I recently received a Notice to Owner about a PCN from my local council, which I knew nothing about. The photos clearly showing my car in a disabled bay and a ticket on the windscreen and the sign alongside the bay. Slam dunk. On investigating it appears my daughter was using my car that day. She collected my mother, her grandmother who is 94 and disabled, from the sheltered accommodation to take her shopping and get her out and about for a while. My daughter thought she could use the disabled bay because my mother is disabled. Wrong, and I told her so. But she swears that there was no ticket on the car when she returned, and I believe her. She is 35, has driven for 18 years and knows tickets can't just be dismissed. I wrote to the local authority and explained all this and apologised for the mistake and requested to be put back into the position of being able to pay the fixed penalty of £35. I think that some wag has obviously thought it highly amusing to remove the ticket and cause us further trouble. I hope the authority have some sympathy with our situation and apply common sense to it. I will let you know the outcome. PS some time ago I did apply for a Blue Badge, but have you seen the hoops you need to jump through to get one to transport a relative? It's easier to park anywhere and push the wheelchair!!! Cheers Concrete.
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