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Hi.
My girlfriend received a letter on Wednesday stating that she has not paid an outstanding fine for going over an alloted ticket time back in May of this year.
She has never had a ticket before,
There was NOTHING stuck on her window,
She parks in the same spot, once a week, every week for work and has NEVER gone over the time window,
My point is, we've had nothing put on the window, so how did we know to pay? Besides, what happens if the guy/woman made a mistake (very possible as she always parks there for same amount).
The law is unfair in its practice that a fine will double in value, shoud you not payup within a certain time frame, but if there was no sticker on the car, how do you know to pay out? or that you have committed an offence? For all we know, someone could have ripped it off!
Its amazing that issuing such a fine relies solely on 'nobody' touching the parking ticket until you return, I mean, in the centre of Leeds aswell! Loads of people walk past the car! Given it was some months ago, she's cleaned the car and binned the ticket stub (but what would that prove anyway!!? and how should she have known to hang onto it for so long!)
I've written a response, but
Unsure where to send it as there is NO TICKET and the letter sent only has an automated payment number
Unsure whether we should bloody bother doing the right thing, or just succombe and pay
Unsure if we do launch an appeal, whether we have a leg to stand on and whether we'd win
How can you be penalised when the evidence is missing and it is going on 'the word' of both traffic warden and accused individual?
Any help really appreciated, I'm starting to lose it here!
Do you think this is a decent 1st letter to send on the matter?
On Wednesday 20th of September 2006 I received a letter stating that I had not paid an outstanding parking fine on my vehicle from May 2006. My initial reaction was one of shock, for that I had no idea or inclination that I had done anything wrong, let alone 4 months ago. The detail on the letter explains that I was over an allotted time for parking with the ticket I had displayed. I park in the same location, on the same day, ever week for the same time and have always correctly filled the meter to the same amount, even with the obsessive behaviour of having the correct change! not once have I extended this rule in the whole time I have parked there for access to my place of work. The letter also causes concern because I have/never been issued with a penalty notice on the car itself, which if one would have been installed, I would have been able to prove and clear this problem from the outset, let alone have a 4 month wait to receive a letter for a problem I never knew existed or created!
Please could you advise me on what the next course of action is? As stated, I had no notice attached to my car, no correspondance through the post prior to this letter, I'm maticulate in that I use the same space, time and money every week for the past 24 months, I've never had a parking ticket before in my driving career.
4 months later, a letter for £60 fine
until you return, I mean, in the centre of Leeds aswell! Loads of people walk past the car! Given it was some months ago, she's cleaned the car and binned the ticket stub (but what would that prove anyway!!? and how should she have known to hang onto it for so long!)
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