ParkingEye Scotland

yeetus

Hi all,
My father owns a private hire car and (ill update with more details soon) he says something along the lines of he did NOT park in this car park but drove through it at various points of the day or something.
Anyway, he has received a final demand letter from some debt collection service and I'm wondering what's the best way to approach this. He is adamant that he did not park there and I (will get off him the exact reason as to how they might think he did). Do I ignore, just contact the hotel who owns the car park or directly contact ParkingEye. I'm drafting an email/letter to the hotel but if they disagree, is the best option to ignore? My fear is that with a private hire car, the owner and driver is the same person most of the time so that excuse is harder to use? And if contacting them causes them to be more pursuing or something. I'm unsure how third party cover works on those vehicles but there is only one named driver.

Thanks

twhitehousescat

what makes you think that parking eye know this is private hire vehicle

fisherjim

What has the insurance got to do with this?


The PPC can only get the keeper's details from the DVLA they have no idea about anything else unless someone tells them.


My cloudy crystal ball suggests that the driver of this PHV may have been picking up at a hotel and has been clocked by ANPR, maybe a double dip scenario? If this is so and a regular pick up why not get the vehicle whitelisted by the hotel.

Fruitcake

My insurance allows me to drive a vehicle not belonging or hired to me.
I suspect the same applies to the majority of motorists in the UK.
So, there are about twenty million people who could have been driving the car on the date of the alleged event.
Parking Lie don't know who was driving, and have no way of finding out unless some idiot tells them.

The sticky thread for NEWBIES tells you precisely what to do in this situation.
Please follow that advice.

Please also note that the advice is specific to Scotland and Northern Ireland and no other part of the UK.