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

SABJ

me and my mam once went to toys r us with my 2 kids they were both babies at the time it was late on and a week day so we parked disabled there was no one else in them and loads and loads of spaces we only did it cos they dont have parent and child and its nicer cos u can open door wider and get baby in pushchair at side of car insted of back ect but when we had finished shopping spending nearly £200 we had a £30 ticket for parking disabled i was abit gutted to say the least but i didnt appeal as i was in the wrong just wish the normal spaces were bigger espesh when u have little ones with you

peter_the_piper

Jazzedup wrote: »

Parked on Asda during the last few months of last year. This one time went slightly over time, by 1 hour, due to having to wait in the bank/post office, the usual. i did my shopping as usual in Asda, not really keeping a check on the time.
When I got back to the car, I found the ticket, from Town & Country.
I have ignored all letters from them ,but last week got letter from debit collection agency in Perth, stating if I dont not pay, ( within 7 days ):mad: further legal action will be taken. So now a little worried !!
The car I was driving, is not mine, but registered to my partner.
I have read that the registered keeper of the car ( whom all the letters are addressed to ) does not have to disclose the driver of the vechicle. Is this right ?? what should we do ??
:mad:
All help appreciated !!

Post the query on the Fines etc forums and I'm sure they will put your mind at ease.

Rolandtheroadie

Titus_frogsbutt wrote: »

Wouldn't it be wonderful if these car parks were designed with ALL parking spaces suitable for disabled/parent & child bays.

But then I suppose they could not cram enough cars in.

I think it's more a distance from the front door issue rather than width (although thats also a consideration).


I believe it was in the newspapers the other day that ASDA had given 70k to disabled and childrens charities from these fines (total brought in 98k, 28k to the company giving out the fines).
If the fines are uniforceable and you win your case, good on you, your still a selfish ignorant individual.

peter_the_piper

britonsarah wrote: »

me and my mam once went to toys r us with my 2 kids they were both babies at the time it was late on and a week day so we parked disabled there was no one else in them and loads and loads of spaces we only did it cos they dont have parent and child and its nicer cos u can open door wider and get baby in pushchair at side of car insted of back ect but when we had finished shopping spending nearly £200 we had a £30 ticket for parking disabled i was abit gutted to say the least but i didnt appeal as i was in the wrong just wish the normal spaces were bigger espesh when u have little ones with you

A pity that you did not ask before you paid as you did not owe them anything. Have a browse through the Parking forums here and read up on how to avoid this.

Tim_Deegan

Jazzedup wrote: »

Parked on Asda during the last few months of last year. This one time went slightly over time, by 1 hour, due to having to wait in the bank/post office, the usual. i did my shopping as usual in Asda, not really keeping a check on the time.
When I got back to the car, I found the ticket, from Town & Country.
I have ignored all letters from them ,but last week got letter from debit collection agency in Perth, stating if I dont not pay, ( within 7 days ):mad: further legal action will be taken. So now a little worried !!
The car I was driving, is not mine, but registered to my partner.
I have read that the registered keeper of the car ( whom all the letters are addressed to ) does not have to disclose the driver of the vechicle. Is this right ?? what should we do ??
:mad:
All help appreciated !!

There was a program on this a while back, and this is what I remember:

The program said that a land owner has the right to charge for parking on their property, and that they can use wheel clamps (and then a release fee)to enforce this. However I'm not sure about the legallity if they don't clamp you, but then try to chase it up afterwards.

You should beware once debt collection agencies are involved, because they will send the bailifs round to clamp your friends car. By this time the total fee to release the car could be over £500.

I had a dispute with a council over a parking fine (I won't go into details). The council completely ignored all my letters until one day I found my car clamped. The bailif advised me that in his experience councils completely ignore any letters, so you should pay the fine, then dispute it.

Your friend doesn't have to disclose the driver, but they will be liable if they don't.

Gers

Jazzedup wrote: »

Parked on Asda during the last few months of last year. This one time went slightly over time, by 1 hour, due to having to wait in the bank/post office, the usual. i did my shopping as usual in Asda, not really keeping a check on the time.
When I got back to the car, I found the ticket, from Town & Country.
I have ignored all letters from them ,but last week got letter from debit collection agency in Perth, stating if I dont not pay, ( within 7 days ):mad: further legal action will be taken. So now a little worried !!
The car I was driving, is not mine, but registered to my partner.
I have read that the registered keeper of the car ( whom all the letters are addressed to ) does not have to disclose the driver of the vechicle. Is this right ?? what should we do ??
:mad:
All help appreciated !!

~Ignore the letters
~ Don't pay the 'charge' it's NOT a fine
~ File all paperwork under R for rubbish
~ Hold your nerve-they will go away after a few attempts
~ Don't be intimidated by the scary looking letters
~ Ignore everything

Tim_Deegan

Gers wrote: »

~Ignore the letters
~ Don't pay the 'charge' it's NOT a fine
~ File all paperwork under R for rubbish
~ Hold your nerve-they will go away after a few attempts
~ Don't be intimidated by the scary looking letters
~ Ignore everything

That's all very well when the bailifs clamp their friends car and demand a £500+ release fee. It can take months to argue the toss in court, by which time their friend is is going to be rather miffed without a car.

cheap_charlie

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

That's all very well when the bailifs clamp their friends car and demand a £500+ release fee. It can take months to argue the toss in court, by which time their friend is is going to be rather miffed without a car.

Yes but in Scotland the law is different and these parking tickets aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

We don't have bailiffs here either.

Tim_Deegan

cheap_charlie wrote: »

Yes but in Scotland the law is different and these parking tickets aren't worth the paper they are printed on.

We don't have bailiffs here either.

Was the OP in Scotland?

peter_the_piper

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

There was a program on this a while back, and this is what I remember:

The program said that a land owner has the right to charge for parking on their property, and that they can use wheel clamps (and then a release fee)to enforce this. However I'm not sure about the legallity if they don't clamp you, but then try to chase it up afterwards.

You should beware once debt collection agencies are involved, because they will send the bailifs round to clamp your friends car. By this time the total fee to release the car could be over £500.

I had a dispute with a council over a parking fine (I won't go into details). The council completely ignored all my letters until one day I found my car clamped. The bailif advised me that in his experience councils completely ignore any letters, so you should pay the fine, then dispute it.

Your friend doesn't have to disclose the driver, but they will be liable if they don't.

Sorry to say but this is tosh. The only way a Bailiff will call is for the PPC to take the driver to court, extremely unlikely (its easier to scam the unwary and misinformed), win the case. judge to order a payment, and you to not pay this. Whatever happens its only the driver thats liable (in a ppc case) its not the registered keeper. This does not apply to a council/police ticket which must not be ignored although its possible to get a council one canceled. With the police the best advice is to pay up.