CliveW
Tour Winner
What job do you do that you are not culpable? I wish that was the case when I worked!
Also the attendant might be colour blind.
parking ticket
- Thread starter robbest3offthetee
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What job do you do that you are not culpable? I wish that was the case when I worked!
Also the attendant might be colour blind.
Aztecs27
Money List Winner
Bah! Too late...It's ok, I managed to get the company to pay for it
I even told the bloke (and he saw me walk out the shop) and he just said "It doesn't matter, you can't park here". Knob
19thagain
Head Pro
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I even told the bloke (and he saw me walk out the shop) and he just said "It doesn't matter, you can't park here". Knob
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Just for the record those KNOBS are often on CCTV and if they don't book you, I understand their jobs can be on the line! It is also the case that a well written letter will get the fine cancelled.
My big gripe, having a disabled wife, is the usage of the disabled bays by the general public who appear to have no feelings regarding how their actions impact on a disabled person. Disabled bays are larger for a reason - shoehorn your car into a normal space and then try and help a disabled person out of a half opened door!!
Walk in the snow, for example, 100 yards to the door of the store, passed the occupants of the cars taking up the disabled bays, makes my blood boil!
I think all parked vehicles, in a disabled bay without a disabled badge, should have their door 'keyed' in the passing as one accidently stumbles!
I even told the bloke (and he saw me walk out the shop) and he just said "It doesn't matter, you can't park here". Knob
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Just for the record those KNOBS are often on CCTV and if they don't book you, I understand their jobs can be on the line! It is also the case that a well written letter will get the fine cancelled.
My big gripe, having a disabled wife, is the usage of the disabled bays by the general public who appear to have no feelings regarding how their actions impact on a disabled person. Disabled bays are larger for a reason - shoehorn your car into a normal space and then try and help a disabled person out of a half opened door!!
Walk in the snow, for example, 100 yards to the door of the store, passed the occupants of the cars taking up the disabled bays, makes my blood boil!
I think all parked vehicles, in a disabled bay without a disabled badge, should have their door 'keyed' in the passing as one accidently stumbles!
Aztecs27
Money List Winner
[quote
I even told the bloke (and he saw me walk out the shop) and he just said "It doesn't matter, you can't park here". Knob
Just for the record those KNOBS are often on CCTV and if they don't book you, I understand their jobs can be on the line! It is also the case that a well written letter will get the fine cancelled.
My big gripe, having a disabled wife, is the usage of the disabled bays by the general public who appear to have no feelings regarding how their actions impact on a disabled person. Disabled bays are larger for a reason - shoehorn your car into a normal space and then try and help a disabled person out of a half opened door!!
Walk in the snow, for example, 100 yards to the door of the store, passed the occupants of the cars taking up the disabled bays, makes my blood boil!
I think all parked vehicles, in a disabled bay without a disabled badge, should have their door 'keyed' in the passing as one accidently stumbles!
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They're still knobs
I COMPLETELY agree with you about the disabled space thing though.
I'm fortunate enough to not be disabled, but I understand that there are people who aren't as lucky as me and need the extra space/less distance to the shop doors and it really annoys me to see cars without blue badges parked in disabled spaces.
forefortheday
Tour Rookie
I threaten to "disable" them so they can see what it's like
It's the same with parent and child bays, I've got a 5 yr old so I could park in them all the time as the car seats always in the back but would never consider doing it unless she is in the car.
My standard lines is "Must be difficult to keep an eye on those invisible kids"
Been told to copulate away several times!
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
[quote
I even told the bloke (and he saw me walk out the shop) and he just said "It doesn't matter, you can't park here". Knob
Just for the record those KNOBS are often on CCTV and if they don't book you, I understand their jobs can be on the line! It is also the case that a well written letter will get the fine cancelled.
My big gripe, having a disabled wife, is the usage of the disabled bays by the general public who appear to have no feelings regarding how their actions impact on a disabled person. Disabled bays are larger for a reason - shoehorn your car into a normal space and then try and help a disabled person out of a half opened door!!
Walk in the snow, for example, 100 yards to the door of the store, passed the occupants of the cars taking up the disabled bays, makes my blood boil!
I think all parked vehicles, in a disabled bay without a disabled badge, should have their door 'keyed' in the passing as one accidently stumbles!
[/QUOTE] sorry but i Dont understand the gripes here , if you park illegaly you run the risk of getting caught, (ok so he got the colour slightly wrong but it was still illegaly parked). if you do then get caught, you pay the fine & it over.. i dont have any one disabled but anybody caught in disabled zone without permit should be £500 fine 1st offence,, £1000 for the 2nd & prnalty points on the 2nd aswell coz your obviously a selfish muppet ..
robbest3offthetee
Tour Rookie
Bladeplayer,and Everyone, Whats all this s**t about disabled bays and the rest,She was not parked in any such bay,as for "keying" someones car,I think is a disgusting attitude,as I have had this done to my car once,and if I had caught the guy who did it ,would have killed the bas***d, Ok my daughter was in the wrong,but we all make mistakes,nobody is perfect....
freddielong
Tour Winner
Sorry I think she should pay the fine if its justified, you are not disputing the fact that she was in the wrong, so it must be
AuburnWarrior
Tour Winner
She parked illegally and the fine's £16!!!
I parked legally the other day and got a ticket () and it was £110!!! £55 if paid within 14 days.
£16 ain't sh*t.
I parked legally the other day and got a ticket (
) and it was £110!!! £55 if paid within 14 days.£16 ain't sh*t.
Baldyeagle
Assistant Pro
Agreed ... then we admit it and pay for it (bet you're glad you brought this up now)
robbest3offthetee
Tour Rookie
Freddie, No im not,have brought my kids up to know right from wrong,its just that I heard of people getting off parking fines on a technicality and thought i would ask for opinions,If appealing works all well and good ,if not I pay simple as that....
bladeplayer
Money List Winner
I apreciate that she wasnt mate that was in reference to Aztecs (i think) comment, apologies if you thought that was aimed at your daughter i can assure you it wasnt , i dont think anybody on here thinks she was .. as for keying cars i am with you on that, it is a very low act , i work in the car business & see alot of this , mindless vandalism.. im sure alot on here have chanced what your daughter did, just got lucky & got away with it , just luck thats all it is ,
freddielong
Tour Winner
Fella not sure what you were after with the thread it seems to have become an ethics debate, which I do not think was its prupose.
I agree that you should have a good case in trying to get it removed, if the warden can't get the colour right how can he be sure it was even your car in the wrong
wether its right to is another question and one I do not beleive you wanted answering.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Just because you have trouble telling blue from green (a common colour blindness issue) doesn't mean you can't read a number plate.
chrisd
Major Champion
Anyone who gets a parking ticket, whether a council or a private one, and willingly pays it is fully entitled to do so
Anyone who thinks that parking tickets and clamping is just another scam to make the motorist part with his hard up money is entitled, within the law, to find the way not to pay if it's legal to do so.
For me, the arguments here just get a tad daft - parking in disabled bays, keying cars - where does all that come from?
If you get a parking ticket that you dont think is justified you have every right, in my opinion, to fight it.
In the case of a real traffic warden ticket you appeal the ticket if you have grounds to do so and you will get it quashed. With a PPC (private parking company) ticket there fines have no validity in law so when you get an £85 ticket I have no problem if you choose to make these scamsters rich but I personally dont think that two wrongs make a right, that is, you park improperly and they send you a bogus fine!
Chris
Anyone who thinks that parking tickets and clamping is just another scam to make the motorist part with his hard up money is entitled, within the law, to find the way not to pay if it's legal to do so.
For me, the arguments here just get a tad daft - parking in disabled bays, keying cars - where does all that come from?
If you get a parking ticket that you dont think is justified you have every right, in my opinion, to fight it.
In the case of a real traffic warden ticket you appeal the ticket if you have grounds to do so and you will get it quashed. With a PPC (private parking company) ticket there fines have no validity in law so when you get an £85 ticket I have no problem if you choose to make these scamsters rich but I personally dont think that two wrongs make a right, that is, you park improperly and they send you a bogus fine!
Chris
robbest3offthetee
Tour Rookie
Chris,Just a question,Do these companies have access to your information,like dvla,as im thinking if I write to appeal,they will then have my name and address,as now they only have my reg no....
chrisd
Major Champion
The parking companies buy the registered keepers name and address at (I believe) £2.50 a time from the DVLA by giving the car reg number.
They will soon start writing to the reg keeper and make out that they are responsible whearas in contract law only the driver can have agreed the contract - but, of course, they dont know who the driver is!
Chris
They will soon start writing to the reg keeper and make out that they are responsible whearas in contract law only the driver can have agreed the contract - but, of course, they dont know who the driver is!
Chris
Leftie
Tour Winner
Probably very much
chrisd
Major Champion
Probably very much
The point is the legal one Leftie
They send the fine to the registered owner as that is the only name and address they get from DVLA and claim that the "Fine" has to be paid by them as they are responsible. This is certainly the case if the ticket is one from a proper traffic warden or the police.
If its a PPC "fine" then it is just,in fact, an invoice, and the only person who could have made the contract with the parking company is the driver of the car and the driver and owner are not necessarily the same person (you may lend your car to your son etc)so they would threaten to take court action against, possibly, the wrong person and you are not obliged to assist them by naming the driver.
Even if you are the driver, earlier postings detail why, in general, the whole PPC system is a scam and why I would personally not want to donate my hard earned cash to thie "holiday in the Maldives" fund
Chris
stevelev
Journeyman Pro
She parked incorrectly, just pay the fine at half price.
What does she want discount on the half price offer too. Fair enough she might learn from this, but she wont learn s#@t if she gets off with it.
For all the effort of the posts on here, the time and worry of paying it, for the sake of £16 just live with the fine pay it and forget about it. Its no wonder many services are expensive to local authorities when they have to spend time corresponding (even if it is via a 3rd Party) with people who just dont want to pay even when they know they were in the wrong.
What does she want discount on the half price offer too. Fair enough she might learn from this, but she wont learn s#@t if she gets off with it.
For all the effort of the posts on here, the time and worry of paying it, for the sake of £16 just live with the fine pay it and forget about it. Its no wonder many services are expensive to local authorities when they have to spend time corresponding (even if it is via a 3rd Party) with people who just dont want to pay even when they know they were in the wrong.
