Private Parking Tickets discussion

peter_the_piper

On current form about 4.99 million years give or take a month or two.

redsetter1964

received a letter in the post with all my details on......asking for £50 instead of £80 for one hour excess parking.......sounds like they'll be wasting a fair degree of paper by sending these letters out!!

Fergie76

Two questions, apologies if they have been asked before:

1. If I received a private parking invoice, never paid it and it got up the ridiculous amounts that they try to charge and I died tomorrow, could they be cheeky and try and claim from my estate?

2. We all know that disabled bays in private car parks are not just for blue badge holders, because it would breach the DDA, so why don't council car parks breach the DDA, by insisting on the blue badge?

Sorry, it's Friday and I'm bored.

lucylucky

Fergie76 wrote: »

Two questions, apologies if they have been asked before:

1. If I received a private parking invoice, never paid it and it got up the ridiculous amounts that they try to charge and I died tomorrow, could they be cheeky and try and claim from my estate? They could try and they would lose any claim they made

2. We all know that disabled bays in private car parks are not just for blue badge holders, because it would breach the DDA, so why don't council car parks breach the DDA, by insisting on the blue badge? Do council car parks insist on a blue badge? If they do then they are also in breach of DDA guidelines

Sorry, it's Friday and I'm bored.

In answer to Q2 if a person with a disability, without a blue badge, was to park in such a bay and then be "fined" (yes I know!) for it then the local papers would just love the story

Fergie76

lucylucky wrote: »

In answer to Q2 if a person with a disability, without a blue badge, was to park in such a bay and then be "fined" (yes I know!) for it then the local papers would just love the story

As far as I am aware, both from reading these forums and personal experience.

My wife is disabled, we went to the local shops (council car park), for got to display badge and as my wife returned to the car the Traffic Warden (TW) was in the middle of writing/printing out the ticket. My wife explained that she was disabled and they we just forgot to display the badge and that I would be back in a minute and she could see it.

I returned to car and showed TW blue badge, but it was the old scenario that they had started to print the ticket therefore, she couldn't cancel and we have to appeal.

I appealed and won, but was told that this was the only time that an appeal would be granted on these grounds and that all future tickets would stand.

peter_the_piper

AFAIK the answer to q1 would be no. They have sent/given you an invoice, you have rejected it.

lucylucky

"but it was the old scenario that they had started to print the ticket"

Totally different scenario but I came back to my car, TW (council not a pretend one) writing out a ticket.

I asked why

She said "You are beyond your time"
Me "Erm I don't appear to be"

She (after checking her watch, then the time on my ticket, then the ticket machine next to my car) - .......
She never spoke but actually ripped up the ticket in front of me and walked away.

leo67

Hi, on the 29th of August on my return from Dover round 01:19am I stopped at he MOTO Reading West to rest after been driving for a while and left at 05:20.Today I have recived a parking charge notice from CP Plus asking to pay now £50 or £80 later as I parked for 4 hours and they do have photogrgaphic evidence on file to support this claim, on my way out from the MOTO services I noticed the sign of the 2 hours limit .
What do I do ? They have asked me to send a payent to a PO Box address.
Thank you in advance.

peter_the_piper

I suggest you search for cp plus or moto and see there are hundreds who have successfully ignored them.

Driver8

leo67 wrote: »

Hi, on the 29th of August on my return from Dover round 01:19am I stopped at he MOTO Reading West to rest after been driving for a while and left at 05:20.Today I have recived a parking charge notice from CP Plus asking to pay now £50 or £80 later as I parked for 4 hours and they do have photogrgaphic evidence on file to support this claim, on my way out from the MOTO services I noticed the sign of the 2 hours limit .
What do I do ? They have asked me to send a payent to a PO Box address.
Thank you in advance.

PRIVATE PARKING TICKETS - DON'T PAY!
IT IS NOT A FINE! YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL!

This is an information page for the thousands of people who receive "tickets" from private companies in the UK ever day at supermarkets, retail parks, and in any other privately-owned carpark.

We are NOT encouraging anybody to openly flout parking restrictions on private land, or to refuse to pay reasonable charges for parking. Landowners have a right to make reasonable charges for the use of their land.

For advice specific to your case, you should visit the forums at http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

1. What you should know about these companies

It is important to remember that private parking companies (or PPCs as they are often called) have NO OFFICIAL POWERS - that's right, none at all! They give out their "tickets" on the basis that you have seen the signs in their car park and that you have therefore agreed to a contract obliging you to pay a certain sum of money.


2. What happens to people who don't pay?

In 99.9% of cases, absolutely NOTHING! The company pays the DVLA £2.50 to get your address, and then sends lots of threatening letters. In the main, these letters can be safely IGNORED. The only way the company can actually force you to pay is by taking you to the small claims court, which costs them even more money. And they are by no means guaranteed to win! And they practically never do.

The two main reasons for this (among others) are the following:

- Only the person DRIVING the car could ever have agreed to any such parking contract. The company can only get the Registered Keeper's address from the DVLA: you don't have to tell them who was driving.

-Many of these charges are so extortionately high that they constitute a penalty, which is unenforceable in a consumer contract.


3. Can they affect my credit rating?

NO! The only way your credit rating could be affected by ignoring private parking companies is if you were taken to court, lost, and then still refused to pay. But they will not take you to court.


IN SHORT

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE tickets from private parking companies, they are not official fines.

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE the threatening letters, including those from debt collection agencies.

You DO NOT have to pay a penny of your hard-earned money to these companies. Remember that the chances of being taken to court are very slim indeed.

DO NOT IGNORE COURT PAPERS!
If you receive real court papers from a private parking company (very rare) then you should go to http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences for help defending the claim. Do not be afraid to sign up and ask questions regarding any paperwork you are not sure about.



Don’t believe the above? Watch a solicitor on Watchdog advising you what to do with the scam invoices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

THEY ARE NOT FINES

Only the Police, Courts or Council’s can fine you. NOT a private company, please remember that.

There's 400 of the above in my car printed and ready to be stuck on car
windscreens over the weekend.