this is a good one(not for me)
I had my car sorn and parked on my drive,
i pre booked an mot for 1030 next day ,
circa 8 am as the mrs went to take the kids to school
she asked me to save her a parking space ,
i went to try and tax the car on line but could not,
i went outside and swapped cars
came back in and tried again to tax it could not,
i thought well ill just go to mot place
as i was going to the car and wait for the mrs she walks in with a smile on her face
" you ve been clamped "
i replied
" yeah sure dont you want to park yours as i go to mot"
low and behold i had indeed been clamped .
it was now circa 840.
i had to pay £260 and then got £160 back,
the guy who clamped it was ok and said i should get all the money back as it was a mistake
since i had a pre booked mot.
However this was only the beginning of my troubles,
I tried to contact the dvla - its like asking for an audience with the Pope!
Eventually i was told that not only would i not get the other £100 back
i would be fined, low and behold a summons came through ,
it was not clear what exactly it was for
i contacted the court and explained the situation,
and sent them a copy of the garage diary with my details etc etc,
next i get a letter from dvla stating that as i had entered a guilty plea
they were offering me the opportunity to pay £285 to settle out of court.
I hadnt heard from court yet nor entered any plea.
To to it all the letter from dvla had a contact number and fax number that does not exist,
and they put down the address of the offence wrong.
i tried to contact them
no response
sent them a letter asking for a copy and all relevant material to be sent to me,
never heard back,
got a court summons to appear this monday at watford magistrate court to answer for keeping a car on the road under sorn.
any one can help with what i should say in court????