Parking Eye in Scotland

ja86br

Hi guys,

What's the deal in Scotland?

A female relative (reg'd keeper of a vehicle) received a parking charge notice from Parking Eye for someone driving her vehicle overstaying by 10 or so minutes.

Am I right in saying that, in Scotland, all we have to do is ignore it altogether?

They can only instruct debt recovery agents and/or issue proceedings against the 'driver' and if they don't know who the 'driver' is, they can't just go after the reg'd keeper?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

waamo

Ignore it.

ColliesCarer

Am I right in saying that, in Scotland, all we have to do is ignore it altogether?

Yes as Waamo has said you should just ignore it. There is no Registered Keeper liability in Scotland - they can only pursue the driver and your friend is under no obligation to tell them who that is.

They can only instruct debt recovery agents and/or issue proceedings against the 'driver' and if they don't know who the 'driver' is, they can't just go after the reg'd keeper?

Parking companies can and often do get debt recovery firms involved to send out demands to the keeper. But they are powerless (no matter how much scary red ink is used) and can be ignored too.

There also seems to be a tendency to involve Gordon & Noble who (although they also act as Sherriff's Officers in certain circumstances) are only acting as powerless debt collectors when parking companies instruct them and G&N can be ignored too no matter what they say. If your friend is ever contacted by them by phone tell her to refuse to speak to them and not to believe the scare tactics.

Have a read of this thread posted by an OP who is being pestered by them.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4966206

arabesque_101

ja86br wrote: »

Am I right in saying that, in Scotland, all we have to do is ignore it altogether?

Parking Eye will initially pursue the registered keeper (in this case your relative) for payment. If the registered keeper writes back and says they weren't the driver and refuses to name the driver, Parking Eye are stopped dead in their tracks as in Scotland they cannot make the keeper liable. Alternatively, if the registered keeper ignores all their letters (i.e without sending any letter to Parking Eye disputing their claim), there is a small chance Parking Eye could issue legal proceedings against your relative. Legal proceedings would be unlikely to be successful against the registered keeper if they were defended properly.

fil_cad

All the pulp they send in the post is ideal for toilet paper. :money:

Coupon-mad

ja86br wrote: »

Hi guys,

What's the deal in Scotland?

A female relative (reg'd keeper of a vehicle) received a parking charge notice from Parking Eye for someone driving her vehicle overstaying by 10 or so minutes.

Am I right in saying that, in Scotland, all we have to do is ignore it altogether?

They can only instruct debt recovery agents and/or issue proceedings against the 'driver' and if they don't know who the 'driver' is, they can't just go after the reg'd keeper?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

No need for more advice - it's fully covered in the 'NEWBIES please read these FAQs first' thread at the top of this forum.

Iceweasel

As in the thread mentioned by Coupon-mad, in Scotland you are safe to ignore.

I would strongly advise that you do NOT respond in any way at all.

You are under no more obligation to communicate with Parking Eye than you are to respond to a Nigerian writing asking for a donation to bury his dead grandmother. (Yes, I have had such a letter.)

In the unlikely event that you become the first person in Scotland that we hear of being taken to court, it would be easily defended and beaten.

The begging letters will stop after 4 or 5 months.

Write anything to them and the letters will get more and more outrageous with ridiculous threats of impossible dire consequences, and perhaps continue for up to a year.

My sister knows this as she wrote to Parking Eye and told them to get lost as she was not paying.

ja86br

Thanks so much for the advice, all.