bus lane fine - Help

[dickie davies]

Manchester's Oxford Road sees nearly 150,000 bus lane fines in five months

Almost 1,000 drivers per day were fined for straying into bus lanes on a Manchester road in five months.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[worsleyweb]

I get about ten a month.

 

[dickie davies]

I get about ten a month.

Do you want to pay mine as well then?

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

I get about ten a month.

 

[worsleyweb]

point being it’s a pit fall of driving around Manchester all day and it’s a joke. Making driving in the City centre almost impossible.

 

[dickie davies]

I’ve asked for advice on the Pepipoo forum and the people there have been incredibly informative and helpful
I’ll be filing an appeal on the grounds of “the delay is in breach of the council’s duty to act fairly “

 

[dickie davies]

I used the pepipoo forum for help
They wrote me an appeal letter which quoted cases where the issuing council were found in breach of their duty of care
Six weeks later I received a reply which dismissed my appeal on the grounds the pcn was issued within 14 days of the alleged contravention. This was the original pcn, not the one issued almost six months after the event. They made no reference to that which was my grounds for appeal
The pepipoo people then told me to go to an independent tribunal as I had a strong case. If I lost the fine would increase to £60
We filed for tribunal, which is all done online, and Manchester Council gave up and decided not to contest
So I won

 

[Blue Mist]

I used the pepipoo forum for help
They wrote me an appeal letter which quoted cases where the issuing council were found in breach of their duty of care
Six weeks later I received a reply which dismissed my appeal on the grounds the pcn was issued within 14 days of the alleged contravention. This was the original pcn, not the one issued almost six months after the event. They made no reference to that which was my grounds for appeal
The pepipoo people then told me to go to an independent tribunal as I had a strong case. If I lost the fine would increase to £60
We filed for tribunal, which is all done online, and Manchester Council gave up and decided not to contest
So I won

Nice one.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Can they prove it was you driving..... just do what Bacon Face and three other rags did and said they couldn't recall who was driving at the time - he got away with it.

 

[dickie davies]

Can they prove it was you driving..... just do what Bacon Face and three other rags did and said they couldn't recall who was driving at the time - he got away with it.

They'd ensure the owner or leaser of the vehicle paid. The PCN was issued to my employer and as I'm the only person who has access to the vehicle the company said "sorry Dickie, you've incurred a fine. Sort it out"