Parking ticket in company vehicle

smersh71

Hi everyone,
looking for some advice.
I got a ticket whilst I stopped on some private land (BP garage just off J39 M1) for 2 minutes while putting in my sat nav directions. All the company vehicles have trackers fitted and my manager looked at it and I was there for 2 minutes with engine running.

As my vehicle is registered to my company, they got the first letter from Vehicle Control Services Limited then passed it on to me. Now I normally ignore these types of letters, private land and private company trying scare tactics to get easy money out of people. Hey it worked with Parking Eye at an Aldi's earlier this year.

But they have since had a letter from DCBL debt recovery company with an additional £60 added on.
Because of this my company are now saying if they get another one they will pay it and take it out of my wages, which I'm not sure that's legal is it?

So 2 things I need help with

1. Is it worth contacting VCSL to state my case even if their "appeal time" has expired seeing as it was only 2 minutes?

2. Does my company have the legal right to take this fine out of my wages?

Thanks guys.

Herzlos

1. Did anyone name the driver? If they do that, they'll pursue you directly.

2. It depends entirely on your contract.

smersh71

Thanks for reply.

On the first point, no VCSL didn't name me neither did my company.
As the vehicle is registered to the company they sent the letter to the company, then my company passed it on to me.

The ticket company do not have my details.

2.Reading my contract.

Thanks again

DoaM

Dear VCS ... Thank you for your Notice to Keeper in respect of an alleged parking infringement. Your NTK is woefully inadequate with respect to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to serve as a proper means to lawfully transfer liability to the vehicle's registered keeper, therefore there cannot be any keeper liability, therefore you must pursue the driver - the keeper has no legal liability to identify the driver.

Furthermore, as the keeper is a company there can be no assumption whatsoever that the keeper was the driver ... a legal entity is not a person therefore cannot be a driver.

... if your company had any cojones.

Gadfium

Just tell your employer to inform the PPC that you are the registered keeper. This will discharge their obligation.
Then just deal with the PPC by appealing and beating them at POPLA.

DoaM

Gadfium wrote: »

Just tell your employer to inform the PPC that you are the registered keeper. This will discharge their obligation.
Then just deal with the PPC by appealing and beating them at POPLA.

Whilst the PPC probably won't understand the subtlety, it's probably best to use the correct term.