{"id":19425,"date":"2024-11-28T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19425"},"modified":"2024-11-28T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:07:39","slug":"woman-sent-thousands-in-fines-over-mystery-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19425","title":{"rendered":"Woman sent thousands in fines over mystery truck"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hilary Parker has recieved thousands of pounds of fines for a vehicle she knows nothing about<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Fines totalling thousands of pounds have been sent to a woman\u2019s address in west London for a vehicle she knows nothing about.<\/p>\n

When the first Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) arrived at Hilary Parker’s Hillingdon home on 7 November, she assumed it was a mistake and returned it to the sender.<\/p>\n

But the number of traffic contraventions was “quite remarkable”, she said, with four in a single day sometimes.<\/p>\n

A DVLA spokesperson said people should notify the agency straight away if they were being contacted about a vehicle they had never used.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Must be fraudulent’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Ms Parker has a stack of PCNs for non-payment of the Ulez and Dart Charge<\/a>, driving in bus lanes, parking penalties and road sign contraventions. <\/p>\n

More than 30 have arrived at her home in one month.<\/p>\n

The fines are for a tipper truck, which has an MOT and has been taxed, but is not Ulez-compliant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vehicle\u2019s logbook was also sent to her home – registered to an unknown business and her address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Parker said the number of traffic contraventions the truck had made was “quite remarkable”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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She said: \u201cOur personal opinion is that it must be fraudulent because for a truck, you know you\u2019re going to have to pay the Ulez every day – and they\u2019ve not been paying it for over two weeks. <\/p>\n

“You know if you use the Dartford Crossing you\u2019ve got to pay the charge – and they haven\u2019t paid that either, several times.<\/p>\n

“So you can only assume that someone has deliberately chosen to do this in order to avoid paying various cost and fines.”<\/p>\n

Ms Parker said the experience had been “incredibly stressful” and it was difficult to keep up with the volume of PCNs landing on her doormat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Penalties included ones for the non-payment of the Ulez and Dart Charge, driving in bus lanes, parking fines and road sign contraventions<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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She was initially worried about her credit rating – but this is based on people, rather than addresses. <\/p>\n

Ms Parker said she was concerned that if this was happening to someone less tech-savvy and more vulnerable, it could cause even greater anxiety.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does say it can take up to eight weeks for the appeals to go through,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What should you do?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe DVLA were actually really, really helpful and they said that it\u2019s not that uncommon,” Ms Parker said.<\/p>\n

“We were given a case number and we\u2019re hopefully going get that vehicle registration number disassociated from our address so hopefully at least any more penalties won\u2019t be coming to us<\/p>\n

“But obviously that might take a little bit of time to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s deliberate, whether it\u2019s accidental, nonetheless they are still racking up all of these fines.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A DVLA spokesperson said it would investigate and arrange to remove the address from the record concerned in cases such as this.<\/p>\n

“We will also notify the motorist when the change has been made,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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