Charge Notice for stopping at red light - Bristol Airport

Drivad

I unfortunately identified myself as the driver at the beginning of the process (before I learned that this was a mistake). 

Fruitcake

Byelaws still apply with regards to stopping at a red light being a mandatory byelaw requirement.

BikingBud

Delboy bottled it!

Happy to support attacks on a personal basis but doesn't commit to support one of his partners in crime in a national newspaper. Come on get out into the open Del and show us your true spots! 

The walls are starting to topple!

How can this be exploited to recover the vast amounts of money many have paid due to this scam?

sidsnoteveret

Put 'Bristol airport byelaws 29072024' into your search engine and you will find a pdf of the byelaws revalidated by Greame Gamble on 29th July, 2024; together with a map of the airport bounded by a red line, at the bottom of the document

Coupon-mad

sidsnoteveret said:

Put 'Bristol airport byelaws 29072024' into your search engine and you will find a pdf of the byelaws revalidated by Greame Gamble on 29th July, 2024; together with a map of the airport bounded by a red line, at the bottom of the document

Sounds like useful info...

nigelbb

sidsnoteveret said:

Put 'Bristol airport byelaws 29072024' into your search engine and you will find a pdf of the byelaws revalidated by Greame Gamble on 29th July, 2024; together with a map of the airport bounded by a red line, at the bottom of the document

Better yet here is the direct link to the PDF on the Bristol Airport website https://www.bristolairport.co.uk/media/0hlpxurr/bristol-airport-byelaws-29072024v2.pdf

Imnotpaying

Drivad said:

Might be nothing, but I note that DCBLegal use the BPA's Approved Operator logo in their written correspondence, and they've used the BPA's Code of Practice to justify the fees of £70 (and the lack of VAT thereon). 

VCS is registered with the IPC, not the BPA. I emailed the BPA to clarify what was happening here, and they've advised me that "In this instance, DCBL will be following the IPC’s Code of Practice. If the Parking Charge was issued by a member of our Approved Operator Scheme, DCBL would follow our Code of Practice."

So DCBLegal are using the Code of Practice from an entirely unrelated organisation (with branded materials to back it up) in order to try and get me to pay up. At best, this is incompetent, but is this anything we could hold them to? I'm sure if I started emailing them with a royal crest in my signature there would be some sort of consequence. 

BPA has just published an October 2024 list of Members which includes VCS Ltd.  But VCS Ltd does not appear in the BPA list of Approved Operators.  Has this changed?
DCBL (Debt Collection Bailiffs Ltd) and DCBLegal are two separate companies which "work in partnership." In the correspondence I have received, it is DCBL which claims to be a BPA Approved Operator, not DCBLegal.  There is no BPA AO logo in DCBLegal's correspondence.  Complicated, isn't it?! 

Umkomaas

'Members' and 'Approved Operators' are different. 'Membership' gets you BPA updates, memos and invites to webinars, seminars and general bunfights. 'Approved Operator Status' gets you access to the pot of gold at the rainbow's end - DVLA registered keeper data. 

Not forgetting that the BPA also have Vehicle Control Solutions (not Services) in their membership and AOS lists. Different outfit. 

Drivad

Hi all, Claim Form received. Have checked out the Newbies thread but quite overwhelmed with next steps here. Would anybody be able to walk me through it? 

Any help much appreciated. 

Umkomaas

@KeithP will be along shortly with some key dates and initial actions you need to take to commence your defence. Have you Acknowledged Service (AOS) of the claim yet, if so on what date?