parking ticket whilst displaying blue badge

dottress

Hi, could do with some advice. I took my nan out today who is a blue badge holder. I parked in a non disabled parking bay due to overcrowding and displayed her blue badge and clock. when i came back i had a parking ticket attached to my car which stated i had been given a £100 fine for failure to pay and display a valid parking ticket and also being parked on private land. I have parked on this car park before in a disabled bay and not received a ticket. Upon leaving the car park today i checked the pay and display board which unfortunatley stated that disabled drivers are required to pay and display, however i have never noticed this before. Is there any way of appealing this ticket as i feel the sum required is rather steep and unfair???

isplumm

dottress wrote: »

Hi, could do with some advice. I took my nan out today who is a blue badge holder. I parked in a non disabled parking bay due to overcrowding and displayed her blue badge and clock. when i came back i had a parking ticket attached to my car which stated i had been given a £100 fine for failure to pay and display a valid parking ticket and also being parked on private land. I have parked on this car park before in a disabled bay and not received a ticket. Upon leaving the car park today i checked the pay and display board which unfortunatley stated that disabled drivers are required to pay and display, however i have never noticed this before. Is there any way of appealing this ticket as i feel the sum required is rather steep and unfair???

Hi ...

Ok .... first thing - are we talking about a private car park or council - if private car park ignore ....

Mark

dottress

Thanks for that, from what i understand its a private car park. The ticket was issued by a private security company.

trisontana

If this was in a private car-park you have nothing to worry about. The only money you owe them is for the P&D ticket you did not pay. Anything above that amount would be deemed an unfair penalty. Do not contact the company, and ignore all correspondence from them. For further reassurance, please read the other threads on here that deal with private parking tickets. By the way, this is not a "fine", it's an unenforceable invoice

We like to name and shame on here. Could you tell us the name of the company that issued the ticket. Thanks.

dottress

Predator Security UK Ltd, Swift House, Darwen

Coupon-mad

dottress wrote: »

Predator Security UK Ltd, Swift House, Darwen

Ignore the ticket completely, don't appeal (the 'appeal' will be refused no because it always is).

Google 'private parking scam' and look for forum posts on here, pepipoo.com, consumer action group, all of which will tell you that such private parking tickets are unenforceable trash, whether or not you've appealed already.

Watchdog covered this a couple of months ago, and their legal bod helpfully confirmed just what we tell everyone to do with fake parking tickets:

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

:T:rotfl:

The registered keeper will receive a few debt collector letters telling you to pay, but so what once you know they are just bog roll! Do not panic, do not believe the lies on the letters about Court/CCJs/dire consequences! Debt Collectors have no powers at all, and bailiffs can only be appointed by a Court (if you lost a Court case and then you still refused to pay - can you see that actually happening?).

See examples here of what sort of letters to ignore and be prepared for. Don't bother to actually read their threats when you get the matching threats, instead look at them now so you are ready to laugh when you get the whole predictable set:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2214803

To be proactive, if the scam letters get tiresome you may like to also report the company and their debt collectors for harassment:

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/en...=03_harassment

But don't forget this is NOT a debt, NOT a fine, just a mickey mouse ticket.

Nothing happens, your credit record is NOT affected, so don't fall for this con.

Be angry about their illegal scary letters, tell your friends never to pay a private parking ticket, even if they have broken the car park's spurious 'rules'.

But don't pay it! Spread the word. This ticket is a scam and the letters must be ignored.

trisontana

dottress wrote: »

Predator Security UK Ltd, Swift House, Darwen

Thanks for that. It's always good to know the names of these companies.

ERICS_MUM

dottress wrote: »

Predator Security UK Ltd, Swift House, Darwen

Let me be the first to state the obvious ! Predator by name, predator by nature ! :mad:

trisontana

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Let me be the first to state the obvious ! Predator by name, predator by nature ! :mad:

I found one reference to them over on the CAG forum. Last year they clamped a disabled driver's car. So it shows what sort of company they are.

sarahg1969

Registered in Darwen, Lancs, with only one director who is based in the North East.

dottress

Thanks for all your information and advice. I am going to just ignore it, so fingers cross.