Being charged an admin fee for getting driver's details sent on.....

stridfish

Took my disabled son with me tonight on a work related errand. On the way back I decided to call in at the local Railway Station so that he could see a few trains passing (you would not believe how much he loves trains!)

I parked in a disabled bay, and we stood at the fence right next to the car for around 20mins while he indulged his passion and saw 3 trains, before he would let me take him home.

As we were leaving, I noticed a CCTV pointing down to the road (one way in, one way out) and it dawned on me that it was possibly an ANPR camera.

It was impractical for me to read the lengthy signs as I was too busy keeping control of a 14yr old, strong-as-an-ox disabled boy who wanted to be everywhere and see everything. As far as I'm aware, I was with a disabled person in a disabled bay - I'm not even sure whether disabled spaces a free at the station as my attention was diverted to keeping my son in a safe, enjoyable zone around the car.

I read a post on here regarding a car rental company charging an admin fee to pass on the details of the driver - and that it was suggested that the person involved demand that fee back. In my case I have a company car which is leased through a rental company. We have received e-mails in the past that on particular contracts which our company has, if we do not inform the manager of a site where we are working (motorway service stations etc) with our registration number and reason for visit... and the rental company receives a ticket - they will pass that onto my employer who will forward it onto the driver, and they will charge my employer an admin fee for this (which they will then deduct from us).

So armed with all the info from your good selves regarding ignoring/appealing any ticket that might ensue, I am not concerned about any ticket in itself - but if I was slapped with a £25 admin charge (or whatever), is this enforceable?

Coupon-mad

I would email up front (now) to the Lease company to say that if they receive a PARKING Charge Notice mentioning this station, that you will be appealing it. And make the point now that this one wouldn't be a parking fine or penalty so isn't covered by your lease t&cs. Lease t&cs normally only relate to real parking tickets not fake 'PCN' invoices - which most Railway ones are.

Check those lease hire t&cs, if it talks about penalties and fines, this wouldn't be one anyway. So they should not be able to charge their £25 unless the t&cs are written in a very catch-all way to include private invoices as well.

There's just a remote possibility that this is a Railway where the Train Operating Co. issue real penalties in their name. So for peace of mind why not pop back (park elsewhere) and take a pic of the sign or at least note down if it's a station covered by a PPC scammer like NCP or MET or Meteor, or CP Plus. At least you'd know then that there will be no real penalty involved if they do write to the registered keeper.

Also if there's a phone number on the sign and it's a private company, you could ring up (beware of what you say though) and mention your car reg and ONLY ask if there's an outstanding 'PCN'? Wait a week before phoning, to be sure it's on the system if such a 'ticket' exists.

Don't pay it, don't say what happened, don't even say you were driving and certainly don't tell them it's a company car. No INFORMATION, just an enquiry 'is there a ticket issued against my car?' If they say yes then say that the driver is keen to appeal straight away as there was a disabled passenger in the car, so can they please give you the PCN number and address to write to this week.

If they refuse and say 'wait till we write to the registered keeper' say that you know the DRIVER is potentially liable and the driver is wishing to appeal up front, so they must allow the driver to do so, under the BPA Code of Practice. And that they then will have to deal with the driver, not the registered keeper.

halibut2209

Nothing more to add,. Just wanted to say that you sound like an fantastic parent. Your son is very lucky