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Parking notice..

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Usernameinvalid16 · 30/12/2016 15:55

I'm not sure if this is in the right place but here goes..

I parked in asda car park today and was in such a rush with dd that i completely forgot to pay for the parking. I came out to find a parking notice stuck to the window, i was parked in a parent and child bay (dd is 2)
The fine is £40 if paid within 14 days then increases to £70 if paid after the 14 days. Dp tells me i don't need to pay it as it isn't police/council issued. Is this true? Can they take me to court if i ignore it?

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trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:04

Ok thanks, will do sth, do I appeal to the parking co, is that best or simply complain?
FInd this quite confusing!

trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:04

Ok thanks, will do sth, do I appeal to the parking co, is that best or simply complain?
FInd this quite confusing!

trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:06

whoops sorry!

ElizaSchuyler · 30/12/2016 18:06

Not too late as they havnt complied.

Can you think of any reason your post may have gone astray.

trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:10

No my post is fine usually.
I looked here and I dont have grounds for appeal
www.parkingprotection.co.uk/appeals.html
Sorry OP for hijacking!

trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:12

I dont think I will get a FOI response within a time frame which will help....

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Usernameinvalid16 · 30/12/2016 18:13

I am just back from my look around the car park. The 1st signs state that the car park is payable by tarriff only at the available pay machines but to read the terms and conditions you have to enter the car park. I had a look around the car park itself and there is between 10-15 machines (car park is massive approx. 700 spaces) and about 8 machines. They are only noticeable if you have a look out for them. I will email asda's head office if that fails, then i will appeal to PE. I didn't notice any ANPR cameras.

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trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:16

Good luck OP sounds like Asda might be a good bet....

ElizaSchuyler · 30/12/2016 18:17

Tricky - your grounds for appeal are that you were not issued with a Notice To Keeper within 15 days of the alleged offence. Debt company letters do not count.

trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:20

Thanks Eliza and presume it shd go to the parking co direct?
DO I need to avoid giving my address or anything similar in my appeal email?

ElizaSchuyler · 30/12/2016 18:22

Avoid giving your name as the driver. Refer to the driver in the third person.

trickyex · 30/12/2016 18:22

HOw werid, just tried to log an appeal online and no record of my fine?!
Wtf?

Adoptionguideforaunt · 30/12/2016 18:25

I last had one two years ago and law in Scotland was very different from England.

I read Mse regarding scotland law and wrote a letter saying I wasnt driving and was not obliged to tell them who was and not to contact me again (template in mse). Never heard from them again.

Might have changed since then.

ElizaSchuyler · 30/12/2016 18:27

Things changed about a year ago

HirplesWithHaggis · 30/12/2016 18:28

OP, do check this with CAB when they reopen, but as you are in Scotland the law is different, and Beavis does not apply.

ParkingEye do have the right to ask for your details from the DVLA, but so does anyone else who can show a "reasonable need to know" and can pay the small fee involved. You're right that they mention it to intimidate.

In Scotland, they are obliged to prove who was actually driving the car. They can contact you as registered keeper, but you are under no obligation to admit you were driving, or to grass up someone else. If they have cameras which not only record your license plate but also produce a clear photo of the driver, you're buggered. But that's unlikely.

I'd hold off on contacting the supermarket or anyone else till you've checked this with CAB. There's a risk you'd be admitting liability.

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Usernameinvalid16 · 30/12/2016 18:43

Well i contacted asda headoffice and they told me to take the notice and reciept to my local asda store (customer services) and they will cancel it for me but i was to take my dd with me to prove that i do actually have a child

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Usernameinvalid16 · 30/12/2016 18:44

I won't mention anything about me being the driver. I will just say the driver found this on the window after doing a shop with my dd.

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ivykaty44 · 30/12/2016 19:59

Just say you are the registered keeper

Don't even mention the driver or how or where they found the parking charge.

Just refer to the parking charge

ivykaty44 · 30/12/2016 20:01

Trick s you need to have appealed to the parking company first ( they decline the appeal) and give you a POPLA code.
Once you have POPLA code then you can appeal online or in writing.
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PigletWasPoohsFriend · 30/12/2016 20:05

and they will cancel it for me but i was to take my dd with me to prove that i do actually have a child

Sorry but what does having a child have to do with anything?

ivykaty44 · 30/12/2016 20:09

Tricks you need to

Appeal to the parking firm and say no notice to keeper was sent

They should either send you POPLA code or accept your appeal. If they don't do either then complain.

You can then threaten to go to court and sort out the case in court as they didn't send you the correct paperwork.

Don't let them bully you, they would have to prove in court that they followed all the correct procedures. That's why applying to DVLA for doing about what information they have given on what dates is important because most of these firms don't follow the rules. Once you are armed with this, they know that if they show up in court you have the means of winning.

trickyex · 30/12/2016 20:09

Thanks ivy, I did try to lodge an appeal on the parking co website but its there that there seems to be no record of my fine...

trickyex · 30/12/2016 20:15

So no too sure where to go from here as that woudl be the first step!

trickyex · 30/12/2016 20:33

Piglet the OP had a child with her when she parked and Asda wanted confirmation of this to waive the charge I think

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Usernameinvalid16 · 30/12/2016 20:42

I don't know the lady on the phone thought i might've recieved the ticket because i parked in the parent and child bay Confused they haven't managed to cancel it since another company took over the car park and told them not to do it anymore. Which i don't really understand because the head office was certain that they would. So i'm going to go to the cab when its open on wednesday and ask them for advice.

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