Euro car parks fine

billyhead

Hi,

I parked my car in a shopping center car park for just over 3 hours last Saturday (thinking) it would be safe enough their while I went into town on the bus and when I came back to the car I found a fine notice stuck to the wipers for €50 to be paid to above private car park contractors. I was quite livid . I was just wondering has anyone ever received one of these fines and not paid it. It states on the document that if it is not paid within 30 days the fine amounts to €80 but how would they know your address when because its a private firm they would not have access to the Garda pulse system. I know if it was the county council they could get access to this.

seamus

They can't enforce it, however they can chase it up as a civil matter. They inform the court that the owner of 00-D-1234 hasn't paid their bill, the court issues an order to obtain your information, issues you with a notice of proceedings and they get the money out of you in court.

I think anyway. I'm not sure how private the vehicle registration database is, I suspect it's not private at all.

They are well within their rights to increase the payment to €80 after 30 days. Technically the actual cost is €80, but you get a €30 discount if you pay within 30 days.

markpb

billyhead wrote: »

I parked my car in a shopping center car park for just over 3 hours last Saturday (thinking) it would be safe enough their while I went into town on the bus and when I came back to the car I found a fine notice stuck to the wipers for €50 to be paid to above private car park contractors. I was quite livid

Why on earth would you be livid? You knew the rules said no parking over two hours, took a chance and lost. Do you get livid when you don't win the lotto? Seriously though, you're just lucky they didn't clamp you.

seamus wrote: »

They can't enforce it, however they can chase it up as a civil matter. They inform the court that the owner of 00-D-1234 hasn't paid their bill, the court issues an order to obtain your information, issues you with a notice of proceedings and they get the money out of you in court. I think anyway. I'm not sure how private the vehicle registration database is, I suspect it's not private at all.

That's pretty much it as far as I know, Europark's solicitor makes a petition to the court asking for the registered owner's name and address and then files for civil proceedings against you.

trellheim

and costs ? gets pretty hefty I'd say if you didn't cough up.