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Many thanks for the info.
The chap who hired the minibus is fretting and so far I have manage to convince him to do nothing. Hopefully he won`t crumble and pay up, but not sure what the hire company will do. My thoughts are that if and when they waste their money on a DVLA check, they see its an hire company, they will just forget it, but I want them to keep chasing just to waste their time for being a bunch of egits.
The parking warden quickly scarpered as well I noticed cause I checked for clear visible signs and they weren`t the easiet to spot so I set off after him to have a word, but disappeared into thin air.
Cheers
Gazza.
You say your driver intended to leave before the time limit was up but overslept. This to me is an admission of guilt. ie he knew that there was a time limit (otherwise how could he have intended to leave before it was up) and he chose not to take any steps to ensure he left before the limit was up (an alarm clock is a reasonable step in my opinion). Legally he might be able to dodge the fine, morally he should pay up as he knew there was a time limit and still went over it.
There is no legal case to answer.
It's not actually, it's whether the invoice/fine is enforceable.
I doubt the "offender" caused any hardship to anyone, merely fell foul to the ghouls that "try" to prey on minor transgressions over which the have no authority to act. Period.:mad:
Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)
Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed
A private company is no more entitled to dish out charges to people not parking in accordance with their signs, than I am to charge posters on this forum £60 for every time they write the word "fine" in their posts. You'd tell me to take a hike with my pointless made up rules only made for my own benefit, so you should tell the parking companies to also.
The key word here is 'legal'. I could make a hand scrawled notice and put it on the road outside my house. I could issue as many 'invoices' as I cared to. I might even fool someone into paying but I'd be making my own rules up and morals certainly wouldn't come into it.
Public road that is nothing to do with you at all other than being near your house or a private service station? Not in any way shape or form are the two things alike at all.
If a company puts up signs stating that they give permission for people to park for a certain length of time free of charge but anyone parking up for longer than that does not have permission to park on their private land and will be fined then I see nothing at all with that.
Are you saying it is morally right to park on private land against the express wishes of the owner?
I wouldnt say it was right to park on someones private land against the express wishes of the owner.
However.
A motorway services for one is far from that, it is a business to help the motorist recharge the batteries, have a break, chill out before they continue their journey. We are even encouraged, and rightly so, to stop and have a break if we feel tired, yet the moment we do, we are pounced upon by some jobsworth trying to make commision for some idiot company who think it is fair to charge for the privilege of me buying their overpriced petrol and food.
Now, I wouldnt mind if there was a big clear sign stating, Do not park here with a minibus or whatever vehicle you are driving, etc, but it isnt, they are placed in such a position so as to fool the driver and hence get a ticket.
To me, that is wrong. It is not fair, and everyone who gets a ticket in such circumstances should just ignore.
And because of that, if the sign clearly said 2 hours only, and you parked for 2 hours 30 at a motorway services, I would still ignore it because they have been so unfair in the first place.
If they can`t play fair, then neither can we.
Do stick it out, don't pay this illegal 'fine'. It really is worth taking the advice on here otherwise these companies will go on stealing from those not in the know.