Yes, idiot.

There's a way around speeding fines, my uncle doesn't watch his speed or pay the fines, which I would be irresponsible to put on a public forum how to do it... but parking fines need to be paid or it's only going to get worse.

You should start a running tally that shows how much money he is wasting by not bothering to pay various tickets/fines/charges. He may not miss £60, but as the various fees add up, at some point a number will be reached that will matter to him.

But, don't do it if it will incense you....

Fucking hell, now he's not paid his fucking congestion charge, so that's another £60...

www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences/119802-private-parking-tickets-template .html

Might give him a hobby!

DH always appeals (usually justifiably) and usually gets the fine rescinded; it's always worth a try. A friend borrowed our car for a few months and amassed about 32 tickets, none of which he paid. By the time we found out the early ones had gone up to terrifying amounts, the total was thousands. He did pay, but it took him ages because he didn't think it was justified to go to the small claims court(? is that right?) or whatever, and so ignored the worst ones. The worst thing was, it was all in dh's name. The mess did get sorted in the end. Needless to say, I don't like the guy much

<takes wine, drains it one go, holds out glass for refill>

Thanks, MI. I needed that.

Yes, his expenses. Now approaching 3 years that he hasn't claimed any, must be over £10k by now .

Yes, we earn a lot. But I hate throwing money away for stupid reasons.

I've done this. I once had one that ended up as £355.15.

Blokes. Money. Grrrrr.

<hands jura and foxy sympathetic glass of wine>

does he like throwing away money to fund his bad parking? Get a soggy herring and beat him round the head with ti!

it's her manicure fund I seem to remember!

get him to write in

I did this the other day with one of these and they reduced it for me. I said we hadn't received the first notice (which we hadn't).

You know the worst are the blardy congestion charge fines. They seem to go up exponentially (I think we are married to the same man you know. Yours is the one with the problem expenses too isn't he!).

This is why I always pay DH's fines. Plus it gives me extra leverage for when I do something stupid

Actually when he does it, I rant and when I do it, he is calm and reassuring - could this be reverse pychology?

ANyhow, I make that about £300 in your new shoe fund

FFS - I have just discovered another unpaid ticket - that's another £120, of which £60 could have been saved if he'd paid it straightaway.

Arse arse arse arse. Fuckingsteamingstupidwastrelidiotarse.

So in the last 2 days, I've discovered that he has outstanding charges of £300, of which £180 has been incurred totally unnecessarily due to his utter fucking stupidity.

Thank you. Yes - arse would also sum up my feelings about him right now.

definatly an idiot

Oh yes. Idiot.

Arse.

He has a history of getting tickets and then not bothering to pay them. In the good old days, he'd get away with it maybe 3 times in 4.

But for the past - what, 10 years? 15? - the records mean you always get the letter, you always get done. So after a few of these (including the all-time winner, a £120 fine for not having a ticket in a free car park ), he gave me a solemn undertaking that if he got a ticket, he would pay it.

OK, cut to the chase. He got a ticket in February, apparently for being in a bus lane. He was certain that he pulled into the bus lane on that day to let an ambulance past, so was going to appeal. Then said he couldn't actually recall which road he was on with the ambulance incident, so he'd better pay it, fair cop guv etc. So, that was that, £60 fine.

A couple of weeks later I ask him, "Did you actually pay that fine? (Past experience coming to bear here). "Yes" he says.

So today a letter arrives. Unpaid ticket is now £180 . So he's ignored the original £60 notice. He's ignored £120 letter as well. I'm not impressed. I ranted at him on the phone (he's not home yet, gone to move that bloody boat.

Actually, I'm not really asking AIBU. I just want confirmation that he's an idiot.

Over to you, MN jury!