Parking ticket through post....couldn't have been us
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Morning All,
We had a parking ticket through the post yesterday, identifying the wife's car as having been parked for too long on a street in London, (Harlow Council) warranting a ticket.
The offence allegedly occurred on 6th June this year.
We can categorically state that this definitely wasn't us or the car in question, a 17 plate Abarth 595, as we were both at work in Nottingham. Obviously we're working on getting bank statements, work IT log etc to back this up, but just wondering how likely it is that the plate could have been mistakenly entered by the ticket warden?
We'll request the photo evidence, but if it is another Abarth, I'm confident the options that we have on the car should set it apart from another. The reason I've stated the car type is because most of them are visually different due to the options available.
If the plate had been cloned, I would have expected more than just a single parking ticket by now? Should we go straight to the police at this point or just take up the objection to the offence with Harlow Council?
Has anyone been in a similar situation and can advise on the outcome?
We had a parking ticket through the post yesterday, identifying the wife's car as having been parked for too long on a street in London, (Harlow Council) warranting a ticket.
The offence allegedly occurred on 6th June this year.
We can categorically state that this definitely wasn't us or the car in question, a 17 plate Abarth 595, as we were both at work in Nottingham. Obviously we're working on getting bank statements, work IT log etc to back this up, but just wondering how likely it is that the plate could have been mistakenly entered by the ticket warden?
We'll request the photo evidence, but if it is another Abarth, I'm confident the options that we have on the car should set it apart from another. The reason I've stated the car type is because most of them are visually different due to the options available.
If the plate had been cloned, I would have expected more than just a single parking ticket by now? Should we go straight to the police at this point or just take up the objection to the offence with Harlow Council?
Has anyone been in a similar situation and can advise on the outcome?
kiethton said:
It'll likely be the warden mis-recording the registration number.
I've had mine recorded incorrectly before and as a result completely ignored them, you're likely on the opposite side of this situation.
Cheers, in which case our first step would be to request the photo evidence. I've had mine recorded incorrectly before and as a result completely ignored them, you're likely on the opposite side of this situation.
I would have presumed somebody would check the letter against the photo evidence prior to sending it out.
IF it shows our reg plate on another car, THEN we'll contact the police.
It will be an incorrect digit input at some stage.
I would send an appeal, not just ask for photo evidence, if you just ask for a photo that is what they will send. Just state that you know your car was parked in Nottingham, or what have you, can they check the registration.
We had a van given a ticket in North wales the other day, similar situation, van was 100%not there, told the council and they admitted a clerical error.
I would send an appeal, not just ask for photo evidence, if you just ask for a photo that is what they will send. Just state that you know your car was parked in Nottingham, or what have you, can they check the registration.
We had a van given a ticket in North wales the other day, similar situation, van was 100%not there, told the council and they admitted a clerical error.
Douglas Arfempty said:
We had a parking ticket through the post yesterday, identifying the wife's car as having been parked for too long on a street in London, (Harlow Council) warranting a ticket.
Not possible. Harlow is in Essex, 9 miles from the nearest point of any London Borough. If it is a street in London it will be LB Harrow. Douglas Arfempty said:
I would have presumed somebody would check the letter against the photo evidence prior to sending it out.
You presume too much. In the Local Authority dash for cash such niceties frequently get overlooked. 
Douglas Arfempty said:
Morning All,
We had a parking ticket through the post yesterday, identifying the wife's car as having been parked for too long on a street in London, (Harlow Council) warranting a ticket.
The offence allegedly occurred on 6th June this year.
We can categorically state that this definitely wasn't us or the car in question, a 17 plate Abarth 595, as we were both at work in Nottingham. Obviously we're working on getting bank statements, work IT log etc to back this up, but just wondering how likely it is that the plate could have been mistakenly entered by the ticket warden?
We'll request the photo evidence, but if it is another Abarth, I'm confident the options that we have on the car should set it apart from another. The reason I've stated the car type is because most of them are visually different due to the options available.
If the plate had been cloned, I would have expected more than just a single parking ticket by now? Should we go straight to the police at this point or just take up the objection to the offence with Harlow Council?
Has anyone been in a similar situation and can advise on the outcome?
Nor for Police - this is between you and the parking authority. Get them to check the images taken by the wardenWe had a parking ticket through the post yesterday, identifying the wife's car as having been parked for too long on a street in London, (Harlow Council) warranting a ticket.
The offence allegedly occurred on 6th June this year.
We can categorically state that this definitely wasn't us or the car in question, a 17 plate Abarth 595, as we were both at work in Nottingham. Obviously we're working on getting bank statements, work IT log etc to back this up, but just wondering how likely it is that the plate could have been mistakenly entered by the ticket warden?
We'll request the photo evidence, but if it is another Abarth, I'm confident the options that we have on the car should set it apart from another. The reason I've stated the car type is because most of them are visually different due to the options available.
If the plate had been cloned, I would have expected more than just a single parking ticket by now? Should we go straight to the police at this point or just take up the objection to the offence with Harlow Council?
Has anyone been in a similar situation and can advise on the outcome?
Douglas Arfempty said:
Morning All,
We had a parking ticket through the post yesterday, identifying the wife's car as having been parked for too long on a street in London, (Harlow Council) warranting a ticket.
The offence allegedly occurred on 6th June this year.
We can categorically state that this definitely wasn't us or the car in question, a 17 plate Abarth 595, as we were both at work in Nottingham. Obviously we're working on getting bank statements, work IT log etc to back this up, but just wondering how likely it is that the plate could have been mistakenly entered by the ticket warden?
We'll request the photo evidence, but if it is another Abarth, I'm confident the options that we have on the car should set it apart from another. The reason I've stated the car type is because most of them are visually different due to the options available.
If the plate had been cloned, I would have expected more than just a single parking ticket by now? Should we go straight to the police at this point or just take up the objection to the offence with Harlow Council?
Has anyone been in a similar situation and can advise on the outcome?
Had a parking ticket from Birmingham council once stating I'd illegally parked my Mitsibushi Lancer Evolution. ( M12 EVO plate ). I replied to their letter stating I'd never been to the Birmingham location in question, in a car bearing that plate, and that the car the plate belonged to was my BMW E36 M3 Evo, not a Lancer. I would have thought it would be worth Birmingham council checking the DVLA's records prior to drafting their letters. The charge was dropped but there may still be someone out there who has my plate on their Mitsubishi Evo...... We had a parking ticket through the post yesterday, identifying the wife's car as having been parked for too long on a street in London, (Harlow Council) warranting a ticket.
The offence allegedly occurred on 6th June this year.
We can categorically state that this definitely wasn't us or the car in question, a 17 plate Abarth 595, as we were both at work in Nottingham. Obviously we're working on getting bank statements, work IT log etc to back this up, but just wondering how likely it is that the plate could have been mistakenly entered by the ticket warden?
We'll request the photo evidence, but if it is another Abarth, I'm confident the options that we have on the car should set it apart from another. The reason I've stated the car type is because most of them are visually different due to the options available.
If the plate had been cloned, I would have expected more than just a single parking ticket by now? Should we go straight to the police at this point or just take up the objection to the offence with Harlow Council?
Has anyone been in a similar situation and can advise on the outcome?
Edited by Crackie on Saturday 15th July 21:31
Dixy said:
Had the same thing a few years ago, wrote to them saying the car was not in London that day nor any day, goy a letter back saying admin error.
Perhaps you should submit a large bill for your admin costs, sort of thing they do.
Took the words out of my mouth! £100/hour should cover it...Perhaps you should submit a large bill for your admin costs, sort of thing they do.
Dogwatch said:
Red Devil said:
You presume too much. In the Local Authority dash for cash such niceties frequently get overlooked.
Yes, why should they bother to check? If there's an error then let the innocent motorist do the sorting out. Some of them may pay up anyway!ker-ching!
We get at least 2 or 3 every week, and it is a PITA to jump through the hoops to get it corrected. I do have some contacts in various parking teams that I can speak to direct to sort it out, but generally it needs to go through the representation process.
Solocle said:
Dixy said:
Had the same thing a few years ago, wrote to them saying the car was not in London that day nor any day, goy a letter back saying admin error.
Perhaps you should submit a large bill for your admin costs, sort of thing they do.
Took the words out of my mouth! £100/hour should cover it...Perhaps you should submit a large bill for your admin costs, sort of thing they do.
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