Dublin M50 Toll Penalty Enforceable?

feelingverystupid

Not sure if this is in the right place. Please move if not.

In August we travelled through Dublin.We are UK citizens and were travelling in a UK registered vehicle. We were horribly lost and stressed out. We saw signs warning of a toll but thought we hadn't ever arrived at it as we didn't pass any barriers.

Apparently there are no barriers and according to a letter I've just received, we went through 3 times in less than an hour while trying to find our way to the hotel and once, a week later on our way back to the port.

The letter states that it is an unpaid toll notice following a standard toll request, it is however the first contact of any sort I have received. The tolls are less than £12. They are asking a total of £166.57 including penalties.

Issues of gross stupidity and ethical obligation aside, does anyone know for certain if this can be enforced ? I may wish to drive in Ireland again, probably not in this vehicle.

Trebor16

Who is asking you for this sum of money? If you could provide more details it would help us to assist you.

feelingverystupid

Many thanks for responding. The letter was sent by euro parking collection plc (epcplc.com ) on behalf of eflow.

HardWorker2010_2

Looked at their website. They look like a bunch of self appointed scammers to me.

If it was me I'd do the usual - ignore.

Trebor16

feelingverystupid wrote: »

Many thanks for responding. The letter was sent by euro parking collection plc (epcplc.com ) on behalf of eflow.

Well, as it is not a penalty that has been imposed by any court of law (criminal or civil) in Ireland or the UK I would just ignore them and not respond to them.

Kite2010

So how are you meant to pay if there is no barriers/toll-booths?

Orford

Bit like London congestion charge:
http://www.eflow.ie/payment/

taffy056

I wouldn't just ignore , ask over on https://www.pepipoo.com for advice first, they probably will have more knowledge of this

give_them_FA

If it's in the hands of some private collector it will be going nowhere. An Irish court has no jurisdiction and it will be impossible to prove the case in an English court for want of evidence.

IMHO. Bit the same as the Aussie speeding ticket.

caziques

I'm in agreement - with the ignoring bit.

The OP has no idea if there is some sort of toll to pay or not, - but getting a begging letter from debt collectors proves it's a scam.

Personally I bin these sorts of things - but the better suggestion is to file it away somewhere.

Don't worry about going back to Dublin again, the authorities can't tie records together for serious stuff let alone something like this.

Don't pay, don't respond.

Coupon-mad

give_them_FA wrote: »

If it's in the hands of some private collector it will be going nowhere. An Irish court has no jurisdiction and it will be impossible to prove the case in an English court for want of evidence.

IMHO. Bit the same as the Aussie speeding ticket.

Agreed, unenforceable rubbish.

I posted some links about this in September on this thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/47048087#Comment_47048087

HTH