parking fine

went back to hospital today to see the wife and new baby, i purchased a 24 hour ticket as it worked out cheaper, seen the wife then went for dinner, when i went back to hospital for the second time it was snowing and very windy, re used my 24 hour ticket only to return a couple hours later to a parking fine, looked through windscreen and my ticket had gone the wind had blown it off the dash as i shut the door and i didnt realise, the ticket never had a sticky back either, now they want £60

Appeals may be rejected for the following reasons:

My ticket fell off the dashboard because it was windy.
I was in a rush to pick something/someone up.
I was new to the area.
I didn’t know it was a permit holder’s area.
I didn’t know it was a pay and display car park.
I didn’t have any change.
I couldn’t see any signs.
I was only a few minutes late.
My ticket was the wrong way round.
I can’t read/I don’t live in the UK.
I am a regular customer of the store.

so because it was windy and my ticket blew off the dash cos it had no sticky back im goosed

how are they gonna see the ticket in your car when its covered in snow?

can you not apeal it, they are time stamped so they can clearly see you paid

wasnt snowing that bad mate when they gave me fine, i must have only been gone from car for 5 mins when it happened,

i got one when the baba was born aswell,i would just take the 24 hour ticket in and explain,mine got cancelled

Apisto wrote:

can you not apeal it, they are time stamped so they can clearly see you paid

im going to try and apeal but it says that ticket blowing off dash isnt a good enough reason

discodaz wrote:

i got one when the baba was born aswell,i would just take the 24 hour ticket in and explain,mine got cancelled

car park aint run by the hospital its a ldkgroup car park, parked there cos its cheaper but looks lik its gonna cost alot more

tell them ya put it in the back window cos ya sick of the window licking car park attendents licking the screen to see in lol

tell them to sing for it

drew wrote:

tell them ya put it in the back window cos ya sick of the window licking car park attendents licking the screen to see in lol

Not a bad idea in theroy, just say it was there and the attendent didt see it, his word against yours however you have a time and date stamped ticket why would you lie ?

there is nothing a private company can do if you dont pay according to that martin from money saving expert as above

Lol drew I lik ur idea! Will appeal it and if that don't work il look into money saving expert way, cheers lads! Jus kinda took the shine off having a new baby, really pissed me off!

have a look on here, you might find an example similar
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=60

my cousin had a problem with a private carpark and received what she thought was a fine, but ppc's can not issue fines or penalties,only council and police and council employed traffic wardens have that authority

the chances are if its private you will recieve a pcn (penalty charge notice) a lot of people have been advised to ignore these, they are not a fine as only council car parks are allowed to fine (and police obviously), I told my cousin to not pay for what was said to be ILL PARKING, she thought it was a fine, but after I showed her a couple of sites including martins and the one above, she ignored it and all the letters she recieved, then nothing happened

Different situation but if you still had the ticket (if it blew on the seat or in the car) you have evidence of payment, also there are cameras,

When Dr K kindly ran one of my numerous engines in he frequented various services up & down the A1 which resulted in a number of parking violation tickets dropping through my letterbox. Following advice from the company solicitor these penalty notices & subsequent threats of court were filed safely in the wheelie bin & I never heard from them again lol

Solicitor told me only councils & police can issue and enforce parking tickets & so far so good

dicca wrote:

Appeals may be rejected for the following reasons:
I can’t read/I don’t live in the UK.

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Dicca I got a ticket from the metro centre for parking in staff areas out the back without a permit it's still in the centre console of my car and it was over 3yr ago. If it's not council or police don't stress

can i ask one question...

was this the hospital car park or the land were some one has made a car park on rough ground??

ill await your reply before i comment

Caryn190 wrote:

When Dr K kindly ran one of my numerous engines in he frequented various services up & down the A1 which resulted in a number of parking violation tickets dropping through my letterbox. Following advice from the company solicitor these penalty notices & subsequent threats of court were filed safely in the wheelie bin & I never heard from them again lol

Solicitor told me only councils & police can issue and enforce parking tickets & so far so good

this is why i asked my above question, Mt wife works at Durham Hospital and her mate got hounded by debt collectors for the debt!!! in the end her union got inlolve and all was dropped! Same again we in a personal experience had the same issue of the ticket falling off and got a ticket, i simply ignored it and have not had any word at all! that was in October !!! We were parked on the bit of land that had been turned into a car park!

Andyg wrote:

can i ask one question...

was this the hospital car park or the land were some one has made a car park on rough ground??

ill await your reply before i comment

Yeah mate it was the rough bit land were they have made a pay and display car park, after everyones advice I think il be ignoring it, but gonna keep ticket just incase,

No matter what they do say they cant do any thing, they havet contacted me since mate.... "if they do"

Send them a letter back saying you were not sure who was driving the car that day and you are not going to disclose any information of other drivers!


Look ay money saving expert and martin gives some info

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets

We followed that and

Andyg wrote:

No matter what they do say they cant do any thing, they havet contacted me since mate.... "if they do"

Send them a letter back saying you were not sure who was driving the car that day and you are not going to disclose any information of other drivers!


Look ay money saving expert and martin gives some info

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets

We followed that and

Cheers andy, I had a look on that site the other day, looks like they will be getting nothing off me! I think they are just a bunch of chancers

i put ticket on screeen and it fell off ... it was so dark i could see any ways.... i put ticket on at 5.03 the ticker was 5.06!!!!

Andyg wrote:

i put ticket on screeen and it fell off ... it was so dark i could see any ways.... i put ticket on at 5.03 the ticker was 5.06!!!!

Lol they must sit in wait, cos I put ticket on dash at 14.30 and fine was 14.38 ha, robbing coooonts, so many ppl probably fall for it and pay the fine,

You need all your pennys for treating your wife on valentines day so I wouldnt even waste a stamp writing to them, admit nothing & deny everything

dont pay, even better dont have any contact with them