Parking in disabled bay without blue badge - sorry

Sea.chell

I've just spent some time debating a recent parking 'fine' with my friends, googled it and it brought me to this forum.

I read many posts with similar incidents to mine; parked in a disabled bay in a private car park to deliver something to a cinema, I left the keys in ignition with my mother, who is a named driver, in the passenger seat. My mother was shocked to see a stranger take photographs around the car and tried to explain, but as I had no blue badge the CMS ticket was issued with haste.

So, the previous posts all suggest I should ignore the 'fine' (sorry, invoice!) but then I realised the posts were from 2011 - I've since read posts about POPLA appeals.

Excuse my ignorance, but does the 'ignore it and continuing letters' rule still stand now? Or have new rules been sanctioned?!

My friends argue that I HAVE to pay up...and my mum says I should to be a good citizen!!!

Please could you give me some guidance.

Regards

Stroma

It's better to create your own thread to get specific advice, link below for you
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

Coupon-mad

Sea.chell wrote: »

I've just spent some time debating a recent parking 'fine' with my friends, googled it and it brought me to this forum.

I read many posts with similar incidents to mine; parked in a disabled bay in a private car park to deliver something to a cinema, I left the keys in ignition with my mother, who is a named driver, in the passenger seat. My mother was shocked to see a stranger take photographs around the car and tried to explain, but as I had no blue badge the CMS ticket was issued with haste.

So, the previous posts all suggest I should ignore the 'fine' (sorry, invoice!) but then I realised the posts were from 2011 - I've since read posts about POPLA appeals.

Excuse my ignorance, but does the 'ignore it and continuing letters' rule still stand now? Or have new rules been sanctioned?!

My friends argue that I HAVE to pay up...and my mum says I should to be a good citizen!!!

Please could you give me some guidance.

Regards

Get new friends = total idiots.

And please do let them see this reply, I make NO APOLOGY when I slag off the often downright stupid British public for falling for scams so flippin' easily. If people weren't so easily fooled, obviously with more money than sense, then the scammer PPCs would not make any money and would fold.

And you parked in a disabled bay WHY? Was one of you disabled, if so then OK...

...as Stroma says, to get advice you need to get off this random thread and look at the current 2013 threads you seem to have overlooked. Do start your own thread once you have read some current ones on the forum.

Crabman

Hi Sea.chell & welcome to MSE :hello:

I've moved the posts above into the new thread you just started to keep all your replies in one place.

I'm afraid Coupon-mad is right about your friends. However, you can now take your mum's advice, be a good citizen and tell them the truth about private parking tickets. :cool: