Rundles bailiffs chasing after I sold the car on.

[alexmc]

Good afternoon everyone,

 

Currently I have Rundles bailiffs harrassing me for payment of a fine from a council. The offence was a Bus lane violation.

 

To try and be concise,

I owned a car and it broke down and wouldn't run correctly.

 

I took it off the road and did not repair it.

The tax ran out so I declared it SORN.

The insurance then finished on02/09/2014

 

I sold the car off the driveway to a chap on 30/06/2015

I was concerned that he was driving it away(albeit slowly) without tax etc...

and warned him it was his risk and gave him a receipt for the sale.

Witnesses were there to see me sell him the car.

 

On 11/10/2015 he, or whoever had the car committed a bus lane violation in the next council area.

 

I had moved houses in the meantime and did not get any letters from the council alerting me.

 

I posted off the V5 as demanded, but perhaps he hadn't sent off his part?

 

Fortunately I had scanned the V5 document before sending it off!

 

It appears the car was still registered to me at the time of the offence, despite me sending off the V5.

 

Rundles bailiffs have been chasing.

 

I found the scan of the V5 and sent it to them, they have demanded other "proof"

 

Today I have had a long but ultimately successful phonecall to my insurers at the time,

adn they have confirmed that the insurance ceased in September 2014

 

"Cessation of insurance" is one of the "Proofs" Rundles seem to require.

 

My insurance company have just sent me a PDF electronically of the cessation of insurance, and confirmation of my no-claims at that point.

 

Should I send this on to Rundles? I have already sent them the scan.

 

They have also asked for "proof" I sold the car saying the V5 isn't good enough.

 

I have searched for the simple receipt of sale I wrote out 2 copies of, one for me and one for the buyer, but have not yet found it. I don't keep everything!

 

I do have witnesses to the sale though, who clearly remember the car being sold.

 

How far do I have to go to jump through Rundles hoops?

I appreciate they are a business, and have a job to do, and that an offence was committed, but I don't like their bully-boy approach.

 

Any suggestions as to how I should proceed?

 

Many thanks in advance, this forum has always been exceedingly helpful!

[dx100uk]

bypass them

send it to the council that issued the ticket.

dx