don't want them dragging my mother to court or sending her letters as she's ill and disabled and can't cope with stress without becoming ill. But I feel that a £100, or even a £60 charge is excessive for 10 minutes. A whole hour would have only cost me £2 had I had the frame of mind to remember to buy a ticket/realise how long I'd been there. I can't afford to pay such a high charge and I don't at all believe the landowner lost this much money by me being there for 10 minutes. My question is, can I appeal this on excessive charges claims? I've done some research of my own about this but I've read a court case where Parking Eye successfully won after taking someone to court because the car park this person was issued a parking charge for had a 1 hour free stay. The judge ruled something about the landowner not making a profit in any other way from their car park and hence the charge was considered commercially justifiable and the person had to pay the parking charge. I don't want to be dragged to court for £100 and potentially have other charges added on top of a heap load of stress put on me. I have my own mental health issues (depression/anxiety) so I can't cope with Any advice? I really can't afford £100 for a 10 minute over stay.
  18. We had a second charge against our home of aapx. £24k about 10 years ago. we have been paying £30 per month since then. So the current balance will be around £20k. My family want to help me remove this charge. Can someone please give me any advice on how to best approach this. A sample letter to write to the debtor maybe asking for a discount to settle and release the charge. Thank you. GH
  19. Good afternoon, On 07/10/2016 I parked in the Bradford Forster Square carpark, lost track of time, and overstayed by 37 minutes. On 17/10/16 I received a Parking Charge Notice for £85, payment to be made within 28 days of issue (of notice); discounted to £50 if I pay within 14 days. They have stated the Date Issued as 13/10/2016 in the reference section and 10/11/2016 in the big black box, but that is probably irrelevant. I have entries on my bank statement to prove I went to Costa there, I actually spent all morning there catching up with an old friend, but the entries are dated 08/10/16. I guess their payments don't show up automatically. I have emailed Costa for help, they replied immediately saying they have no influence. I also emailed the land owner, British Land but have had no response yet. I have read quite a lot about parking charges in the last few days, mostly about Beavis... I remember reading on one thread on this forum that the company placing the parking restriction signs must have planning permission. I have checked Bradford's planning portal and cannot find an application for PP for parking restriction signs at Forster Square. I then telephoned Bradford's planning dept and was told that the signs were probably small enough not to require PP. I told him the signs are 0.9m x 0.7m, to which he suggested that I email the enforcement team. I have done this and included the measurements and a photo of a sign. I know the enforcement team are thin on the ground and I think it unlikely that they'll carry out an investigation in a time scale that will be of help to me. What I would like to know from the kind people on this forum is, do I have a case for no contract because of a lack of PP for the signs? I have read The Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regs and I think I have a case, but I'm not a lawyer ! I hope to use this in ParkingEye's appeals process. If I am unsuccessful I will probably pay up as I do not want to pay the full charge, which I'll have to pay if I go over 14 days.
  20. hi, i cancelled an order before it was delivered. it was a shed and had a 'manufacturing' phase so i assume made-to-order, but it wasn't bespoke. i've been refunded 75% and sent a handful of letters asking for the other 25%, following correct protocol, pointing them to the consumer acts that say "The trader must not impose any fee on the consumer in respect of the reimbursement." just filling in the moneyclaimonline form and want to check i'm not missing anything obvious before submitting. the initial response from them before all the letters was "Thank you for your email. As you are aware, the charge for cancellation of the order following manufacture is 25%. This has been deducted from your refund which as now been processed. Please allow 3-5 working days for the funds to reach your account." thanks, kristian
  21. Hi all, went over the Dart back on 13th August and we forgot to pay until the evening of the 22nd, 9 days later! OK, yes hands up, stupid us, we simply forgot as we've been having a bit of a rough time of it lately and life simply got in the way. However, we paid as soon as we realised. But now this morning ive got a charge certificate asking fore £105 and saying ive ignored a pcn from them sent on 23rd August (the day after we actually paid) giving me 28 days to pay 70 quid. I never actually got that letter at all, it offered me £35 if paid within 14 days which Id happily have done but now they want £105 plus more action being threatened if i dont I cant find an appeals process, i cant afford 105, id happily pay the 35 frankly to get it off my back but dont know how i should go about this can anyone please help me? googling i found a site http://www.trafficpenaltytribunal.gov.uk/how-to-appeal/ which seems to imply theres a 14 day grace period anyway for first offences ? Quoted from the site "A spokesman said: ‘The first penalty charge notice issued for any vehicle for non-payment of the charge will offer the driver an extra 14 days to pay – and pay for any crossings they have made since. ‘This measured approach strikes the right balance between being clear to drivers they need to pay Dart Charge and giving them every opportunity to do so." So im at a loss here and hoping someone can help.
  22. Hi all This is my first post and feeling pretty stressed My background , well was working in oil and gas for the last 20 years until i was laid off in October 2015 and only just started work again (first payday on 28th Oct) all my savings gone on bills but now behind on council talk and Mortgage but payment plans in place with them. I also have a step change management plan in place While i was unemployed i tried to claim on benefits but was turned down as not payed enough National Insurance this year !! My wife received a letter through the door from Equita today from a congestion charge , i had a payment plan in place £25 a week but being unemployed and earning nothing i fell behind on that so hence enforcement letter saying i owed £419 client debt £202 Paid £92.92 Compliance fee £235.00 Enforcement fee £235 Outstanding £419.92 I phoned the Bailiff tonight who was damn right horrible tried to ask for a payment plan he flatly refused and said i had a week to pay the £419.92 which i could pay next week (the last day i have according to him) out of my wifes wages but that would only leave £200 for us for 3 weeks or i could pay half of the £419 and just survive until i get my first pay packet. He will not have any off this and will only except full payment Feeling really stressed about this worked all my life and im 42 first time been in this situation Can anyone advise please Thanks Tony
  23. Anyone have any e maill addresses for somebody at Dart charge who isn't a robot? I've just wasted nearly 2 hours on the phone to them as they have raised 3 penalty charges for my account (they mean my reg no) which they show as being £10 in credit but they refuse to apply the credit to the crossings I made. I have never dealt with such useless people (and I work for the NHS) who tell me 'the system may give you a refund it may not' and then expect me to pay again for soemthing I've already paid for! I also wish to complain about one particular call taker who was so rude it was unbelieveable and I want to request the recording of that convesration. Thanks to them I now need a new keyboard...
  24. my wife has a 34J charge for Bolton Road Bradford. She had never been to Bradford before As far as I can see, there IS signage when the lane becaomes a bus lane but the road is a single carriageway two lane one one way one the other. So, at the point that the lane becomes a bus lane you are suddenly faced with the choice of STOP and do a 3 point turn or turn suddenly right up a little narrow side road which goes who knows where. The person on the phone says there should be signage at the start of the road that says it becomes a bus lane further on and also signage at every entry point at earlier points along the road, but my wife remembers none of this. Also, to my mind earlier along the road at the most useful point there ought to be "something like" road markings, even a give way and a clear sense that you are about to head towards a bus lane and signage which very clearly directs all NONE-BUS traffic to "turn right here" or something of that ilk. My wife saw none of that either. SURELY If the intention is to disuade people from using the bus lane on purpose for their own convenience (as news reports suggest) then better and more (than what is already there) signage and road markings would be better, I have no proof but I very strongly suspect that most of the milions made is from one of users who do not know the city. Why not have a first time warning and a second time fine. It would be interesting to have stats on the addresses of the finees. If most fines are one off to people out of the area then the action is going to have little or no actually impact on the infingement of the law, but simply just make money right? Could those stats be available under freedom of information? Finally I guess in the end my wife should have wizzed up the tiny side road or just stoipped dead in her lane right?
  25. Hi. rightly or wrongly I ignored a Parking charge notice from TPS and they have now sent me a letter from the solicitors following up on this charge, it doesn't state anything about courts, but says I have 14 days to pay the fine Would you continue to ignore this? Also, on another note, looking at the original charge notice the postcode of the offence is actually incorrect, now that I am beyond the appeal process date should I just ignore this also at this stage?
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