legal or not

[arky4]

got a parking ticket for parking in disable space. i know i was wrong, but ten mins before shops shut. ill be ten mins came out ticket on screen. there was about 40 spaces 3 cars and me. the place is braehead shopping centre glasgow .somewhere in the back of my mind they cant do you because its private land. company is ukpc, the ticket says parking charge my qustion is are they enforceable. ta

[Meat-Head]

Sodding ishit. Pm them back stating you went to top up your mobile pjone do you can log onyo dk

if 40 spaces why noyt use onr of thrm?

if you ever park in dissbled dpace always walk with a limp when you get ouy


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[manxspud]

Was a big thing about these type of tickets a while back ... end result was **** em they cant enforce them

All they can do is sound official and threaten you bla bla bla ... tell em you will see them in court

[lfcuk]

As a general rule of thumb if the ticket was issued by a Police officer or a Traffic warden and is covered by the Road Traffic Act, then it is enforceable and not worth the hassle, just pay it !
HOWEVER, if it was issued by some shit parking company who have no legal standing and are just out to fleece the motorist, then bin it, ignore all correspondence from them, it will get hairy but unless they take you to court, which is highly unlikely, they have no claim. They have to show 'loss' which unless they own the land they are unable to do. I have ignored 3 tickets in the past 12 months with no further action from the parking company involved. But you need nerves of steel, if not, then just pay the penalty at the reduced rate now and put it down to experience !

Check out this site for the finer details and follow their advice PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice

Good luck

[ajax2061]

if they send you letters do not reply do not phone just ignore them as soon you reply your just confirming your details

[caveman_nige]

all those empty spaces and you still parked in a disabled spot anyway? I agree that you should ignore the company etc but you deserve a ticket.

[arky4]

thanks for all replys i will dour it out ,the empty spaces where all disabled places. the next bay was a parking bay which you had to make a detour to access plus it was pouring and i did not expect a rush of dissabled motorist.

[Meat-Head]

On topic ish

here in m/c. At b&q on a hill disabled bay on flat at bottom, how many dusabled folks buy 20 bags of gravel?

[Bulld0g]

It doesn't mean if your disabled you can't shop does it?

[benny/9]

parking spaces on private car parks dont come under the
councils traffic parking attendants jurisdiction. but most
supermarket and big diy store employ private mobile parking attendants who can clamp and issue tickets for illegal parking or they do where i live to stop people not shopping there or using the disabled bays from all day parking for free, they do by law have to display a notice
prominently of the companies parking terms.

[Bulld0g]

Check out this site for the finer details and follow their advice PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice

Good luck

Excellent advice and a really helpful site.

[lagerland]

Ironic or what its on watchdog now there saying dont pay if you think your in the right,appeal appeal appeal...........................

[spectre289]

Clamping on private land is illegal as of the end of last year, you can call the police if needed now and get it removed. They can even face criminal proceedings for clamping you. Councils can still do it though.
BBC News - Wheel-clamping on private land banned
As for tickets on private land, while it's legal they'll struggle to enforce it and in a lot of cases, never even follow up on the ticket. I got a ticket on private land years ago, they never contacted me or did anything about it. There's a bunch of websites you should easily be able to find through google who can offer more advice on this.

[thered]

got a parking ticket for parking in disable space. i know i was wrong, but ten mins before shops shut. ill be ten mins came out ticket on screen. there was about 40 spaces 3 cars and me. the place is braehead shopping centre glasgow .somewhere in the back of my mind they cant do you because its private land. company is ukpc, the ticket says parking charge my qustion is are they enforceable. ta

Ignorance is key they do threaten all sorts and bigger bills but its all hot air

as been said proper tickets by wardens council yes i would pay but private car parks are worthless

the reason is they cannot force you to name the driver or pay it yourself like a council ticket, unless they see you park up and picture you they have no power

[super jumbe]

Were I live there are more disable drivers, if you are not disable its pointless going shopping to B&Q on discount day Wednesday, most parking occupied by disable drivers, from what you have noted you are lucky to get disable parking in your town.