TICKETING TRAVESTIES MANCHESTER CABBIE’S £4 CAR WASH AT


LEWISHAM SHELL GARAGE ENDS IN £100 FINE


A cabbie who visited a Shell garage in Lewisham for a £4 car wash got a shock when his trip turned into an £104 one after receiving a fine through the post. Leonard Egbedi, a PHV driver from Manchester, was driving a client to London when he stopped to wash his car at the Shell garage on Lewisham High Street, on May 13. Leonard said that he had his car washed and when he tried to leave, the exit was blocked by a petrol tanker. Leonard said him and other vehicles were all lined up waiting for the truck to move so that they could exit. By the time Leonard had washed his car, and waited for the tanker to move, he had “parked longer than


the maximum period allowed” and so received a PCN. He has appealed the fine, and tried to contact Euro Car Parks, but he says they are “unreachable”. He added: “You can’t reply back to their emails, it is just blocked.” Euro Car Parks gave Leonard 14 days to pay the discounted fine of £60 before the full amount of £100


is due. However, appealing the fine has meant Leonard has missed the 14-day period, and if it reaches the maximum 28 days to pay, Euro Car Parks say they can “pursue you for the parking fine,” including court. Leonard explained: “It is very stressful, read the reviews on Google, you will weep.” Leonard said that he was shocked to receive the fine as “there were no obvious signs”. He added: “I couldn’t see any notice. I hope other people don’t fall victim to this.” Other customers of the Lewisham garage have shared similar exper- iences, with one Google reviewer saying “be careful, I used their power wash and other facilities and got a PCN from Euro Car Parks.”


CORNWALL COUPLE WRONGLY FINED FOUR TIMES FOR TAXI DRIVER BREACHING BRISTOL’S CAZ


A couple from Cornwall have complained to Bristol City Council after they were sent four fines for breaching the CAZ that should have been sent to a cabbie instead. Ben and Anna Ashmore say they keep being ‘hassled’ by


the


council, demanding hundreds of pounds in fines for driving in the city - even though they live on a rural farm almost 200 miles away in deepest Cornwall. Bristol’s CAZ cameras and the ANPR technology is failing them - because it has clocked a taxi with an almost identical number plate and wrongly thought it is their car. Dr Ashmore said they have appealed the charge and hope to have the fines cancelled.


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The couple own a grey VW diesel with a number plate that ends in the letter ‘S’, but each of the four fines they have been sent by the council includes a picture of a different car - a black taxi with the same number plate apart from the letter ‘J’ at the end. The Ashmore’s VW is liable to pay the CAZ charges in Birmingham and Bristol - but they haven’t driven there since those schemes were introduced. The black taxi is liable to pay CAZ and ULEZ charges in every city in England that has introduced them. Four times in recent months, the taxi driver has gone into Bristol and not paid the charge, and a fine has been sent to Cornwall by


mistake because the camera and computer technology has misread the number plate. “Each time it is the same cabbie,” said Dr Ashmore, who has submitted a formal complaint to the council as well as an appeal against the fines. Please look into and stop further notices being issued, and confirm we do not need to lodge representations each time,” his appeal told the council. “This is time consuming, and we will be forced to take this to the information commissioner, you are holding our details without valid legal reason, and will consider a small court claim for our time and expense defending these claims,” he added.


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