Parking fine 12 mins sat in car

Granof4

Baby asleep I jump out of the car hubby staying in the car for 12 mins while I came back. 6 mins each way to bank not bad for a 68 year old. Parking eye just sent a £60 fine!!! Do I pay it? Appeal?

oldernonethewiser

No one was fined.

Read the Newbies thread for info on how to proceed.

The_Deep

Up to you, but nine out of ten such tickets are a scam. Read this

IMO, PE signs leave much to be desired. I doubt that many judges would agree that they are capable of forming a contract, read this

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5972164/parking-eye-signs-oxford-road-reading

and enlist the support of your MP as they are obviously trying to scam you.

Parliament is well aware of the MO of these private parking companies, and on 15th March 2019 a Bill was enacted to curb the excesses of these shysters. Codes of Practice are being drawn up, an independent appeals service will be set up, and access to the DVLA's date base more rigorously policed, persistent offenders denied access to the DVLA database and unable to operate.

Hopefully life will become impossible for the worst of these scammers, but until this is done you should still complain to your MP, citing the new legislation.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/contents/enacted

Just as the clampers were finally closed down, so hopefully will many of these Private Parking Companies.

tboo

Did you buy a ticket for the car park? or was you chancing it

bergkamp

lorraineblake51 wrote: »

Baby asleep I jump out of the car hubby staying in the car for 12 mins while I came back. 6 mins each way to bank not bad for a 68 year old. Parking eye just sent a £60 fine!!! Do I pay it? Appeal?

Not bad for a 68 year old to have a baby.... :shocked::think:

The_Slithy_Tove

The car was parked. Fact. Don't go appealing on the basis it wasn't. There are plenty of other angles to attack the charge.

fisherjim

Read the newbies thread and send the blue appeal don't reveal the driver, your appeal will fail then win at POPLA hopefully if you do it right.


But your urban myth own parking rules do not over ride the landowners; sitting in a parked car car is still parked!


Also if you have stupidly used your own name as a forum name get it changed now.

Granof4

Anyone know how I should appeal. I am willing to pay say a £20 fine as it was only 12 mins and we did not realise it was a not allowed to wait there. Changed the name now!! I don’t know what you mean by a blue appeal. We weren’t chancing it we was not aware we weren’t allowed. It was a place with a few spaces at the end of a street. We don’t usually go. We usually park in the indoor car park for £1. But it’s far from the bank and it’s a long way to carry a sleeping 3 year old. We usually have a spare buggy but we was taking him home so thought we wouldn’t need it!!!

Redx

any so called "fine" , actually its INVOICE will be set by the parking company, not you , which is a £100 charge , reduced to £60 for early payment

the appeal in blue text is in post #1 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread, third thread down from the top of this forum

appeal as keeper

what happened on the day is largely irrelevant, so no blabbing

in future, tell the driver to stop "chancing it" , because with cameras and sometimes parking attendants you have no chance of winning based on chances , these companies eat chancers for breakfast

Coupon-mad

Why do people use private car parks to nip to a shop?

Why not stop on street where you are unlikely to get any fine (unless it's London)?