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Live cases legal advice => Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) => Topic started by: HBaig on September 24, 2024, 11:58:49 am

Title: Re: New driver and PCN
Post by: Incandescent on September 24, 2024, 02:44:00 pm

Please post a GSV view of the approach to the signs, (asssuming GSV is sufficiently up-to-date to show them.) and update your thread as per the instructions above.

The approach suggested by John UK is probably the most likely to get all of the PCNs bar the first, cancelled. Essentially, you admit error, and submit reps based on mitigation. Being unaware of the restriction until the first PCN arrived needs emphasising.  Your reps would need to emphasise being a new "P" driver and unfamiliarity with signs at this early stage of motoring career. This approach would hopefully restrict your liability to the discount (£65). No guarantees, though.

The alternative approach is to go in heavy on bad signage, (assuming we agree it's bad), but then your liability would be a lot more.

However, without more info. we're in the dark, basically.

Title: Re: New driver and PCN
Post by: John U.K. on September 24, 2024, 12:31:47 pm

For meaningful advice please to have a read of
https://www.ftla.uk/civil-penalty-charge-notices-(councils-tfl-and-so-on)/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!-this-section-is-for-council-tfl-dartme/

and post here all sides of the first PCN, redacting only yr name & address, together with a GSV link to the location.

If no other fault is found with the PCN or signage, it may be possible to plead she stopped using the prohibited route as soon as the first PCNs arrived, and offer to pay the 1st and ask for the subsequent PCNs to be cancelled as continuing contraventions.

Any possible reasons for not seeing the signs?

Title: New driver and PCN
Post by: HBaig on September 24, 2024, 11:58:49 am

Hi,

My wife got her licence recently and have been started driving by herself with P sign on the car, from last week she has been dropping our kids off to school but what she didn't know that she went into pedestrian zone which was during school timings. This week we got 4 PCN on same route, maybe 2 more on the way.

Is there any chance to pay just one PCN and claim off others on the bases of new driver or something else ?

Council: Barking and Dagenham

Regards