What would happen if I never paid??

[10JH]

Hi

Got a parking ticket recently in Nottingham, from the council, reason was that the parking machine coin slot was jammed so there was no way of putting money in. I left a note explaining this on the car and tried ringing the help line but was informed it was shut at the weekend. I protested in writing but received a negative response, I have paid fines to Nottingham Council in the past when I was fault but this time I do not believe I was at fault so am thinking of not paying at all (The re-appeal next step is attending a Formal Representation which sounds time consuming and means if I were to fail I would have to pay the full £60)

Basically though, I will be leaving Nottingham Uni in 3 months, so if I never paid what would happen? How would they chase me up, from TV i have seen they can remove your car if they see it parked in the street, but as I will be leaving Nottingham soon is it at all worth the risk of never paying?!!

Thanks
James

[wasted years]

As they have the cars reg they could check with the DVLA and if need send the bailiffs around to collect

Good luck with the appeal.

[tigger1]

You should have walked to the nearest working pay+display machine (these are not "meters" by a single parking bay in Nottingham).

If a couple weren't working, then fair enough, but a single machine was out according to what you said. I would say that you were too lazy to walk to the next one - and that appears to be the view of the council.

"All" they can do is send bailiffs round, increasing the fine massively. Pay the 30 notes.

IANAL.

[Dwight VanDriver]

If you think you were hard done to then use the Appeal system right to the top

http://www.parking-appeals.gov.uk/about/adju_proce...

if not then PAY now.

dvd

[tigger1]

Which road were you parked on out of interest?

[mcflurry]

The bill will eventually go up to £500 and the bailiffs will visit if not paid...

[10JH]

On Mount Street, was opposite the 4550miles from Delhi curry house. Could see another machine up the hill but was in too much of a rush to go up.

[Cooperman]

If you leave Uni and if you don't leave a forwarding adress and if you sell the car you currently have and don't register another one at the current address, then not paying will be unlikely to be an issue. It simply won't be worth their chasing you up.
However, if you don't pay and they can subsequently trace you, and you then admit that the person they are seeking is you, then you'll end up paying a lot of cash out, adding to which you'll have a CCJ against your name.

Edited by Cooperman on Monday 3rd March 17:09