APCOA parking fine

Evetke1969

I parked at the train station in my village and paid the parking fee. Unfortunately, I accidentally ignored the sign: premier places, and I parked in one of them. When I arrived, I found a parking notice on my back screen. I am not the owner; I am the second-name driver of this car; the owner is currently abroad. What can I do?

Fruitcake

It is not a fine. The registered keeper should appeal around day 26, or the day-to-day keeper (you) should appeal around day 26 using the template in blue text from the sticky Announcement for NEWBIES, unaltered save for a one liner that since the site is not relevant land where railway byelaws apply as defined by the PoFA 2012, the keeper cannot be held liable so APCOA should cancel now to save themselves money.

Do not under any circumstances identify the driver. The driver got a notice to driver and handed it to the keeper. The registered keeper or day to day keeper should appeal.

Coupon-mad

Or just ignore it. As I said earlier.

Evetke1969

The car is my friend's car, his letters are coming to my address as he is abroad. I do not want to cause him problems, but I cannot pay the fee. That is why I am not sure what to do.

Coupon-mad

Ignore it. Nothing happens with APCOA.

Grizebeck

Evetke1969 said:

The car is my friend's car, his letters are coming to my address as he is abroad. I do not want to cause him problems, but I cannot pay the fee. That is why I am not sure what to do.

You have already been told what to do

Evetke1969

I received this from Debt Recovery plus today by email

Thank you for your communication regarding the above Parking Charge Notice (PCN).

 

What you need to do now

 

So I can contact the driver for payment of the amount due, please let me know their name and address. Please let me have these details by 24/07/2024.

 

What if you do not know who the driver of the vehicle was

 

As you are the registered keeper of the vehicle, I am assuming that it was being driven with your consent and that you will therefore know who the driver was.

 

If you do not provide details of the driver by the date shown above, we will continue to contact you for payment of the parking charge on the assumption that as the registered keeper you were also the driver of the vehicle.

 

Alternatively, payment of the £170.00 outstanding can be made online or by phone.

 

Go to - link - or phone 0208 234 6775. You can find full details of how to pay on the reverse of the letter(s) sent.

 

What will happen if you do not name the driver of the vehicle or make payment

 

If you do not name the driver or the amount outstanding is not paid by the date shown above, it will be recommended to our client that court action be taken by them to recover the amount outstanding.

 

More information

 

Under the Pre-Action Protocol of the Civil Procedural Rules, court action must only be viewed as a last resort. By requesting the driver’s details we are attempting to avoid this outcome.

 

Kind Regards

LDast

Why are you continuing to ignore all the advice here and in the Newbies/FAQ thread?

DRP are a debt collector. Ignore, ignore, ignore. Which bit of that did not register?

"If you do not provide details of the driver by the date shown above, we will continue to contact you for payment of the parking charge on the assumption that as the registered keeper you were also the driver of the vehicle."

1. DRP cannot do anything except send you scary letters in order to make you poop your pants and capitulate.
2. All they are saying is that they will continue to "contact" you. Let them waste their postage and paper. Use them as kindling or to line the bottom of a cat litter tray.
3. Never mind the fact that DRP are powerless to do anything, even the PPC cannot hold you, the known keeper liable for the unknown drivers heinous sins.

So, just continue to ignore.

Coupon-mad

Coupon-mad said:

Ignore it. Nothing happens with APCOA.

As above.  

Grizebeck

Why do people ignore good advice