Car towed away whilst on holiday

[Obelix]

I cannot believe that you would advocate that everyone should receive a letter

How much would that cost?

It would not help anyone away on holiday for 2 weeks, if the letter arrived the day after they left home.

 

About £80k I expect.

[Klondike Kid]

The owner has to pay the release fee and the penalty to get the vehicle back. They then have to appeal and will get the full fee back if they win.

 

Then the appeal is rejected almost automatically because the system is in meltdown. Up to 50 days before the first appeal is responded to I have been informed. So someone is out of pocket without any chance of recompense for as long as Parking services hold out.

What you need to pay

 

These fees are payable when you reclaim your vehicle:

◾A parking fine of £70 (or £35 if paid within 14 days)

◾A removal fee of £105

◾Storage fees of £12 per day (after the first 48 hours)

Edited December 7, 2016 by Klondike Kid
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[Dardandec]

And they can get that in time to "put a note through the door" can they?

 

If they wanted too I would imagine they can yes. But they would rather drag peoples hard earned cash a few streets away in some sort of told you so lesson learning exercise I guess.

[Beligerence]

If they wanted too I would imagine they can yes. But they would rather drag peoples hard earned cash a few streets away in some sort of told you so lesson learning exercise I guess.

 

It has already been stated by someone who I assume is in the know that it takes a full day to get the keeper details from the DVLA.

[Dardandec]

It has already been stated by someone who I assume is in the know

 

:hihi:

[Beligerence]

:hihi:

 

What is so funny? He seems to know what the procedure is.

[Planner1]

Then the appeal is rejected almost automatically because the system is in meltdown. Up to 50 days before the first appeal is responded to I have been informed. So someone is out of pocket without any chance of recompense for as long as Parking services hold out.

What you need to pay

 

These fees are payable when you reclaim your vehicle:

◾A parking fine of £70 (or £35 if paid within 14 days)

◾A removal fee of £105

◾Storage fees of £12 per day (after the first 48 hours)

The system is not in "meltdown" at all. They just have a backlog. They tell you how long the backlog is on the council website.

 

Appeals are treated on merit, they are never rejected "automatically".

 

There is no statutory timescale for first stage appeal responses. They naturally prioritise the stages of the process that do have statutory timescales for responding.

 

The way the process works is prescribed by law. The council have to work within it.

 

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If they wanted too I would imagine they can yes. But they would rather drag peoples hard earned cash a few streets away in some sort of told you so lesson learning exercise I guess.

 

They don't drag your car "a few streets away".

 

They take your car to a secure depot where it is kept safe for you to collect when you return.

 

The removal is nothing to do with teaching you a lesson, it's to clear the street so work can be carried out.

[Obelix]

I suspect the treatment that the courts are going to give them and the electorate will be entirely about teaching a lesson.

 

50 days to be out of pocket that length of time? I'd not even wait that long I'd be finding a judge and bending his ear about it but then I know a few and I'm a bit of an a***y git like that when officialdom is clearly taking the mickey.

[Alcoblog]

The system is not in "meltdown" at all. They just have a backlog. They tell you how long the backlog is on the council website.

 

Appeals are treated on merit, they are never rejected "automatically".

 

There is no statutory timescale for first stage appeal responses. They naturally prioritise the stages of the process that do have statutory timescales for responding.

 

The way the process works is prescribed by law. The council have to work within it.

 

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They don't drag your car "a few streets away".

 

They take your car to a secure depot where it is kept safe for you to collect when you return.

 

The removal is nothing to do with teaching you a lesson, it's to clear the street so work can be carried out.

 

Strange … in post #9 you say this … 'My understanding is that those cars got towed to a safe spot just around the corner and the owners were advised were they were, so not a great deal of inconvenience and no cost to the owner'.

[peak4]

Strange … in post #9 you say this … 'My understanding is that those cars got towed to a safe spot just around the corner and the owners were advised were they were, so not a great deal of inconvenience and no cost to the owner'.

 

I believe one example was the Police towing cars away round the corner, whilst the Rustlings Road trees were being felled, the other was the removal to a secure compound by the council/Amey's contractors.