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Parking Ticket - Scam?
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Yesterday my friend who is disabled parked her car in town as she does most weeks displaying her "blue badge" she was only gone half an hour and returned to find a ticket on her windscreen saying she was illegally parked and had been fined £90.00.
The ticket was not issued by a traffic warden, local council or or by the police but by a company called "TPS total parking solutions Ltd." I have been told that these parking tickets are a scam and not to pay them, but on the ticket it states all unpaid fines will be dealt with through the courts and may involve dept collection agencies and could reduce your credit rating.
Advice please.
The ticket was not issued by a traffic warden, local council or or by the police but by a company called "TPS total parking solutions Ltd." I have been told that these parking tickets are a scam and not to pay them, but on the ticket it states all unpaid fines will be dealt with through the courts and may involve dept collection agencies and could reduce your credit rating.
Advice please.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.What she had is not a parking penalty notice which can only be issued by a council or the police, it is just an invoice for a parking fee. The only way the company can claim the fee back is to get a county court judgement which they are VERY unlikely to do. Just ignore it , they will send letters that get more and more threatening but just bin them, they will stop after a few weeks.
If it is a Parking Charge Notice (an invoice) and not a Fixed Penalty Notice (a fine) then ignoring it is a gamble these days.
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In the first instance appeal against the charge. I wouldnt ignore it at this stage.
If she was legally parked displaying the blue badge it should be overturned.
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If she was legally parked displaying the blue badge it should be overturned.
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The law has changed, Eddie - ignoring these tickets now is a gamble.
In this case I'd get in touch with the Local Authority and ask whether TPS should be honouring Blue Badges at the relevant parking place.
It may appear to be 'on street', but could technically be a Car Park & hence Blue Badges are only valid as per any notices at the parking place.
In this case I'd get in touch with the Local Authority and ask whether TPS should be honouring Blue Badges at the relevant parking place.
It may appear to be 'on street', but could technically be a Car Park & hence Blue Badges are only valid as per any notices at the parking place.
I was talking to my brother-in-law recently who said that he had almost been given a ticket by a warden for parking on double-yellow lines with his blue badge. The warden pointed out that there were lines on the pavement as well as the ones on the road which mean "no loading" and blue-badge holders are not allowed to park there. Could this be the case with your friend secsee1?