Parking ticket in Asda car park - Is this legal, can they take me to court?

webmasterpolo

I would get Asda to sort it. Write to MD etc and pass it to them. If it's their car park it's their problem.

Turning_into_scrooge

I'm really NOT in any way having a go at you here but i have a blue badge and many times i haven't been able to park due to others using the disabled bays. I do know that Asda have a strict policy on this and will make it a police matter if the fine is not paid and the car owner repetedly parks in a disabled bay when they are not entitled to do so. My local asda has very few disabled bays, not nearly enough for the size of it. I uderstand it was raining and the car park was empty but please don't take the place of a disabled driver if you are able to walk a little further, some days i have gone home because i cant get a space close enough.

Addicted2Chocolate

agree pay the fine, he should not have parked in the diasabled bay full stop . And the clamping co do have legal right to get keepers details from DVLA.

Savvy_Sue

The OP said:

cosyc wrote:

Thanks for all your replies. I think I am more annoyed because as usual I end up sorting out all hubbies problems!!!

And in that context I said:

Savvy_Sue wrote:

Well if you choose to sort out hubby's problems, I'm sure that's fine by him! Surely it's up to him - he can either pay or not pay as he chooses, and face the consequences! I do a lot for my OH, but I've never paid his parking tickets (not that he's had many) and I wouldn't expect him to pay mine!

And Wig said:

Wig wrote:

The OP is married, his money is hers her money is his, joint account and all that. If any bill appears it has to be paid irrespective of where it came from.

Maybe you are not married and/or still in the in the

"your money is yours my money is mine and we each pay our own way" school of thought.

Some couples (most?) do eventually move on from this premise into the

"we're in this together for better or for worse" school of thought.

For the record, I have been in the "we're in this together for better or for worse" situation for over 20 years, and I have always shared Ivan's opionion:

IvanOpinion wrote:

... in a modern marriage 'her' money is 'hers' and 'his' money is 'ours'

:rotfl:

Except that I have very rarely had any 'her' money, so I've had to make do with spending 'ours'.

The point I was making was that if the OP was fed up of sorting out her hubby's problems, she had a choice of whether to do so or not! Yes, 'their' money might have to be used to pay the parking fine, but if HE was left to sort it out he might think twice about parking where he shouldn't in future! And it won't be her going to court if they do decide to contest it (although no doubt she'd want to give moral support), so IMO it may be a joint financial problem but the 'problem' is not hers but her husband's.

But I may have been having a bad day reading posts from ladies whose partners were not gentlemen, IYSWIM.

Bossyboots

Turning_into_scrooge wrote:

I'm really NOT in any way having a go at you here but i have a blue badge and many times i haven't been able to park due to others using the disabled bays. I do know that Asda have a strict policy on this and will make it a police matter if the fine is not paid and the car owner repetedly parks in a disabled bay when they are not entitled to do so. My local asda has very few disabled bays, not nearly enough for the size of it. I uderstand it was raining and the car park was empty but please don't take the place of a disabled driver if you are able to walk a little further, some days i have gone home because i cant get a space close enough.

Not sure why the police would be involved. This is a civil matter between Asda and its customers. If Asda want to treat customers who park in their disabled bays when they shouldn't as trespassers, then that is still a civil matter and not one for the police.

Turning_into_scrooge

Bossyboots wrote:

Not sure why the police would be involved. This is a civil matter between Asda and its customers. If Asda want to treat customers who park in their disabled bays when they shouldn't as trespassers, then that is still a civil matter and not one for the police.

I would of said the same but it wa a customer services staff that gave me the info which was backed up by a car park attendant

Bossyboots

Turning_into_scrooge wrote:

I would of said the same but it wa a customer services staff that gave me the info which was backed up by a car park attendant

They have either been told to say that to try to stop people abusing the spaces or they have been told the wrong thing. It is definitely not a police matter and the only recourse they have is through the civil courts.

Turning_into_scrooge

Bossyboots wrote:

They have either been told to say that to try to stop people abusing the spaces or they have been told the wrong thing. It is definitely not a police matter and the only recourse they have is through the civil courts.

Thank you for correcting me :beer:

IvanOpinion

One other point for consideration ... and I have no idea if it applies here or not. In many cases the store may not OWN the property and may only be leasing it and the car parking area. In these cases it could be the landowner, not the supermarket, that makes rules about the car park ... and some landowners are seeing a lucrative market opening up for them.

Ivan

jockettuk

Happyroly wrote:

Only half on topic - how annoying are those people who display disabled stickers in their cars but you can see the person for whose benefit that sticker was issued isn't actually accompanying them. The ones who jump out of the car, grab a trolley and stride into the store whilst I am helping my 85 year old Mum from my car to the store so she can do her shopping (I would do it for her but she likes to choose somethings herself). She is not registered disabled just not that steady on her feet. One Asda assistant once told me I should park in the disabled bays - aren't I glad I declined that offer!
Happyroly

nothing stopping you applying for a blue badge.. if the doctors agree she unsteady on her feet then go for it ... apply what you got to lose