Railway parking ticket help

lmsol

Hello

Totally new here, I've trawled through post after post, including the newbie post but am now at a total loss as to what to do. I think I'm out of luck but one last try. Please please bare with me, like I said, I've spent hours trawling through posts but can't find an answer.

I received a parking ticket for a leased vehicle on a railway station car park. The car park is free to park, but my vehicle wasn't parked in a marked space. I wasn't obstructing any users. I previously parked in this "space" for a year until they clamped down on parking in the car park. There is signage but it is up high, out of direct eyesight.

I appealed before I came across the help on this site. The appeal was rejected. I since received a reminder notice from the supplier (Anchor Security Service Lta T/A Care parking) which I ignored. Today I have received my first notice from Debt Recovery Plus for £160 (original fine was £100).

Should I pay the £100 to Car Parking? Should I continue to ignore?

I'm massively stressed and upset by this as I just can't afford the fine right now. Any help or advice would be hugely appreciated.

KeithP

Have a read of iBiffy's thread - it's about ten threads below yours at the moment.

You both seem to be fighting the same thing.


Ignore debt collectors letters.

Redx

IGNORE the DRPL letter

you should have appealed as day to day keeper, ie:- as the lessee or hirer using the edna basher examples at the bottom of post #1

affordability has no relevance here at all, it is what it is , even homeless non-working street people get "fined"

CARE should have issued a popla code with the rejection, so did they do so ?


iBiffy wasnt daft enough to name the driver, lol

lmsol

Yeah my appeal wasn't really an appeal - it just asked for proof of being parked outside a bay?

Should have really found all this info beforehand!!

Redx

so did CARE issue a popla code ? yes or no ?

lmsol

Yes - just found the POPLA code @RedX

Redx

ok , so I assume that it is now GREATER than 33 days since that code was actually issued and you have ignored it and therefore not made an appeal to popla like you should have done ?

in which case there is nothing you can do because you have missed that opportunity, which is why DRPL have it

lmsol

OK - I can accept that. Lesson learned.

Is there any way to pay the £100 to Care rather than the £160 to the debt collectors?

Redx

unlikely, never say never but I believe that CARE will refer you to DRPL who are dealing with it

the alternative is to let it "time out" after 6 months due to bylaws being in place (probably) and that means CARE cannot take it to court, only the TOC and that would be to a Magistrates Court, not Civil Court

see the INDIGO STATION threads, posts and links as to why

plus study all the CARE PARKING METROLINK threads I have commented on as well because its explained ad nauseum in those threads too , including the threads which were won at popla

lmsol

OK - thank you.

It's over 6 months now... just.

I've ploughed through a number of threads and am I right in believing that as the 6 months has passed, the TOC will have to take this to Magistrates court, which is unlikely. So in this case, I have two options: pay the £160 or sit tight, complain to my MP and hope that the TOC will not pursue the case?

Redx

you are correct in the first part

even if this was lost in court it is extremely unlikely that you would pay £160 so let it ride, especially if this is a MAGS court issue and not a civil issue

I have never heard of any of these going to a MAGS court, not in the 6 years I have been coming here almost daily

I doubt that any TOC like Northern Rail, or TfGM will try a court case and if they did and bylaws apply its too late after 6 months anyway

the fact that this is with DRPL means they have no traction and have passed it to a "scary" (not) grubby debt collector to try to frighten you with lies

DRPL cannot, repeat CANNOT take this matter to court, they work on a no win , no fee basis, hence the addition of the £60 fee they always add on

put everything in a folder and IGNORE drpl

in the unlikely event that this ended up with the TOC or TfGM or a real solicitor (not the stupid DRPL pretend solicitor letters), COME BACK

personally, I dont think you will return to this thread