Anyone know if I receive a parking fine in the north can they pursue me for it? If so how do they get my details, are these shared from the republic database?
I've never had any follow up from any fines abroad, or up north.
Bin it.
Thanks guys
Go back to see the family in Wales 3 or 4 times a year, take the car once a year, small town i'm from has draconian parking rules and tickets like crazy, 2 yrs ago i got hit with 3, last year another 3, last week only the 2.
Binned them all, nothing ever comes of it
Just pay it as a gesture of goodwill.
When in Rome etc.
Bit of a false start towards UI if we can't even respect traffic laws.
A lot of councils actively target repeat unpaid offenders, get removal order and impound the cars next time they are spotted.
If that happens the only option is pay accrued fines, charges, removal fee, daily storage fee or after a set time they will crush or auction the car.
I used to work executing warrants back in wales for the local authorities and know how the system works, sure that may happen if the car was UK registered, but not a hope it happens with a foreign reg car
Unless you're out of toilet paper bin it.
Worth a read.
Published 13 years ago🤔
Wonder has brexit affected this as it wound be transferring personal data outside the eu
Would Brexit alter GDPR regs?
Brexit won't affect the GDPR as it is a European regulation. Whether the UK decide to reduce the protections available to its citizens is one thing but GDPR will still apply
GDPR rules will still apply to companies not based in the EU but processing the personal data of EU citizens or residents as it offers goods & serivces or monitors their online behaviour. It also applies to companies based in the EU porocessing data outside the EU.
Notice the nordie cars down south, no regard for speed limits
So I received a follow up in the post upping the fine and saying that if it’s not paid they may take a civil action or clamp me, surprised they chased me, should I pay it or let it run?
It depends on whether you are planning to visit the North again, presumably they could clamp you until you paid everything accrued.
Ive no plans to go to the north again it was a one off trip, if I don’t go up there that means they can’t clamp me so the other option they state is to take a civil case against me, would they be lightly to do that?
I was in the same boat as you. I paid it because it was my Mrs car and I didn't want her getting the letters in her name. No way would they do anything bar clamp you or tow the car if you ever were caught again up North parking illegally is my guess. Tbh I feel like an eejit to have paid.
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Northern Ireland drivers getting away ‘scot-free’ from paying Sligo parking fines
They won't clamp the car, what it you sold it... Will the next owner be clamped.. doubtful.
It depends where you got the fine.
There are generally two types - one issued by Traffic Wardens (aka Civil Enforcement Officers, employed and paid by the government) if you park on the oublic road on double yellow lines or in a bus lane etc ......................... the other is those parking fines issued in retail car parks by private parking enforcement firms.
If it's a goverment issued fine, I would absolutely pay it. The UK DVA and the ROI Dept of Transport have shared information mutually now for a number of years (e.g. disqualifications, road tax, etc) and they reached an agreement on parking fines also a few years ago. If they actually pursue it or not? That's another question, but for the sake of being pulled in by PSNI any time you ever find yourself in the six counties again, I would just pay it.
If you got fined by one of those private firms operating in retail parks - bin it and don't respond. I live in the North and I don't pay them either. They have no legal jurisdiction in Scotland, Wales and NI (and only slightly more power in England) and as a private firm, they technically have no more legal right to 'fine' you than McDonalds do. What they're actually issuing you is an invoice and threatening you with legal jargon, ever-rising fees and intimidating letters to fool you into thinking a court appearance is right around the corner. They send more and more until they get bored and eventually give up. I've had the letters 3 or 4 times and all have made excellent basketball practice into my corner bin.
This is absolutely the correct advice here. There is a considerable difference who issued the fine. Council related fines are enforcable, whereby the private ones are ignored even by NI citizens as they are unenforcable by the companies, even through NI courts.
It’s a council fine they keep sending me letters now threatening civil action and saying it will affect my credit rating not sure what to do
Just pay it.
Not worth the grief.
How much was the fine? If only a small sum of money, I'd just pay it.
You should have paid it long ago.
Better late than never.
Are the letters registered? If not, they’ve no way of knowing that you received them. Send them back unopened - ‘return to sender - no longer at this address’. They’ll stop eventually.
Unless the op have his/her name and address, the fine is going to the registered owners address. Not much point in saying they don’t live there, but the car does.
What?
Information is shared.
As a point of moral responsibility if nothing else you should be paying it.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22169109.amp
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