Parking ticket

So you parked in a parking bay which is in no way affiliated with the college you went to, didn't spend money at the shop who provided the bay for their customers, overstayed your welcome and got a ticket. Nothing to see here really? :confused:
 
Diddums said:
So you parked in a parking bay which is in no way affiliated with the college you went to, didn't spend money at the shop who provided the bay for their customers, overstayed your welcome and got a ticket. Nothing to see here really? :confused:
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+1

Challenging parking fines if they are dubious, fair enough. But if you blatantly disregard the rules, then paying up is reasonable.
 
Diddums said:
So you parked in a parking bay which is in no way affiliated with the college you went to, didn't spend money at the shop who provided the bay for their customers, overstayed your welcome and got a ticket. Nothing to see here really? :confused:
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Quite. If he'd parked there and gone shopping and got ticketed for staying 4 minutes too long or some nonsense, then it's all very well telling them to stuff it. But in this case it seems justified!
 
VincentHanna said:
Yes but the law recently was changed so they no longer have to prove who was driving and can take you to small claims court and generally win

Basically take Avenged7Fold's advice.
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It's not really recently. It changed in 2012 and the idea that they generally win is incorrect.

It is very difficult to win as so many conditions have to be just right for the claim to be valid. They have to prove there is a valid contract and you knowingly entered that contract which you read and so explicitly agreed to pay the charge. That is very difficult to prove, as there is normally no consideration at most places. If someone isn't getting something else in return for agreeing to this contract then it is not a valid contract as no sane person would otherwise agree to it.

99%+ invoice notices are not taken to court. Even then all they can get is the original invoice + costs allowable in a small claims court which are normally very low.

As for people saying you did something wrong, so pay up. The OP needs to only pay for any damage or losses they have caused in order to pay what is fair. Not an arbitrary amount (unless the other party can prove the OP agreed to pay this).
 
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