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Private parking tickets / paymyparking - any point appealing the rejection of my appeal?
« on: October 21, 2024, 09:21:11 pm »
Hi folks, I was sent a ticket for parking offence. I don't really recall the incident but they have shared camera images timestamped of me entering and exiting 9mins apart. The parking lot is Stephenson House, Bletchley, MK2 2AS.
I don't really recall the area or why i went there but i suspect it might have been an incident when i heard some noise coming from my tyre and decided to stop at a safe place and investigate. It was a minor plastic stuck to my tyre which i removed and drove off. It is possible that I was at this location and I just missed it being a paid parking lot(sounds surprising even to me but I suppose it is plausible considering I am a newbie driver here in the UK).
So I appealed it, offering to pay whatever the parking cost was rather than the fine explaining that I was just trying to make a safe stop.
They have come back and rejected it saying it was my responsibility to check and pay the dues. Which is a fair point and I appealed as a long shot anyways. Their response does include a further option to appeal with Popla. I have no experience with them and no idea if there is any chance of them entertaining my stupidity.
What do you guys think? Should I just pay the piper and move on?
I don't really recall the area or why i went there but i suspect it might have been an incident when i heard some noise coming from my tyre and decided to stop at a safe place and investigate. It was a minor plastic stuck to my tyre which i removed and drove off. It is possible that I was at this location and I just missed it being a paid parking lot(sounds surprising even to me but I suppose it is plausible considering I am a newbie driver here in the UK).
So I appealed it, offering to pay whatever the parking cost was rather than the fine explaining that I was just trying to make a safe stop.
They have come back and rejected it saying it was my responsibility to check and pay the dues. Which is a fair point and I appealed as a long shot anyways. Their response does include a further option to appeal with Popla. I have no experience with them and no idea if there is any chance of them entertaining my stupidity.
What do you guys think? Should I just pay the piper and move on?