Southend Airport 9 second drop off fine

[duggan]

I have been reading back on old threads and getting a bit confused and need some help please .

 

My husband dropped daughter at Southend airport and has received £100 Parking Charge Notice from VCS. (46 - Stopping in a zone where stopping is prohibited) 

 

There are 3 photos of the car 

1st one with brake lights on  at 6.53:10    

2nd one with someone walking past 6.53:17    and

3rd one again with someone walking past at 6.53:19     

the car isnt pulled over to curb and literally daughter jumped out car with bag.

 

At no point does the picture show anyone getting out of car and husband said there were not any visable signs that said not parking - or ones he didn't see. 

 

What I need to know is should we appeal it, ignore it or something else?

 

He also picked her up a few days later and done exactly the same thing so it's possible we are going to get another one.

 

I was thinking he could appeal and say it just stalled but from other threads it seems he shouldnt even admit it ?

Any advice or similar experiences appreciated as it's ridiculous getting a 100.00 fine for 9 seconds !

[dx100uk]

where does it say this is a fine please?

you say you've read other threads...……...

 

please complete this:

and scan up the ntk both sides to one multipage PDF ONLY

 

 

read upload

[honeybee13]

Hello and welcome to CAG.

 

Don't appeal, it could make things more complicated. Let us have the information from the forum sticky and we'll advise you.

 

We have about four threads about Southend airport and VCS, do a CAG search for those and have a read. They should help you to understand a bit more.

 

Best, HB

[duggan]

1 Date of the infringement - 13/9/19

 

2 Date on the NTK [this must have been received within 14 days from the 'offence' date] 23/9/19

 

3 Date received 26/9/19

 

4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? [Y/N?]   No cant see it

 

5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? yes

 

6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal]  not yet

Have you had a response? [Y/N?] post it up

 

7 Who is the parking company? VCS

 

8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] southend airport

 

 

[honeybee13]

Hi, thank you for that.

 

I would remove the PCN number too, you should be able to edit that, plus any reg numbers that are legible.

 

HB

 

[dx100uk]

do it to PDF as advised please

don't post images directly to a post

both sides as well

 

dx

 

[duggan]

sorry , I don't know how to do that I'm not very technical with computers 

[dx100uk]

read upload carefully

 

dx

 

if you cant do it

send me the images in a private message inc both sides of the NTK.

 

[ericsbrother]

We would like to see the exact wording of their demand as they need to use key phrases to create a liability under the POFA. Get the wording wrong and they cant lawfully demand anything.

Now airports are subject to their own byelaws and they have nowt to do with VCS and VCS know this but are agressive to say the least in trying to get peopel to pay them money that cannot be owed. Also they are claiming a breach of contract, well that contract is for a parking event and that hasnt occurred nor even parking terms been offered. No stopping may seem a simple enough statement but how are you supposed to read the  terms offered on the sign without stopping to read it?

 

What wwe really need to see is a video of the sign taken by someone driving past it at the maximum speed allowed and then see how legible it is. Ideally this shoudl be done at night with a video that doesnt use low light enhancement like most modern cameras do but your eyes dont.

 

our advice is not to respond to this demand and to keep all correspondence safe and gather any extra information as soon as possible ( pictures of entrance to airport land, roadway, signage etc). You are liely to get further demands and they can safely be ignored up to the point where they send a letter before action claiming to use the pre action protocols of the civil procedure regs. and theh respond to that in a forthright manner.

Let them waste their time and money chasing you until that point

[duggan]

son converted it for me - I think husband is going to go and take some photos at weekend - he said there was a sign as he drove in but couldnt read it as he was driving !

PCN Airport.pdf