Another parking ticket thread...
Discussion
I parked in a NCP pay and display car park where the machines are the type where you enter the reg number. Was a bit absent-minded when I did so however, and put in the reg of one of my previous cars. Didn’t think much at the time when I realised later in the day, but just had a letter through from NCP asking for £100 (£60 if paid sooner) as their camera shows me going in and out, with obviously no record of me having got a matching ticket on their machine.
I still have the ticket I brought (car cleaning not my strong point thankfully), so am going to appeal. I guess my argument will be I brought a ticket and had the correct intent, just put the wrong reg in. Obviously their cameras will not show a car with that reg anyway. Parking companies being notorious b
ds however I don’t know how this one might pan out. Anyone had any experience of this sort of thing or any tips? Another factor against me is I ended up overstaying 27 minutes anyway, so are they likely to just try and screw me on that instead?
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I still have the ticket I brought (car cleaning not my strong point thankfully), so am going to appeal. I guess my argument will be I brought a ticket and had the correct intent, just put the wrong reg in. Obviously their cameras will not show a car with that reg anyway. Parking companies being notorious b
ds however I don’t know how this one might pan out. Anyone had any experience of this sort of thing or any tips? Another factor against me is I ended up overstaying 27 minutes anyway, so are they likely to just try and screw me on that instead?Ta
Thanks for the helpful and not entirely unjustified mockery of my idiocy 🙂
I had presumed it was more of the old-school pay and display setup where you got a ticket and someone comes round and physically checks the ticket. Would have been a bit more tight with the timekeeping had I realised had entry and exit cameras syncing with the payment machine, and thought there would have been a little leeway with overstay anyway.
I had presumed it was more of the old-school pay and display setup where you got a ticket and someone comes round and physically checks the ticket. Would have been a bit more tight with the timekeeping had I realised had entry and exit cameras syncing with the payment machine, and thought there would have been a little leeway with overstay anyway.
Indeed... Had I come back to a ticket on the car, then would have been a bit easier to swallow I think. Just didn’t realise checked by camera, so somewhat kicking myself. Am going to blame the other half for staying in the pub too long!
A bit of digging reveals NCP usually have 10 mins of grace after expiration, so as was bang to rights on that I can’t be bothered with the hassle and will pony up the £60. Has it been within time, but wrong reg, then would have appealed, as did buy a ticket in good faith. Will chalk this one up to experience as first fine/ticket/invoice in 16 years of driving.
A bit of digging reveals NCP usually have 10 mins of grace after expiration, so as was bang to rights on that I can’t be bothered with the hassle and will pony up the £60. Has it been within time, but wrong reg, then would have appealed, as did buy a ticket in good faith. Will chalk this one up to experience as first fine/ticket/invoice in 16 years of driving.
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