if I have a mobility car that I can't drive and the staff gets a parking ticket

williewonder

Will I have to pay for it? My town is terrible for parking including the road I live. What happens if my staff get a parking ticket?

tacpot12

It depends on what contract you have with your staff. You might be able to make them liable for any parking tickets they incur, but they would either have to have already have this in their contract or be prepared to accept the change from a certain date onward. 

Normally parking tickets will come to you as the registered keeper and you will be liable for them, even if someone else has committed a driving/parking offence or incured a charge for parking on private land. If your contract with your staff requires them to pay fines and charges; you can deduct the money from their wages without them being claim that this is an unauthorised deduction at an Employment Tribunal.

LightFlare

Depends who the registered keeper is - any paperwork will go to that person and they can easily pass any transgressions on by naming the driver at said time

Same process if they get caught speeding - just different paperwork.

You need to determine who is the registered keeper.

born_again

williewonder said:

Will I have to pay for it? My town is terrible for parking including the road I live. What happens if my staff get a parking ticket?

Ask Motability. Given it is a lease car & they are the registered keeper. Ask then how this would be handled given, I take it you can't drive.
Quite surprised that a supported living shared house does not have it's own disabled parking.

williewonder

born_again said:

williewonder said:

Will I have to pay for it? My town is terrible for parking including the road I live. What happens if my staff get a parking ticket?

Ask Motability. Given it is a lease car & they are the registered keeper. Ask then how this would be handled given, I take it you can't drive.
Quite surprised that a supported living shared house does not have it's own disabled parking.

My house is a coach house/terrace that comes straight on the payment of a busy residential street, and the street is permitted parking. If you don't have a permit one is very likely to get a ticket very quickly.

LinLui

Quite surprised that a supported living shared house does not have it's own disabled parking.

Most of them are "normal" houses on "normal" streets. They have the same facilities as any other resident in the area. There are two on the next street to me. 

It is possible (usually at a cost) to get the council to paint up a disabled space outside or near a property, but they are advisory - you can't reserve them, and anyone can park there. It's more an invitation to be polite than a parking restriction.

If you get any fines - parking or traffic - against the car, Motability say you are responsible for paying or appealing them. If your vehicle is towed, you have to contact them. 

chrisw

born_again said:

williewonder said:

Will I have to pay for it? My town is terrible for parking including the road I live. What happens if my staff get a parking ticket?

Ask Motability. Given it is a lease car & they are the registered keeper. Ask then how this would be handled given, I take it you can't drive.
Quite surprised that a supported living shared house does not have its own disabled parking.

The customer is the registered keeper, not Motability, so you will receive notifications of all fines and penalties. All you have to do is pass on the name of the driver. In some circumstances, the keeper can be held liable if they fail to pass on the details or if it's a police issue, you may be committing an offence if you fail to name the driver.

Savvy_Sue

williewonder said:

My house is a coach house/terrace that comes straight on the payment of a busy residential street, and the street is permitted parking. If you don't have a permit one is very likely to get a ticket very quickly.

Would it not be sensible to obtain a permit for your car? You can't drive it, but it is being driven for your benefit, and presumably spends more time outside your house than elsewhere. 

elsien

williewonder said:

born_again said:

williewonder said:

Will I have to pay for it? My town is terrible for parking including the road I live. What happens if my staff get a parking ticket?

Ask Motability. Given it is a lease car & they are the registered keeper. Ask then how this would be handled given, I take it you can't drive.
Quite surprised that a supported living shared house does not have it's own disabled parking.

My house is a coach house/terrace that comes straight on the payment of a busy residential street, and the street is permitted parking. If you don't have a permit one is very likely to get a ticket very quickly.

Get a permit then. You can leave it in your car and then there won’t be a problem.

Although I do agree with muttleythefrog about your use of this forum. You have your support staff to raise these types of concerns with and I’m not sure it’s particularly helpful to you to keep posting on here when there isn’t really an issue. 

M25

The liable person is the person who was driving when the alleged offence/infringement took place. Anything else is nonsense.

The registered keeper will get the letter and it's up to them to pass the details -or not- to the council or police.

If it's a police matter they can get a bit shirty if you refuse to say who was driving. You can get incredibly bad advice about that on the Internet.

LightFlare

M25 said:

The liable person is the person who was driving when the alleged offence/infringement took place. Anything else is nonsense.

The registered keeper will get the letter and it's up to them to pass the details -or not- to the council or police.

If it's a police matter they can get a bit shirty if you refuse to say who was driving. You can get incredibly bad advice about that on the Internet.

shirty as in 6 points and an endorsement code that insurers really dont like