Ukpc Parking Ticket

[scott85]

My partner got issued with a "parking charge" yesterday at Braeahed Shopping Centre, Glasgow. She mistakenly parked in a disabled space that she thought was also for mother and child.

Are these tickets legally enforceable, I have read various threads saying to ignore tickets issued by private companies but most are in England, is this the same advice for Scotland?

[Svejk]

I'm thoroughly disheartened by most of the answers here.
Disabled Parking bays aren't some money-making scam.
They're there for a good reason,they're very clearly marked. If you choose to abuse them & you get caught the least you can do is pay the fine.
As I seem to be in a minority of 2 I'd better not say what I'd like to do to able-bodied people that use them.

[albaqwerty]

btw, I'm surprised you could find a parking space at Braehead yesterday.

[whiskeryron]

Hear hear thetaliesin

WR.

[EDDIE51]

The car hire company are not responcible for paying the parking charge , only the driver is. The parking co will write to the car owners ( hire company) and ask for payment, they may give details of who was driving but possibly they may not do so. In your situation I would ignore the parking charge and if the car hire company ask about it just say , you did not see any ticket on the car . The parking company then have to prove a ticket was issued which will be impossible , someone other than the driver could have removed the ticket.
I agree about not using disabled spaces but in this case only the parking company will profit by paying the charge it will do nothing to aid disabled people .

[spotit3]

I disagree with Eddies1 as when people read on this site about how to get away without paying the fine most of them will then continue to park in disabled bays thus depriving disabled persons of their rightful parking places.

[Oneeyedvic]

the method of a fine is used to punish people for wrong doing.

You admitted to doing wrong but don't want to pay the fine.

If you (and everyone else) follows this logic, it then means that disabled bays are used by able bodied people, thus depriving disabled people from an 'easier' life.

I sincerely hope that you (or a member of your family) never get a terminal illness or serious disability, but if you do, remember this moment when YOU chose to cheat the system.

[EDDIE51]

This is NOT a fine , it is an invoice by a private company for parking in the wrong place or wrong time. If it was a fine I would be telling them to pay up.
The cash from a fine goes to the public purse and helps pay costs which would otherwise be funded by the taxpayer. The cash from this just increases the profits of a private company.

[Oneeyedvic]

Eddie - so presumably you are happy for people to park in disable bays on private land.

Fair enough, each to their own.

If you ever look at society and wonder where the lack of respect is, take a good, hard look at yourself.

[murraymints]

It is not good to park in disabled bay, I needed them myself when caring for FIL, but question was . really about valid
ity of charge , not the modalities of parking thus !

[ChillDoubt]

Can't believe this has gone into a second page.

For the moralistic among you, the lady in question made an honest mistake in a mix up over a car park space. Have you never made a similar mistake?

For the poster of the question, as advised by others simply ignore ALL letters, which invariably dry up within a few months. There will be mentions of court, bailiffs etc(generally with capital letters to accentuate and make them stand out on the page) which never come to fruition.

[mrs_overall]

Another argument to the case for NOT ignoring the letters is that some companies DO take people to court

http://www.nationwideparkingenforcement.co.uk/law.html

[yoda2014]

Is it just me that notices that 75% of disabled places are always empty. In other words have they got the requirements wrong?
Some who take these places could do with the extra walk . No offence meant to those who genuinely need