Indigo PCN - Railway (Double Yellow Lines)

997foxj · 23 April 2018 at 1:56PM

Hello all,

Newbie here so please bare with me!

I have received a letter from PCN Admin Centre (Indigo, the trading name of ZZPS) and I was wondering if anyone could advise me on the next steps as I'm not sure if my case is different to others? I have read on this website and seen that that the general way to respond to these letters is by copying and pasting the template into the online appeal section? (Sorry I can't post links as a newbie).

In my case, the vehicle was parked on double yellow lines in an Indigo Railway carpark and they have said in the letter that the parking of the vehicle is "in contravention of the Railway Byelaws ("Byelaws") as displayed on the signage at the location. Photographic evidence can be viewed at [website for viewing PCN photos]" - I can see three pictures of the vehicle here with very low resolution date/time stamps but no images of the signs at the location that they allude to. Does this help my case?

I am just wondering what my next steps should be and if I should use the template in the form mentioned in the in the main thread for helping these issues is the right way to go if the vehicle was on double yellow lines in this railway carpark?

Any help is appreciated, and sorry if I'm posting something that's been answered before. I just wanted to be clear because of parking on double yellows (didn't see them, was in a rush and a very dirty area from the pictorial evidence)!

Thanks!

nosferatu1001 · 23 April 2018 at 1:58PM

Use the template
THen you need to read the, what, dozen recent Indigo threads, as RAILWAY tickets have a specific process - whcih is you get them to time out past 6 months, by asking a series of questions.

Double yellow lines have zero meaning on private land. They dont indcate anything more than that, UNLESS the signs are relaly clear.

997foxj · 23 April 2018 at 2:02PM

Thanks for such a quick response. There is also no reference to how long I have to pay the PCN on this letter, just that I should "pay immediately". Do I send the template now, or wait?

nosferatu1001 · 23 April 2018 at 2:21PM

Given your objective is to get to 6 months, what option do you think is more appropriate?

997foxj · 23 April 2018 at 2:24PM

Waiting as long as possible makes sense, should I just wait for another warning (with a dated deadline) before I respond? Just a bit worried, never been in this position before!

nosferatu1001 · 23 April 2018 at 2:27PM

What does your reading tell you? You just have read other indigo threads by now.

If there is no deadline, then give it two weeks or so from the letter date.

The_Deep · 23 April 2018 at 2:34PM

Absolutely no need to worry, they are trying to scam you, but you have come to the right place, we show scammers the door.

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each year). They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

Hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned.

The problem has become so rampant that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Watch the video of the Second Reading in the HofC recently.

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business by Christmas.

waamo · 23 April 2018 at 3:15PM

This is exactly the same as all the other Indigo cases. Post 1 of the Newbies thread has a link to a precise run down of this scam.

All you need to do is string it out 6 months with mail ping pong. The good thing is Indigo seem to delight in writing letters that make no sense and are open to further questions.

997foxj · 23 April 2018 at 3:44PM

Thanks very much to everyone who's replied. It's very informative and reassuring. Where is the official information regarding the 6 month cut off?

waamo · 23 April 2018 at 3:46PM

997foxj wrote: »

Thanks very much to everyone who's replied. It's very informative and reassuring. Where is the official information regarding the 6 month cut off?

Section 127 of the Magistrates Act 1980.

KeithP · 23 April 2018 at 3:47PM

997foxj wrote: »

Thanks very much to everyone who's replied. It's very informative and reassuring. Where is the official information regarding the 6 month cut off?

Have you looked at the thread Waamo suggested you look at?

Indigo PCN - Railway (Double Yellow Lines)

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