edinburgh airport- drop off fine

[malks222]

strange one, I’ve just received through the door a fine/ notice to charge me £100 for ‘picking up in the drop off area’.

this area is a drive up/ pop coins in the gate to get out at the other side, and I paid £2 to drive through this area.

I have never noticed that their is a separate ‘pick up point’ and have always used this area and paid to use it.

Is this enforceable?? do i pay the discounted £60 fine and be done?? please bare in mind this is in scotland and I know rules/ laws are different in england/ wales.

[malks222]

they have photographic evidence of who was driving. they may look suspiciously like the the registered keeper.......

my biggest concern is- i genuinely didn’t know i had done anything wrong! i went in to what i believed was the pick up/ drop off area, paid my £2 and drove off. this was back in june and it only popped through the door today.

i’m also reluctant to pay because i know i have been to the airport another 2 times since! if i even thought i’d chanced something or taken a risk i’d say- fair cop. but i honestly didn’t have a clue i’d done anything wrong

[malks222]

Steven_RW said:

Out of interest - how long were you stopped for?

Edited by Steven_RW on Wednesday 4th December 21:34

the airport has a ‘drop off’ point, where you drive through and they charge £2 for 5mins. you drive up to the barrier and stick £2 in the bucket/ machine and the barrier goes up and you drove off. I did this, like i have done numerous times. £2 is a bit of a pain, and it went up from £1 a couple of years ago.

turns out back in june they have created a separate ‘pick up’ zone, round the other side of this area where you now have to pay £4 to pick someone up!

i paid the airport for less than 5mins in the drive thru ‘drop off’, but now 6 months later they’ve decided to tell me i didn’t use the correct area and should’ve paid £4 at the time, but now i owe £100!

definitely phoning the airport parking tomorrow to see what they think my chances of appeal are, considering i may have another 2 on the way

[malks222]

Aiminghigh123 said:

Not here but I got one from a hotel car park 2 years ago. I had paid at the reception because the machine wasn’t working got proof and emails from the hotel.
Parking company refused to accept it and still keeps threatening court. I say bring it on. If you paid and have the proof you have nothing to worry about.

they’re not disputing i paid (you can’t get out the barrier if you don’t pay!)

they reviewed the cctv footage to say i picked someone up in an area i can only drop people off!

[malks222]

thanks all for your help. from everything i’ve read so far, i think i just sit on the form and keep an eye out to see if i receive a letter before action.

[malks222]

posted on pepipoo for advice and i’ll see where this goes

[malks222]

just to bring closure to the thread- I contacted the chief exec of the airport (email and voicemail) and someone just phoned me back and confirmed the charge will be cancelled.

they said the company are only meant to be looking for taxis/ private hire cars doing this and i shouldn’t have been issued the charge.

i acknowledged that having been reading/ researching the changes in the system and that i now know where the pick up is and the drop off is different. so i’ll be keeping this in mind in future!