Precinct Car Park

purbeckgirl wrote: Many thanks to all for their helpful comments, which I have mulled over at some length. Given that I broke the rules, they were clearly stated, CarFlow have indulged in no sharp practices and were within their rights as far as I can see, I don’t think I have any grounds to appeal. Apparently this is civil not criminal as you say, so if I don’t pay I could be taken to small claims court, which would cost a whole heap more.  Or it might be forgotten, in which case I’d save my £60.  All depends on how efficient CarFlow are.  CarFlow took 10 days to send the penalty, including photos of me driving in and out of the car park, to my home address (DVLA no doubt) so they seem pretty efficient. After much gnashing and wailing, I girded my loins and paid the fine.

I think I would probably have paid the fine too.

Thank goodness somebody finally understands it’s a civil law matter not a criminal law issue.

I would say that I didn't perhaps use the correct terminology in my recent post.  I would also be inclined to not pay if I believed that CarFlow were indugling in sharp practice ie not illegal but on the edge of illegal (the sort of stuff that might be on Watchdog)