Parking Fine when i didn’t park!

sarahcallisto

Firstly, I came here for help - not abuse. The letters I received didnt appear official as we werent there and the photo couldve been taken anywhere. What mistake could happen with anpr technology that puts me in a car park i was 20 miles away from?

waamo

Anpr is extremely flawed. Missreads happen regularly. We need heaps of information. The main ones being is your V5c correct and did you get lots of correctly addressed letters?

Legal advice will be useless. They will just tell you to pay.

Quentin

As previously posted, you need to address the ccj first. From what you say that is not a scam

Have you moved at all recently?

Was this latest letter from the Court correctly addressed,?

You will get good advice here but you need to answer the questions asked!

KeithP

sarahcallisto wrote: »

What mistake could happen with anpr technology that puts me in a car park i was 20 miles away from?

It is not possible for an ANPR mistake to put you in a car park anywhere - let alone one twenty miles away.

What is possible though, is for ANPR camera and software to misread a car number plate and think that your car was in that car park twenty miles away.

ANPR identifies cars, not people, and sometimes it identifies cars wrongly.

Fruitcake

The advice to ignore has not been given here since the law changed in 2012. Plenty of time for you to do proper research. The perceived abuse you mention is most likely frustration by the regulars because you have partly brought this situation upon yourself.

First and foremost, you need to sort out the CCJ. Ideally you should pay it in full so that it appears as satisfied.
Paying by instalments is not the best option, but if you can't pay the full amount in one go then that is probably what you will have to do.

You should also complain to your MP about this unregulated parking scam.

If you are absolutely sure the event never occurred how the PPC said it did, then you can make a claim against them for abuse of your data in breach of the GDPR.
We are a parking help group, not a legal helpline, so most people here will not be able or willing to assist you.

You will need to find the exact spot where the alleged event occurred, and then prove it was a public road/council owned/not privately owned. Once you have that, then you can prove the PPC had no business accessing your personal data (VRN) from the DVLA.
Alternatively you will need to prove that the car was somewhere else at the time.

You should ask the DVLA who accessed your personal data and when.
Once you have the proof the alleged event did not occur on land managed by the PPC, then you should make a complaint to the DVLA.

You can then start your own court claim. You will need to look up the process for this, but I believe it is not difficult and cost about £25.

If you win, you will be able to claim about £500 - £750 for abuse of data (no financial loss needs to be proved) and then claim back the CCJ costs as well.

sarahcallisto

Thank you! Much more helpful

waamo

sarahcallisto wrote: »

Thank you! Much more helpful

Any chance of some information to help us help you though?

sarahcallisto

How do I do this then? Would I not have had a letter to say when the case was?

KeithP

Perhaps by answering some of the questions that people have asked.

Quentin

sarahcallisto wrote: »

How do I do this then? Would I not have had a letter to say when the case was?

There was no letter saying when the case was as already advised.

There was no case

If you answered the questions you have been asked we could help you