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disabled person issued ticket in supermarket
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Hi,
A disabled person parked in the disabled bay and displayed the blue badge and when they returned they had a ticket on the windscreen that had been placed after 5 minutes of them leaving the car.
The ticket said that the badge is out of date, yet the badge expires in 2011.The ticket states that photographic evidence was taken.
The super market said it is a private firm and has given them an appeal form to fill in.
The ticket said they are to pay £70.00 reduced to £40.00 if paid in 14 days, and then the usual increasing payments if not paid.
The supermarket has told them that the person who issued the ticket will be at the supermarket tomorrow and to speak to them.
What should they do.
The ticket company is Central Ticketing based in Birmingham.
Thank you
A disabled person parked in the disabled bay and displayed the blue badge and when they returned they had a ticket on the windscreen that had been placed after 5 minutes of them leaving the car.
The ticket said that the badge is out of date, yet the badge expires in 2011.The ticket states that photographic evidence was taken.
The super market said it is a private firm and has given them an appeal form to fill in.
The ticket said they are to pay £70.00 reduced to £40.00 if paid in 14 days, and then the usual increasing payments if not paid.
The supermarket has told them that the person who issued the ticket will be at the supermarket tomorrow and to speak to them.
What should they do.
The ticket company is Central Ticketing based in Birmingham.
Thank you
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Follow all the useful advice on here and ignore it (the ticket, not the advice - lol). There is no obligation to display a blue badge in a private car park in any event.0
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sarahg1969 wrote: »Follow all the useful advice on here and ignore it (the ticket, not the advice - lol). There is no obligation to display a blue badge in a private car park in any event.
Thank you for your reply.
Could you be so kind as to direct me to the information about not displaying blue badges in private car parks, so that I may use the information for the future.
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http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/MotoringAndTransport/DG_4001061
Where the scheme doesn't apply
The Blue Badge scheme does not apply to off-street car parks, private roads or at most airports.0 -
AND your ticket is an invoice NOT a fine. There are loads and loads of posts etc regarding tickets being issued in supermarket car parks.
Personally I would do as Sarahg1969 suggests and completely ignore the invoice.0 -
AND your ticket is an invoice NOT a fine. There are loads and loads of posts etc regarding tickets being issued in supermarket car parks.
Personally I would do as Sarahg1969 suggests and completely ignore the invoice.
They will persist and threaten you with court action but this forum has more hands on knowledge so keep it tuned in to MSE FM :T"Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain."
''Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.''0 -
It has been noted here umpteen times before that Citizens Advice are about the very last people you should go to, as they almost invariably advise you to "obey the law and pay-up!" :rolleyes: :mad:
Keep ignoring and get on with things. File the letters as evidence in the very unlikely event you are subject to action.0 -
OP has had same advice on here and Pepipoo so hopefully he/she is now using the invoice instead of Andrex(and I dont mean blowing their nose...lol)0
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Thank you all for the advice.
Unfortunatly the elderly person who received the invoice wanted to make a stance and has sent off the appeal form with letter of refusal to pay; I would have prefered they ignore it, but each to their own.
I will keep you informed as to what the outcome is.
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It will almost certainly mean they will just get a few more letters, wiich will be even more threatening and frenetic. Maybe some will come from some "collection agent" who will in reality be equally powerless to do anything.
The general advice to ignore and file them will still hold true.0 -
It would also be an idea to take a photo of the badge in the car, clearly showing the expiry date.0
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