5 Month ago i rented a car just for 3 days from one of the big car rental company's & i got a parking ticket,
What could happen to me if i ignore the notice i receive every month To pay the ticket
Keep in mind I don’t own the car any more This was a rented car & I have a US (New York) Driving License, & i live in the UK,
2007-08-23 22:35:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
They may well catch you as you gave in all your details when hiring, but I would not pay it anyway or certainly not yet, if you can get away with it, go for it. I'd leave it until they do more than just a letter!! Chill until then.
2007-08-23 22:38:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As you receive a notice every month, they obviously have your home address and other details.
If you don't pay the fine (assuming you are guilty), you will be sent a summons to appear in court.
Should you fail to turn up in court, the case will be found against you and you will be liable for a much larger fine and court costs.
Credit reference companies will be notified of your failure to pay and your chances of getting any credit or loans in the future will be severely reduced.
As you hired the vehicle, you were legally responsible for it, and the only possible chance of preventing prosecution wold be if you were able to prove beyond doubt that you were not the driver at the time, and to name the person who was.
Of course this would mean that you would have been operating outside of your hire agreement and the vehicle would not have been insured at the time.
This would now mean points on your licence as well as a much larger fine.
2007-08-24 07:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by rookethorne 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1/.If you live in the UK then you should have a UK licence once you have been here for a certain time, 2/. If you have rented the car using a UK address then the rental firm will denounce you so you get the fine, that is in the contract, the same goes if you were caught on radar,
2007-08-23 22:55:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you got the ticket in the UK, it matters not whether you own or owned the car, nor what your driving licence is. You were the driver at the time so you have the pleasure of the ticket. They will eventually pass it on to the bailiffs and the cost will rocket with the addition of their charges. Don't ignore it, it won't go away these days.
Regarding your US licence, you do know that you only have 12 months to obtain a UK one don't you? It's on here, if that helps :- http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/DrivingInGbOnAForeignLicence/DG_4022561
2007-08-23 23:12:47 · answer #4 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that you don't own the vehicle is not relevant - the person responsible is the person who committed the offence, not the owner. That's you.
If you don't pay the fine, you'll get a summons. If you don't go to court, the court will find you guilty, as you've offered no evidence in your defence. If you still don't pay the fine, you'll get a visit from the bailiff, and that'll cost you a lot more than the original fine.
Of course, if you're innocent, go to court and give your evidence.
2007-08-24 10:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two points.
1. You are only allowed to drive on British roads for one year on a foreign d/l and
2. The parking offence is yours and you will have to pay it.
Parking fines could be subject to surcharge if not paid within a given time period so pay up!
2007-08-23 22:41:19 · answer #6 · answered by MANCHESTER UK 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if it is the united kingdom interior the top they are going to subject a warrant to your arrest no longer subsidized by skill of bail and you gets arrested and further to the locality wherein the cost ticket grew to become into issued and you would be asked to describe in court why you have handed over the letters and in case you provide a passable expalanation you will pay approx two times the orginal the cost of the cost ticket plus approx £40 3 in court expenditures. then you definately be set loose and you will could desire to make your guy or woman way domicile to whereever interior the united kingdom you reside and now to fredc YOU answer is punctiliously incorrect it is no longer the leases company debt in any respect are you stupid or or what and parking fines do no longer bypass on your credit record no longer interior the united kingdom just to place YOU genuine THE apartment company could HAVE RECIEVED A LETTER ASKING THEM TO STATE WHO grew to become into making use of the automobile THEY in no way have been given A invoice merely a REQUEST gseexrider they do interior the united kingdom MATE in case you DONT PAY FINES YOU GET ARRESTED AND DONT tell ME i'm incorrect once you DONT EVEN stay interior the united kingdom AND DONT EVEN comprehend THE regulation YOU REDNECK
2016-10-09 04:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you commited the parking offence you should pay the fine. - IF you didn't commit the offence you should challenge the parking ticket, before you end up in court for not paying your fine, which is an offence in itself and can end up with you going to prison
2007-08-23 22:41:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they will have your contact details from the rental agreement.
If it was one of the big rental agencies (hertz, Avis) they will have a dedicated legal team, part of their responsibility will be to chase up debts incurred from parking tickets
after a few initial friendly letters, they will probably start action... or to put it into words you may understand.
Pay up or they gonna get legal on your a ss
2007-08-23 22:44:21 · answer #9 · answered by Vinni and beer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They'll get you eventually.
On top of that you might well find that you can't get a hire car from the major outlets any more. They have a common data base for people like you.
2007-08-25 22:45:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋