£990 Parking Ticket
08 June 2004, 02:23 PM
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£990 Parking Ticket
Got a £40 parking fine few months ago, as despite buying a ticket my wheel was outside the white line of the bay, due to a kerb sticking into the space.
Refused to pay the fine and tried to appeal against it which is still continuing.
During this time to fine was passed to a collection agency, as I still refused to pay.
Yesterday morning I found a letter in my letterbox - ''we have taken your car as the fine has not been paid yet'' (despite me making the company aware I was disputing it).
Spent all of yesterday getting my car back, and had to pay £990 to do so!!!!!!!
Yes I know it is my fault, but I thought i'd let you guy's know, so that the same doesn't happen to any of you.
So even if it's not your fault.....pay the fine and dispute it after!!!!!!
(looks like I won't be getting the 18"s for a month or two!!!!!!)
Refused to pay the fine and tried to appeal against it which is still continuing.
During this time to fine was passed to a collection agency, as I still refused to pay.
Yesterday morning I found a letter in my letterbox - ''we have taken your car as the fine has not been paid yet'' (despite me making the company aware I was disputing it).
Spent all of yesterday getting my car back, and had to pay £990 to do so!!!!!!!
Yes I know it is my fault, but I thought i'd let you guy's know, so that the same doesn't happen to any of you.
So even if it's not your fault.....pay the fine and dispute it after!!!!!!
(looks like I won't be getting the 18"s for a month or two!!!!!!)
08 June 2004, 02:28 PM
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I'm doing exactly that right this minute funnily enough.
I was parked in a bay where there is four hour maximum stay. I only had small change or me so I put in a quid, went to meet my friend in the pub, bought a round of drinks to break a note, went back and put in the rest of the money to take me up to four hours, and when I returned after about three hours I had a ticket.
The reason?
Meter feeding. Apparently you are not allowed to put two different tickets on a car in the same bay, regardless of the four hour maximum stay. So what, they expected me to leave the car there with no ticket whilst I got change?
Brainless cvnts.
I was parked in a bay where there is four hour maximum stay. I only had small change or me so I put in a quid, went to meet my friend in the pub, bought a round of drinks to break a note, went back and put in the rest of the money to take me up to four hours, and when I returned after about three hours I had a ticket.
The reason?
Meter feeding. Apparently you are not allowed to put two different tickets on a car in the same bay, regardless of the four hour maximum stay. So what, they expected me to leave the car there with no ticket whilst I got change?
Brainless cvnts.
08 June 2004, 03:07 PM
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Moley WRX, feel sorry for you mate. There should be a bl**dy law against fines increasing to that much. We had something similar happen here at work. The ticket went from £90 to £156 to £196 to £256 to £512 all within 3/4 weeks.
08 June 2004, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Moley_WRX
Got a £40 parking fine few months ago, as despite buying a ticket my wheel was outside the white line of the bay, due to a kerb sticking into the space.
Refused to pay the fine and tried to appeal against it which is still continuing.
During this time to fine was passed to a collection agency, as I still refused to pay.
Yesterday morning I found a letter in my letterbox - ''we have taken your car as the fine has not been paid yet'' (despite me making the company aware I was disputing it).
Spent all of yesterday getting my car back, and had to pay £990 to do so!!!!!!!
Yes I know it is my fault, but I thought i'd let you guy's know, so that the same doesn't happen to any of you.
So even if it's not your fault.....pay the fine and dispute it after!!!!!!
(looks like I won't be getting the 18"s for a month or two!!!!!!)
Refused to pay the fine and tried to appeal against it which is still continuing.
During this time to fine was passed to a collection agency, as I still refused to pay.
Yesterday morning I found a letter in my letterbox - ''we have taken your car as the fine has not been paid yet'' (despite me making the company aware I was disputing it).
Spent all of yesterday getting my car back, and had to pay £990 to do so!!!!!!!
Yes I know it is my fault, but I thought i'd let you guy's know, so that the same doesn't happen to any of you.
So even if it's not your fault.....pay the fine and dispute it after!!!!!!
(looks like I won't be getting the 18"s for a month or two!!!!!!)
There is a solictor that has set up a website to contest fines for you (at a small charge no doubt) but I can't think what it was. I will ask the wife when I get home she has a better memory than me (well she does when it comes to arguments anyhow :0 )
Must be contested within 14 days, there is a parking fine arbitrator if your not happy with how they deal with it seem to be some of the points that stick in my mind. I was probably on scoobynet while it was on, I will be reminded if this was the case when I ask the wife the name of the website tonight of course.
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You need an active tracker - some bugger moves the car more than a few feet without de-activating the tracker and plod will be behind him asking a few questions before very long!!
08 June 2004, 06:43 PM
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I've just received a notification of entering a bus lane on my motorbike in London. They sent it to the previous owner ffs so if they say I haven't paid it in the set time they can go **** emselves. I don't ride in bus lanes period. However the evening they say I did I was looking for a shop in Welling so may well have pulled over to see if uit was the shop I was looking for. I have written a letter today saying to send me the original documentation and also evidence of my alleged encounter with a bus lane and that the 14 days doesn't start until they have sent it to me, not from when they sent it to the previous owner. The bloke called me up today to tell me. It says its £100 fine or £50 if I pay it straight away.
They are thieving ******* cvnts and I am gonna contest this all the way. I wasn't even aware of a frigging bus lane as it was after 6pm and was busy looking for this shop, not worrying about some stupid friggin bus lane down Welling High Street. Bexleyheath Borough Council are taking the p!ss as far as I am concerned.
I have already had a war with Tunbridge Wells parking wardens over an incident that involved me stopping outside a chemist bleeding profusely and then getting ticketed when the traffic warden could see I was in medical need of seeing the chemist
This lot are gonna get the same response from me. Their camera operator wants to get a proper ******* job instead of videoing people going over the lines into a buslane ffs.
I really hate councils and their Parking Control Officers
Rip off Britain is what its all about
Oh and I know mine is pennies compared to £990 but its the principle of them getting away with ripping off people for nothing
They are thieving ******* cvnts and I am gonna contest this all the way. I wasn't even aware of a frigging bus lane as it was after 6pm and was busy looking for this shop, not worrying about some stupid friggin bus lane down Welling High Street. Bexleyheath Borough Council are taking the p!ss as far as I am concerned.
I have already had a war with Tunbridge Wells parking wardens over an incident that involved me stopping outside a chemist bleeding profusely and then getting ticketed when the traffic warden could see I was in medical need of seeing the chemist
This lot are gonna get the same response from me. Their camera operator wants to get a proper ******* job instead of videoing people going over the lines into a buslane ffs.
I really hate councils and their Parking Control Officers
Rip off Britain is what its all about
Oh and I know mine is pennies compared to £990 but its the principle of them getting away with ripping off people for nothing
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08 June 2004, 07:17 PM
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lol
A few years back i was down fulham road in the morning traffic.
There are a set of traffic lights with a right turn lane starting just as the bus lane ends.
I pulled into the bus lane about 5 metres before it finished ( and 10 mins before the bus lane was out of restricted hours
, to avoid getting stuck in the traffic for the right turn lane and having to force my way across. Bear in mind the traffic was crawling, and i had cars come up behind me in the bus lane after i had nmoved across.
Got pulled and fined. No argument- no penalty for the drivers who were p/ssing down the bus lane for about half a mile.
It was a trainee WPC being shown how to issue a ticket and when i pulled out my old stylee licence (in several parts 
) 2 of them blew off down the road from her hand. I refused to chase them (she was already in the process of being shown how to issue a ticket so i didnt care) and she had to chase them down the road and get them back... lol
Seeing that almost made it worthwhile.......
A few years back i was down fulham road in the morning traffic.
There are a set of traffic lights with a right turn lane starting just as the bus lane ends.
I pulled into the bus lane about 5 metres before it finished ( and 10 mins before the bus lane was out of restricted hours
, to avoid getting stuck in the traffic for the right turn lane and having to force my way across. Bear in mind the traffic was crawling, and i had cars come up behind me in the bus lane after i had nmoved across.Got pulled and fined. No argument- no penalty for the drivers who were p/ssing down the bus lane for about half a mile.
It was a trainee WPC being shown how to issue a ticket
and when i pulled out my old stylee licence (in several parts ) 2 of them blew off down the road from her hand. I refused to chase them (she was already in the process of being shown how to issue a ticket so i didnt care) and she had to chase them down the road and get them back... lolSeeing that almost made it worthwhile.......
08 June 2004, 09:16 PM
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Ed - just got off your exact same scenario with Westminster council - I tol;d then I did not have pockets like a fruit machine and was forced to return!!!!
Bravo - again similar to you but in the car though... (I always look to see which way the cams are pointing on the bike; if they point forward its free bus lane time for me with my one rear numberplate!!!). So wrote off to Wandsworth Council months ago (remember I check those cams EVERY DAY on the bike so I was hardly likely to stick the Scooby in a bus lane...). Schtum. Nada... Maybe they couldn't find the incriminating pic... Tempted to write again and ask them if they were lying the first time - but of course won't as in case they DO find a pick. Human rights anyone...?
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Bravo - again similar to you but in the car though... (I always look to see which way the cams are pointing on the bike; if they point forward its free bus lane time for me with my one rear numberplate!!!). So wrote off to Wandsworth Council months ago (remember I check those cams EVERY DAY on the bike so I was hardly likely to stick the Scooby in a bus lane...). Schtum. Nada... Maybe they couldn't find the incriminating pic... Tempted to write again and ask them if they were lying the first time - but of course won't as in case they DO find a pick. Human rights anyone...?
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08 June 2004, 09:18 PM
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...I have already had a war with Tunbridge Wells parking wardens over an incident that involved me stopping outside a chemist bleeding profusely and then getting ticketed when the traffic warden could see I was in medical need of seeing the chemist....
Cool - Over here we have to go to casualty to get stitches - you can only get painkillers from a chemist
Anyway - If you ever ever ever get a parking ticket, drive to the nearest garage you can and buy a battery connector (usually about 50p) keep the receipt and send a copy to the parking ticket appeals people saying that you had no actually parked illegally, but had actually broken down and had gone to purchase the necessary replacement parts, for which you have enclosed a receipt showing the date and time matching the date and time of the incident. They always let you off. (I did it 5 times in one car - on the 5th occasion they pointed out that I had replaced a battery terminal on 4 previous occasions - I agreed that it was unusual and told them I would get a garage to check that I was fitting them properly - After that I bought a brake light buld instead - well it is illegal to drive with defective bulbs )
Cool - Over here we have to go to casualty to get stitches - you can only get painkillers from a chemist
Anyway - If you ever ever ever get a parking ticket, drive to the nearest garage you can and buy a battery connector (usually about 50p) keep the receipt and send a copy to the parking ticket appeals people saying that you had no actually parked illegally, but had actually broken down and had gone to purchase the necessary replacement parts, for which you have enclosed a receipt showing the date and time matching the date and time of the incident. They always let you off. (I did it 5 times in one car - on the 5th occasion they pointed out that I had replaced a battery terminal on 4 previous occasions - I agreed that it was unusual and told them I would get a garage to check that I was fitting them properly - After that I bought a brake light buld instead - well it is illegal to drive with defective bulbs
)
08 June 2004, 09:51 PM
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so is there anyway you can claim any of this money back as you were going through presumably the courts to raise this issue over the original £40 fine?
quite worrying!
quite worrying!
09 June 2004, 09:53 AM
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Can't believe Moley's experience and I feel very sorry about it.
I remember B2Zero's experience when he was suffering and trying to get into a chemist, thats another incident that takes the biscuit, even in today's times which seem to be getting more selfish and vicious by the day!
The recent traffic warden who got sacked because he did not give out enough tickets says it all. He was the one who was not fiddling when he wrote out a ticket like his compatriots who were taking bonus payments according to the number of tickets they could write out by fair means or foul.
I would not call them brainless Edcase, so much as evil conniving hypocrites! and the council who employ them.
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I remember B2Zero's experience when he was suffering and trying to get into a chemist, thats another incident that takes the biscuit, even in today's times which seem to be getting more selfish and vicious by the day!
The recent traffic warden who got sacked because he did not give out enough tickets says it all. He was the one who was not fiddling when he wrote out a ticket like his compatriots who were taking bonus payments according to the number of tickets they could write out by fair means or foul.
I would not call them brainless Edcase, so much as evil conniving hypocrites! and the council who employ them.
Les
09 June 2004, 10:18 AM
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Moley,
that is a wretched experience, but the bottom line with parking fines is you have to pay them and then contest the fine. I think the law in this area is disgraceful, that we are effectively punished before we are given the right to prove ourselves innocent of any offence. It's really not worth putting aside a £40 fine only to end up with additional admin fees, bailiff fees, court fees et. al. which can spiral quickly into £1'000s.
I live in a town where Traffic Vulture activity is intense and the local council probably rely on parking fines to bring in X amount of revenue towards their annual budget. I'm convinced of this! It's the biggest scam going. I understand the vultures are doing their job, but having seen so many of them through my office window giving out tickets that are totally unjustified and not waiting the 5 minutes they are leaglly obliged to wait after ticket expiry, I'm beginning to despise the lot of them.
Fast bloke's ideas are pure genius! I bow to him!
that is a wretched experience, but the bottom line with parking fines is you have to pay them and then contest the fine. I think the law in this area is disgraceful, that we are effectively punished before we are given the right to prove ourselves innocent of any offence. It's really not worth putting aside a £40 fine only to end up with additional admin fees, bailiff fees, court fees et. al. which can spiral quickly into £1'000s.
I live in a town where Traffic Vulture activity is intense and the local council probably rely on parking fines to bring in X amount of revenue towards their annual budget. I'm convinced of this! It's the biggest scam going. I understand the vultures are doing their job, but having seen so many of them through my office window giving out tickets that are totally unjustified and not waiting the 5 minutes they are leaglly obliged to wait after ticket expiry, I'm beginning to despise the lot of them.
Fast bloke's ideas are pure genius! I bow to him!
09 June 2004, 10:23 AM
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I have to say that paying the fine and contest is the way to do things. I was picked up for illegal parking down a side street where they had police "no parking bollards" out. I parked at the end of the street after the last bollard and so was in fact parked legally.
I sent the payment off with an accompanying letter. I admited that I may not have adhering to the spirt of the bollards and that the intention may well have been to block the whole street, however, the person putting the bollards out had left a car sized space at the end of the run and before the end of the street and as such I was parked legally. They sent my cheque back to me.
I sent the payment off with an accompanying letter. I admited that I may not have adhering to the spirt of the bollards and that the intention may well have been to block the whole street, however, the person putting the bollards out had left a car sized space at the end of the run and before the end of the street and as such I was parked legally. They sent my cheque back to me.
09 June 2004, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
...I have already had a war with Tunbridge Wells parking wardens over an incident that involved me stopping outside a chemist bleeding profusely and then getting ticketed when the traffic warden could see I was in medical need of seeing the chemist....
Cool - Over here we have to go to casualty to get stitches - you can only get painkillers from a chemist
Anyway - If you ever ever ever get a parking ticket, drive to the nearest garage you can and buy a battery connector (usually about 50p) keep the receipt and send a copy to the parking ticket appeals people saying that you had no actually parked illegally, but had actually broken down and had gone to purchase the necessary replacement parts, for which you have enclosed a receipt showing the date and time matching the date and time of the incident. They always let you off. (I did it 5 times in one car - on the 5th occasion they pointed out that I had replaced a battery terminal on 4 previous occasions - I agreed that it was unusual and told them I would get a garage to check that I was fitting them properly - After that I bought a brake light buld instead - well it is illegal to drive with defective bulbs )
Cool - Over here we have to go to casualty to get stitches - you can only get painkillers from a chemist
Anyway - If you ever ever ever get a parking ticket, drive to the nearest garage you can and buy a battery connector (usually about 50p) keep the receipt and send a copy to the parking ticket appeals people saying that you had no actually parked illegally, but had actually broken down and had gone to purchase the necessary replacement parts, for which you have enclosed a receipt showing the date and time matching the date and time of the incident. They always let you off. (I did it 5 times in one car - on the 5th occasion they pointed out that I had replaced a battery terminal on 4 previous occasions - I agreed that it was unusual and told them I would get a garage to check that I was fitting them properly - After that I bought a brake light buld instead - well it is illegal to drive with defective bulbs
)lol but top idea though
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