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Upon entering the car park, the driver ordered food at the drive through kiosk and then found a space, parked up, and ate. The driver did not see the sign as they entered the car park as it was dark. Nor did they see the sign when parked up as it is very high up and not in visible eye line.

Totally bad night and completely at fault. This is new to this McDonald's as we go very often and never had a problem before. Emailed McDonald's and they've replied saying there is nothing they can do to help.

Date of Contravention : 3rd April 2025
Date of Issue of Notice : 8th April 2025
Arrived in the post : 14th April 2025

I am the registered keeper of the vehicle.

Happy to take this all the way ! Thank you so much !

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Thank you for your guidance. I have asked around and the signs have been there longer than I thought, apologies for the misdirection. Thank you for the link to the other case. I've emailed an appeal to MET. Will update the thread when I hear back. Thanks again.

If you heed the advice given here, this is what is going to happen...

Wait until you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) and then show us so we can advise on a suitable response. Eventually a claim will be issued and we will provide a defence.

Eventually, the claim will be either struck out or discontinued.

Until then, ignore all useless debt recovery letters. Debt collectors are powerless to actually do anything except to make the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree pay up out of ignorance and fear. You can safely ignore all debt collator letters, they cannot do anything.

You cn go through the POPLA appeal process but in these cases, they are unlikely to be successful. It's you time and effort and maybe someone else on the forum will assist with a POPLA appeal. Personally, I wouldn't bother and I'd wait for the claim and defend it.