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Author	c130
Comment	These folk telling you to ignore it aren't law experts, neither are the people upvoting them. "Ignore it" might have been true 10 years ago but can easily get you in bother now. If you set Google to show only results from the last couple of years, you'll find fewer success stories on sites like PePiPoo & Moneysavingexpert and more requests for help navigating court cases. https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-63-issue-07/the-perils-of-parking/ https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/law-and-courts/parking-tickets/appealing-parking-tickets/parking-tickets-on-private-land-s/#donothing If you ignore the ticket until they twist your arm, the charge will multiply and there's no guarantee you can actually dodge it. If you appeal you've got a slight chance of getting it cancelled. Try speaking to Asda first. Even though we don't have keeper liability written into law yet (Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 is coming soon), parking companies can summon the registered keeper to court. If you don't tell the court who was driving, they'll presume it was you. Parking companies have paired themselves with solicitors and streamlined it like printing money: Solicitors get a list of today's non-payers, print out a bunch of template letters demanding payment, wait 7 days, then raise [Simple Procedure](https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/taking-action/simple-procedure) Sheriff Court cases against everyone who ignored that letter too. It only costs [£19](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/law-and-courts/legal-system-s/taking-legal-action-s/going-to-court-using-simple-procedure-s/simple-procedure/costs-of-civil-court-action-using-simple-procedure/) per case so it's profitable for them to chase people for a single PCN. It's like a symbiotic relationship between a bear trap and a vampire.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/vgo60u/parking_charge_notice_from_asda_toryglen_after/id6bc1f/
Created	Tue 21st Jun 2022 1:36pm
Status	normal ()

These folk telling you to ignore it aren't law experts, neither are the people upvoting them.

"Ignore it" might have been true 10 years ago but can easily get you in bother now. If you set Google to show only results from the last couple of years, you'll find fewer success stories on sites like PePiPoo & Moneysavingexpert and more requests for help navigating court cases.

https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-63-issue-07/the-perils-of-parking/

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/law-and-courts/parking-tickets/appealing-parking-tickets/parking-tickets-on-private-land-s/#donothing

If you ignore the ticket until they twist your arm, the charge will multiply and there's no guarantee you can actually dodge it. If you appeal you've got a slight chance of getting it cancelled. Try speaking to Asda first.

Even though we don't have keeper liability written into law yet (Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 is coming soon), parking companies can summon the registered keeper to court. If you don't tell the court who was driving, they'll presume it was you.

Parking companies have paired themselves with solicitors and streamlined it like printing money: Solicitors get a list of today's non-payers, print out a bunch of template letters demanding payment, wait 7 days, then raise [Simple Procedure](https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/taking-action/simple-procedure) Sheriff Court cases against everyone who ignored that letter too. It only costs [£19](https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/law-and-courts/legal-system-s/taking-legal-action-s/going-to-court-using-simple-procedure-s/simple-procedure/costs-of-civil-court-action-using-simple-procedure/) per case so it's profitable for them to chase people for a single PCN. It's like a symbiotic relationship between a bear trap and a vampire.