Parking eye fine: £100 for 22 minutes

[abrook11]

Hi everybody,

I hope everyone is keeping safe during pandemic. So today I received a parking ticket, never received one before in my life and I am absolutely baffled. I was 100 miles away from my house driving to pick up my wife, I parked at the nearest car park I could find since my phone died and I didn't have any other satnav. I got lost, saw a hotel sign it was absolutely empty, parked while my phone charged as soon as it was on I put my satnav on and was on my way. I have never left the vehicle. Please could somebody advise me if I can challenge them. I really cannot afford to pay that amount of money at this stage in my life.

Please see the attachment.

Thank you!

Alex

[ostell]

And the reverse of the PCN

[abrook11]

And the reverse of the PCN

Here is the reverse.

Thank you

[ostell]

Only item incorrect is invitation to keeper, and perhaps period of parking

Dear Sirs,

I have just received your Notice to Keeper xxxxx for vehicle VRM xxxx

You have failed to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012 namely, but not limited to, failing to give the invitation to keeper in the format prescribed by section 9 (2) (e) of the Act. You cannot, therefore, transfer liability for the alleged charge from the driver at the time to me, the keeper.

There is no legal requirement to name the driver at the time and I will not be doing so.

I do not expect to hear from you again, or your debt collectors, except to confirm that no further action will be taken on this matter and my personal details have been removed from your records.

Yours etc


first class post with free certificate of posting from a post office

[abrook11]

Only item incorrect is invitation to keeper, and perhaps period of parking

Dear Sirs,

I have just received your Notice to Keeper xxxxx for vehicle VRM xxxx

You have failed to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012 namely, but not limited to, failing to give the invitation to keeper in the format prescribed by section 9 (2) (e) of the Act. You cannot, therefore, transfer liability for the alleged charge from the driver at the time to me, the keeper.

There is no legal requirement to name the driver at the time and I will not be doing so.

I do not expect to hear from you again, or your debt collectors, except to confirm that no further action will be taken on this matter and my personal details have been removed from your records.

Yours etc


first class post with free certificate of posting from a post office

Thank you for your response. I just want to confirm if I’m understanding this correctly I’m telling them I was not the driver at the time even though I was ?

Thank you

[abrook11]

Only item incorrect is invitation to keeper, and perhaps period of parking

Dear Sirs,

I have just received your Notice to Keeper xxxxx for vehicle VRM xxxx

You have failed to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012 namely, but not limited to, failing to give the invitation to keeper in the format prescribed by section 9 (2) (e) of the Act. You cannot, therefore, transfer liability for the alleged charge from the driver at the time to me, the keeper.

There is no legal requirement to name the driver at the time and I will not be doing so.

I do not expect to hear from you again, or your debt collectors, except to confirm that no further action will be taken on this matter and my personal details have been removed from your records.

Thank you for your response. I just want to confirm if I’m understanding this correctly I’m telling them I was not the driver at the time even though I was ?

Thank you

[ostell]

So now you have told the world who the driver was !!!!

[Bluey4543]

So now you have told the world who the driver was !!!!

Not just once but twice!

[abrook11]

ostell Hi, I hope you're well! They have sent this as a reply. Could you suggest the next step please ?

Thank you

[ostell]

You could write to them and tell them that you understand their reference to Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act and as pointed out in your appeal you have failed to comply and therefore you cannot be held liable. Contrary to your statement there is no requirement within the Act that states I must identify the driver.

[abrook11]

You could write to them and tell them that you understand their reference to Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act and as pointed out in your appeal you have failed to comply and therefore you cannot be held liable. Contrary to your statement there is no requirement within the Act that states I must identify the driver.

Thank you for your help! I will send them a response.

[abrook11]

ostell Hi, so I received a reply again from them. However, it looks very similar to the last one. Could you suggest what how I should respond to them again ? Would giving them address and contact number abroad would be sufficient enough for them ?

Thank you

[ostell]

All that is required is the name and serviceable address of the driver. If that happens to be abroad then so be it.