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Private parking tickets / Re: Heathrow Drop Off Zone Charge Parking Charge Notice (APCOA)
« on: November 04, 2024, 08:48:43 pm »
That seems pretty straightforward, thank you! I will get right on it.

For information for those reading in future, I selected "Other" from the below list.

Click on the reason for your challenge:

    My vehicle was stolen
    The contravention did not occur
    The amount specified on the notice is incorrect
    I was not the Registered Keeper/Driver at the time of the contravention
    Mitigating circumstances prevented me from parking correctly
    My vehicle has been cloned
    Other


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Private parking tickets / Heathrow Drop Off Zone Charge Parking Charge Notice (APCOA)
« on: November 04, 2024, 07:11:39 pm »
Today I received a Parking Charge Notice from APCOA "for the contravention of Use of Drop Off Zone without making a valid payment at Heathrow Terminal Drop Off T3".

It is dated within 14 days for a car I am the registered owner and keeper of and the driver at the time and did use the Drop Off Zone to drop off a passenger.

I fully intended to pay (who would rather have the fine than pay?) but following being in a coma a few years ago my memory has significantly deteriorated. Being as there is no facility to pay at the time I must have overlooked doing so upon my return home.

This is a circumstance that disproportionately affects me (and is likely to do so again in future) due to my memory issue. I'd like to be able to simply pay the charge and ideally get some sort of reminder to do so ahead of a fine should it happen again, but am concerned that because of my medical condition I am being discriminated against as unlike most people I am not able to remember if I have paid (or indeed if I need to pay) and therefore am more likely to be fined again. There was never any intent to avoid paying on my part.

The appeal categories do not fit my circumstances, although there is a category for "other". I'm reluctant to complete the appeal process before taking advice though. Any thoughts or advice would be welcome. Many thanks in advance.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: S172 NIP
« on: August 11, 2024, 11:19:12 pm »
I guess they would never let the cash cow of speed cameras dry up simply because they were found not to be inaccurate and no amount of legal experts proving this help matters. I guess I'll just have to bend over and take it!  :-\

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: S172 NIP
« on: August 10, 2024, 01:45:21 pm »
100% certain I didn't creep up to 80. 99% certain I didn't go above 70.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / S172 NIP
« on: August 10, 2024, 12:56:03 pm »
This morning, 10th August 2024 I received a NIP from Hertfordshire Constabulary for my vehicle allegedly traveling at 80mph in a 70mph motorway limit on the M25 at Junction 21A-22 at 10:37:56 on 3rd August 2024. Supplied with the NIP was an Offence Viewer Log On Help Sheet, providing access to evidence including a speed camera configuration report and photographic evidence of the alleged speeding offence.

However, I remember this journey well as I was headed to pick up my family from the airport and was ahead of schedule so was not speeding at all on this journey and did not go above 70mph as it would have got me there too early. Unfortunately my dashcam doesn't record speed, but I understand it wouldn't be sufficient as admissible evidence against the speed camera anyway.

Nevertheless, I have read this: http://www.pepipoo.com/Inaccurate_speed_cameras.htm and wonder if loud music in my or the adjacent vehicle or the adjacent vehicle itself could have impacted the reading? Obviously I cannot measure the exact distance traveled in the alleged 0.35 seconds the photos were taken apart on the M25 to get an exact distance covered in that time, but if I was traveling at below 70mph, what can I do to demonstrate it?

Evidence viewable here due to issue uploading directly: https://imgur.com/a/rYB4KOf


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