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Hi!
I was wondering if anyone could advise me on my parking fine I recieved yesterday. I am a member of JJB gym in middlesbrough, and they provided (a very limited) number of parking spaces belonging to the gym. The only other spaces require payment, as they belong to the council. As there were none of these spaces left, I used a disabled space as there were about 5 free ones. I returned to find a nice fine for £100 (?!?!?!?!!) on my windscreen. I know I was in the wrong but seriously, £100???? Extorton.
Also there were NO signs stating penaltys for parking there. Would I still have to pay even though there are no signs, just because it's a disabled space? This is the letter I sent. I'm pretty sure it will be useless:
I would like to appeal against my parking fine of £100 pounds for parking in a disabled parking bay outside of the JJB gym in Middlesbrough.
Firstly, I am a member of JJB gym in middlesbrough, and I had drove in from Sedgefield. After driving around the car park for several laps, there were no other blue spaces, therefore, my only other option would have been to drive 15 miles back to sedgefield, or pay an hourly rate to use the gym in the public spaces, though I already pay a monthly fee of £30 to use the blue spaces. So I would say on this occasion I had no other choice and I would ask that this fine be repealed.
Secondly, I am a student at university, and I was using my mums car, who is out of the country for the next few weeks on holiday. As I am not working full time, I do not have £60 to pay within 7 days and certainly do not have £100 to pay upfront in a lump sum if the £60 is not paid in 7 days.
Thirdly, at no point did I see a sign stating the penalty payable for parking in a disabled car parking space. Private parking companies are not backed by criminal law and are subject to contracts by means of information displayed on signs. I did not see such a sign containing information regarding the penalty for parking in this place, therefor there was no contract.
Just ignore them completely, go to the section on parking in the forums and read all about private parking companies. What you have is an unenforceable INVOICE not a fine
They will ignore your letter. Usual advice is to ignore every letter you get from them. Disabled bays on private land are unenforceable. Don't worry, the chance of them taking you to court is miniscule. (plus they would lose) Which PPC is this? If you can, post up your cleaned "ticket" and any letters you get.
Excel Parking Fine :(
I recieved yesterday. I am a member of JJB gym in middlesbrough, and they provided (a very limited) number of parking spaces belonging to the gym. The only other spaces require payment, as they belong to the council. As there were none of these spaces left, I used a disabled space as there were about 5 free ones. I returned to find a nice fine for £100 (?!?!?!?!!) on my windscreen. I know I was in the wrong but seriously, £100???? Extorton.
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