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Got a parking ticket fine after paying to park!
the182guy
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Hi all,
This happend to a friend of mine and I wanted to know if there's anything he can do. Basically he parked on a Pay-and-display carpark, he bought a ticket from the machine, put it in the window and walked away. He came back a while later and there was a £50 fine for "not clearly displaying a ticket".
The ticket was one of those types where you peel off the back and use that to stick it to the window, when he got back to the car, only the sticky part was in the window, the part with all the time/date details on was gone. He looked everywhere in the car to no avail. The only thing he can think of is when he put the ticket in the window, it must have blown out of the car before closing the door, or while the passenger was getting out - as the car park is next to the beach in an open area so there is often strong winds.
We don't know if they have CCTV on the car park, I should think they do though incase of anyone trying to break into the machines containing money, or parked cars. If they do have CCTV then it would prove that he bought a ticket. The machine should also have a log of the ticket aswell.
What do you think? Is it worth trying to protest this or just pay it?
Edit: I posted this is in the proper forum (parking tickets), sorry for posting here. Please delete.
Here is the link to the proper thread: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=24726979
This happend to a friend of mine and I wanted to know if there's anything he can do. Basically he parked on a Pay-and-display carpark, he bought a ticket from the machine, put it in the window and walked away. He came back a while later and there was a £50 fine for "not clearly displaying a ticket".
The ticket was one of those types where you peel off the back and use that to stick it to the window, when he got back to the car, only the sticky part was in the window, the part with all the time/date details on was gone. He looked everywhere in the car to no avail. The only thing he can think of is when he put the ticket in the window, it must have blown out of the car before closing the door, or while the passenger was getting out - as the car park is next to the beach in an open area so there is often strong winds.
We don't know if they have CCTV on the car park, I should think they do though incase of anyone trying to break into the machines containing money, or parked cars. If they do have CCTV then it would prove that he bought a ticket. The machine should also have a log of the ticket aswell.
What do you think? Is it worth trying to protest this or just pay it?
Edit: I posted this is in the proper forum (parking tickets), sorry for posting here. Please delete.
Here is the link to the proper thread: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=24726979
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Unless it was a car park controlled by the council, then there is no need to pay any parking ticket.
It's not a fine/penalty, it's an invoice.
Have a look at other threads
If is was a council ticket, then appeal and keep appealing right to the adjudication service.0 -
This happened to me. I sent my cheque with a nice letter and the original parking ticket (which had fallen off completely due to condensation) and they sent the cheque back with a letter saying I didn't have to pay the fine. Maybe you could do this and send the sticky portion back- it's worth a go.0
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