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The Flame Pit / Re: Using Winter screen wash in summer
« on: May 18, 2026, 12:19:35 pm »Hi folks
Is prestone screenwash (winter formula) safe to use in summer. Only apprehension is that it will have de-icer which might strike more streaks on windshield in summer. Otherwise what stop it from cleaning the windshield in summer too. Screenwash name is Prestone Max visibility screenwash (winter formula).
I use that screenwash until well into summer without any problems, in fact, it may be helpful in removing dead flies.
Here is the Safety Data Sheet https://tinyurl.com/38cdrhnu
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The Flame Pit / Re: Road rage
« on: May 04, 2026, 12:19:42 pm »
Challenging anybody when driving is fraught with risk and not advisable so it's better to avoid doing so.
When turning into a side road one should give way to pedestrians already crossing even if against a red light as they could be intoxicated, drugged, ill or just absent minded. Errant pedestrians commit no offence but a motorist who hits one could be held to account .
When turning into a side road one should give way to pedestrians already crossing even if against a red light as they could be intoxicated, drugged, ill or just absent minded. Errant pedestrians commit no offence but a motorist who hits one could be held to account .
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Non-motoring legal advice / Re: Bollard badly positioned.
« on: April 13, 2026, 12:20:50 pm »Ok can someone enlighten me on the reason of a bollard in such a position next to the parking bay. It's the only one on the street like this and I have never seen one so close to a bay before.
To prevent vehicles driving over the manhole cover?
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The Flame Pit / Missing member
« on: March 19, 2026, 11:06:40 am »
No I haven't lost any body parts.
Does anybody know why H C Anderson hasn't posted since Jan 6th?
Does anybody know why H C Anderson hasn't posted since Jan 6th?
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Private parking tickets / Re: Got PCN for parking at Hospital's Staff Car Park and was away for months without knowing.
« on: March 02, 2026, 11:24:16 am »I was not aware of the 14 day rule. That's a great point, thank you. I will fill their online complaint form shortly. I shall update this post when I hear back from them.
Cheers
You stated "Upon my return I saw that I have a PCN that was issued by APCOA on 19/12/25 (one month AFTER)"
Did the PCN arrive by post or was it on the windscreen of the car?
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Speeding ticket in Swiss rental car by French police
« on: February 22, 2026, 12:24:46 pm »It might just be that Enterprise will have your UK licence details and address on their hire form and the authorities there will write to you in the UK.Unless you'r planning on going back there soon I doubt you'll hear any more about it as theres no way of chasing foreign debts through the UK courts.
Even if Enterprise did pass on the op's details to the French an Avis de Contravention would need to be issued to the op to progess the matter. However, no action will be taken as they cannot recover fines in the UK.
The French do set up a ghost licence (permis virtuel) for foreign offenders but whether any future visits to France will invoke any action is likely to be zero.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Speeding ticket in Swiss rental car by French police
« on: February 21, 2026, 12:16:09 pm »Hi all
This may be an immediate dead end but worth asking the experts.
I was driving an Enterprise rental car from a Swiss branch through France.
Am I right in assuming the whole NtK/NtH and PoFA 2012 doesn't apply to fines from French authorities? As in, I can't just say 'You can't prove it was me', can I?
I've also read that French authorities will just write off a fine for a car with a non-French plate, but I'm not sure I want to take the risk.
The fine is €90 and Enterprise just took their cut (admin fee of 50 Swiss Francs) automatically from my credit card today.
I was approaching a toll booth on the motorway but didn't think about it being a speed controlled zone (probably zoned out for a second) and saw a flash. The ticket stated I was fined with doing 75 kph in a 50 kph.
Any insight would be much appreciated, but I'm prepared to have to pay the fine.
Thanks
The French will not chase a speeding penalty normally because they cannot obtain a UK registered vehicle keeper's details. Although France and Switzerland have an agreement on exchange of details for motoring offences if the hirer is a UK licence holder I suspect the hire company just charges their fee, notifies the French and the ticket is written off.
If the only paperwork you have is a letter from the hire company and you have not received an 'Avis de Contravention' French speeding ticket in your name you can't pay the fine anyway.
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Private parking tickets / Re: PCN Capability Green Luton
« on: January 31, 2026, 02:28:48 pm »
It's a private business park very close to Luton Airport just off junction 10/10a and attracts those wanting to park awaiting a flight arrival. Other roads closer to the airport are now double red lined and ceo'd at night.
Edit: There is a Greggs on site open 0600-1800 with five 30 minute spaces.
Edit: There is a Greggs on site open 0600-1800 with five 30 minute spaces.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Drink and Drive 57 mg
« on: January 10, 2026, 11:47:06 am »I'm not too sure why Roy asked the question.
Not speaking for him but I've seen on other forums where there is an assumption that if you are in possession of both a UK and an EU driving licence then you can present one and keep the other one clean.
So Pawel, originally from Gdansk but now living in Colchester, gets 6 points for speeding and hands over his Polish driving licence - his UK licence remains clean and if insurers check the DVLA database when he comes to reinsure his vehicle they'll find nothing.
The assumption is wrong but it seems to have legs.
Because foreign licence holders get UK points added to a UK ghost licence? About 20,000 a year apparently.
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News / Press Articles / parking on the grass (verge) - US style penalty $160000
« on: January 01, 2026, 12:29:25 pm »
Never complain about London two wheels on the pavement parking fines.
Florida homeowner must pay more than $100,000 in outstanding fees for improperly parking on her own property after the state’s Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal that argued excessive fines.
Zenaida “Sandy” Martinez initially filed a complaint against the city of Lantana, Fla., in February 2021, according to Circuit Court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
According to the complaint, Martinez owed more than $165,000 to the city "for trivial code violations" — about $100,000 primarily for parking in her driveway with two tires partially covering the grass, and more than $60,000 for two cosmetic violations. The complaint alleges that in total, the fines are “almost four times more than Sandy earns in an entire year.”
According to a release from the Institute for Justice (IJ), a free-of-charge public interest law firm representing the homeowner, Martinez lives with her two driving-age children and her sister, who all own cars so they can get to their jobs or school. When all four cars are parked, “sometimes one of them would have two tires on the lawn.” For that, the city fined $250 a day for 407 straight days.
Edit: after investigating further it's actually for parking on her own grass instead of on the driveway.
The cosmetic penalties appear to be for damaging her own grass!
Florida has weird parking regulations.
Florida homeowner must pay more than $100,000 in outstanding fees for improperly parking on her own property after the state’s Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal that argued excessive fines.
Zenaida “Sandy” Martinez initially filed a complaint against the city of Lantana, Fla., in February 2021, according to Circuit Court documents obtained by PEOPLE.
According to the complaint, Martinez owed more than $165,000 to the city "for trivial code violations" — about $100,000 primarily for parking in her driveway with two tires partially covering the grass, and more than $60,000 for two cosmetic violations. The complaint alleges that in total, the fines are “almost four times more than Sandy earns in an entire year.”
According to a release from the Institute for Justice (IJ), a free-of-charge public interest law firm representing the homeowner, Martinez lives with her two driving-age children and her sister, who all own cars so they can get to their jobs or school. When all four cars are parked, “sometimes one of them would have two tires on the lawn.” For that, the city fined $250 a day for 407 straight days.
Edit: after investigating further it's actually for parking on her own grass instead of on the driveway.
The cosmetic penalties appear to be for damaging her own grass!
Florida has weird parking regulations.
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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: LBO-BRENT // Code 62, Parked 1+ Wheels on Footpath // Larkspur Close (off Old Kenton Lane)
« on: December 17, 2025, 10:29:43 am »
That's a speed table not a crossing point at pavement level. There are signs for speed humps at the entry to the road.
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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: 2 PCN tickets issued by 2 different councils (Trafford and Salford) for the 1 offence
« on: December 10, 2025, 10:45:30 am »
According to several maps the boundary is the centre line of the river. The CEOs of both councils should be aware of the boundary lines of the authority. It appears Salford CEO disagreed with Trafford CEO regarding the boundary
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: NIP by speeding camera at London Road Derby - any grounds to contest?
« on: December 02, 2025, 11:29:26 am »Thank you @FuzzyDuck. Looking through the evidence, the camera was a LTI 20.20 Ultralyte 1000 mobile speed camera, so it must be one of the mobile sites. Before I ask the constabulary for photos, would you have the 2 locations of both known mobile cameras?
Many thanks and kind regards
Opposite Wickes and RTC Business Park are two reported locations but a mobile camera could, by definition, be virtually anywhere. .
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Private parking tickets / Re: Stanstead Southgate Park (McDonalds)
« on: November 22, 2025, 11:20:51 am »
You could try and get them to issue a POPLA code by making a formal complaint and fibbing about never receiving the initial Notice to Keeper (NtK) and requiring them to consider the complaint as an appeal as required by the PPSCoP §11.2, but MET are notoriously vexatious and it may or may not be successful.
So disappointing!