Parking ticket

[Hassan 7861]

Hi I have received a letter from debt recovery plus of 155£ to pay. I am a taxi driver I dropped my passenger there and they were elderly in there late 70s for there grand son birthday so I helped them and took them inside the pub Max 10 mins and pick up customers from same pub after 5 mins so all this process took me 15 to 20 mins and they issued me ticket I never received any ticket from euro car park I have Only received this ticket of 155£ from drp. I rang them yesterday they said to me if you can’t afford to pay in full you can pay 25£ per month . I have read all the messages that ignore them unless I receive a letter from court , if I don’t pay them because I think it’s not my fault I was doing my job the only mistake I have made didn’t look for the sign says only for customer free parking. Can they do anything about my credit history or take me

[ostell]

They can't affect your credit history unless it gets to court AND you lose AND you don't pay within 30 days.

So is the taxi your own or on rental?

Have you let slip who the driver was (edit your post to that the identity cannot be inferred). Phoning is not recommended.

Have you asked the pub to cancel?

If they won't would a boycott of that pub by all the local drivers help?

Is the V5 for the car showing the correct address?

[Hassan 7861]

Hi Thanks For you’re reply! You think they will take this matter to court & I am the taxi owner . Pub is closed so I can’t ring anyone. If you think they will take this matter to court then I should start paying them now in instalments. Yes on v5 is my correct address .i don’t think it will be easy to boycott . I emailed to euro park let’s see what they will say and there’s another company called parking ticket appeal . (£25)
they will charge me and will sort out this matter you think they can be trustworthy, It’s better paying this company 25 £ rather then paying 155£ to debt recovery plus they are rip-off. I was reading other people messages on this website side and on internet that ignore them they legally can’t take you to court. If they take me to court they will send me a warning letter saying if you don’t pay by that date we will take you to court because I want to sort this matter before I get a letter from court maybe I will endup paying more then £155. Many thanks

[ostell]

Yes, some of the parking companies do go to court, the rumour that they can do nothing is false.

You can, though, ignore DRP, they are debt collectors and can do nothing

Varied reports about companies like parking ticket appeals, unfortunately most we see here are negative.

Hopefully your emails haven't identified the driver. If the ticket from Euro Park was not received within 14 days then they cannot hold the keeper liable only the unknown driver. Please confirm the date of the alleged breach.

You could respond to DRP as the keeper and tell that this is the first communication you have received about this and it is too late to hold you liable. As you are not liable then they must refer the natter back to their principal and not contact you further.

Get back with the dates

Edit your posts so that the identity of the driver cannot be inferred, use "the driver......" etc. You are the keeper

Photos of the signs might help

[Hassan 7861]

Thanks for your reply yes I never received any letter from euro park and I received the later on the 15.3.2020 and the date of the ticket issue was the 27.01.2020 almost 4 month ago. But DRP said to me it’s not there fault it’s Royal Mail Fault speak to them , they are very unprofessional

[Hassan 7861]

[ostell]

No phone calls please in case you let slip something of interest to them.

please confirm.

the alleged breach by the driver was on the 27th January

the first indication you received was a letter from DRP on 15th March

there was no ticket on the windscreen

no indication has been given about the identity of the driver

[Hassan 7861]

Yes the alleged breach by driver was on the 27 January . No I only received this letter from DRp 2 day ago. No ticket on screen no letter from euro park . Yes no identification confirmation.

[Hassan 7861]

Yes this is the only letter they sent me

[ostell]

Letter to Euro Park

Dear Sirs,

I have just received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus alleging that I am indebted to you for PCN number xxxx for vehicle VRM xxxx for an alleged parking event on 27th January.

This is the first indication I have received about this matter and you have therefore failed to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012 namely failing to deliver the notice within the relevant period of 14 days as prescribed by section 9 (4) 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.

Any further communication with me on this matter, apart from confirmation of no further action and my details being removed from your records, will be considered vexatious and harassment. This includes any further communication from any Debt Collection companies you have instructed

Yours etc

If you can first class post with free certificate of posting from a post office.

[Hassan 7861]

I don’t know this matter will be resolve or not but thank you very much for your help

[ostell]

If you don't try then you will not succeed.

[Hassan 7861]

I will post the letter very soon to them thanks for your help

[Hassan 7861]

Hi they rang me and but I didn’t answer them should I ring them they are not sending me anything by post.*

[ostell]

Good plan not to speak to them. Wait for letter in the mail.