To ask for a contribution to a parking fine?

[Zenana]

I met a friend for drinks a fortnight ago who suggested a pub I was unfamiliar with. There was a car park behind. I received a £100 demand for parking where apparently shouldn't. Admittedly I didn't look at signs but as my friend lived nearby I took their word for it.

I picked up the friend from home and drove them back too. What do you think?

What do you mean by a reverse? Are you suggesting I'm the friend and I've been asked to pay half? If that were the case I'd be asking that question not making up some shaggy dog story. I'm not sure what you mean.

Your last paragraph is ridiculous. As if you can judge a complete stranger's whole character from a question on Mumsnet!!!!!

Chances are the fine will half if you pay it before 2 weeks.
Have you mentioned it to your friend yet?

I’d mention it to your friend but as it’s you who’s really supposed to check as the driver then I’d suck this up and chalk to experience.

If it was me and friends and family in this situation they generally take responsibility but one time with my mum as I assumed you didn’t have to pay on a Saturday in a certain area and it was meters and she got a fine when I was with her then I offered to pay half and did that.

Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but if you paid by card, worth going in and asking the manager if they can cancel the fine if it's for customers only. Some places do this.

This is a tough one. Yes, you're the driver and technically it's all on you. However if your friend drinks in the daytime (so doesn't drive), is happy to accept the free transport from you and tells you "oh it's the pub car park, it'll be fine" then I think they do have some responsibility here.

Legally, they owe you nothing. Morally, I'd say they owe you half the cost of the parking fine as a gesture of "whoops, sorry". Just like a good friend would give you half the cost of the fuel to get there (or at least drive next time - sounds like that doesn't happen here) or would give you half the cost of the pay and display if you'd used it.

It's very easy to say "you're driving, it's your responsibility" but that's totally ignoring most of the actual point. I feel like you have a lot of non-drivers (and/or shitty friends) responding to you here.

Your responsibility, your fine.

I drove a friend last night. She suggested I park on a particular road but then got out a read the parking sign carefully to mak

Opps posted too soon.

Make sure I wouldn't get a ticket.

I received a speeding ticket and 3 points on my licence driving 2 drunk friends back out of my way through an area I wasn't familiar with.

Was bloody annoying but didn't even think to ask them to contribute.

I would mention it to her though so she doesn't tell other people it's free to park there!

And tbh if you're always the driver for her, so she can drink, I do think it would only be fair she'd offer up some money towards the fine.

Also presumably you didn't drink because you drove there, so you got the shit end of the deal in every conceivable way here.

Next time just don't bother driving, you can both just get a taxi instead. Presumably everyone here would agree that it'd be fair for you both to split the cost of that.

If friend doesn't drive (or lives very locally) why would she know about car park charges?
Before I learned to drive I lived somewhere for a year before someone drove me home and pointed out it was a one way street.

She can drive but doesn't have a car, occasionally borrows her brother's car.

She should pay half I would

Yeah as the non driver, friend gets all the benefits in this situation including saving on a return bus fare or taxi ride.

I have a friend who only have one car between them as a family, as a result- and as I live a bit further out of town - I end up doing most of the driving. I'd like to think in that scenario she might offer me something towards the fine.Having said that I am quite particular about these things and would have read the sign myself.

If my friend told me this happened I would immediately offer to pay
You were doing her a favour of driving to the pub. If I were you I'd definitely mention the ticket not expecting her to offer, but a good friend would

Personally I never trust someone else's word and check these things myself because if it's my car then it's my fine.

However I would mention the fine and somehow add in that you thought it was free as did she :( and see how she responds. But I wouldn't ask for a contribution. Nic

Finished too soon. Meant to add "nice if she does contribute though and I would accept the contribution.

Yes, you are. As the majority of states it’s up to you as the driver. How is it your friends fault?? Even if she said about the car park, why wouldn’t you check the signs??
CF to ask for anything towards the fine

Makes absolutely no difference YOU are the driver and wether you drive or not, you should have made sure.
i can’t believe you even have the cheek to ask this question.
The minority saying for you to ask her, I highly doubt they would pay it if the same situation happened to them.

OP, you can probably get this dropped

Go to Money Saving Expert.com's forum

Go to Motoring and then Parking Tickets

I got out of an eleven minute overstay and a £70 "invoice"

Golden rule, don't admit to being the driver at the time of the offence

Only admit to being the owner

I got hold of a template on the forum and emailed it to the company

48 hrs later, case dropped

HTH

It was my friend's choice to go out and specifically to this place not mine. If the roles were reversed I'd definitely offer half if I was told. But some of you will think that makes me a mug.

Most likely as her friend never said it was free

Huh?? You don’t need to be a lawyer to know that this is absolutely ridiculous and completely unreasonable. OP won’t even answer anyone about what her friend said about the parking.
it’s OP’s responsibility and that’s it.

The question has been answered not avoided. Look for it.

She didn’t have to accept to give her a lift!! She could have refused like an adult can, just as an adult takes responsibility for their own actions/decisions.
Im sure that her friend has most likely done the same for her.