PCN received while car in possession of garage!

PCN received while car in possession of garage!

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DaineseMan

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628 posts

148 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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I received a PCN for a parking violation incurred while my car was at a garage for repairs; the car seems to have been temporarily moved out of the garage itself and parked unlawfully on a nearby pavement, hence the PCN.
Initial appeal against the PCN has been rejected. Can anyone advise?

eybic

9,212 posts

173 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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DaineseMan said:
I received a PCN for a parking violation incurred while my car was at a garage for repairs; the car seems to have been temporarily moved out of the garage itself and parked unlawfully on a nearby pavement, hence the PCN.
Initial appeal against the PCN has been rejected. Can anyone advise?
Pass it on to the garage to pay, surely they are liable for cars in their care.

speedking31

3,543 posts

135 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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But if they don't pay, don't inform the OP and deny any knowledge then if he is the RK he will get all the grief.

lerd

227 posts

195 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Appeal again I have done this on different tickets and won as I think only2% of people appeal the. Go from there

Vaud

50,287 posts

154 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Why appeal? It's a valid PCN, the question is who pays?

Aretnap

1,643 posts

150 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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The only possible grounds for appeal would be that the car was parked by a person who was in control of the vehicle without your consent. The problem is that the garage did have your consent to take control of the vehicle. There might be an argument to be made that the garage had your consent to drive the car onto the jack and work on it, but not to take it out onto the street and get a parking ticket. Not sure where the law stands on that type of conditional consent though... I suspect it wouldn't be accepted it would mean you could tell someone "you can use my car on condition that you don't get a parking ticket"... which would defeat the object of making ten owner liable for PCNs.

Or you could pay it and ask the garage to reimburse you - have you spoken to them about it?

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

216 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Is it a Local Authority ticket or a private parking one?

If you can demonstrate they had the vehicle whilst it was in their control, pay the ticket yourself and ask the garage to pay you back. Don't risk incurring more costs by being late paying it.


grumpyscot

1,277 posts

191 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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or pay the ticket and deduct the amount from the garage bill!