'I got slapped with £6,000 bill after getting 51 fines in a DAY for driving down a residents only road - it’s a joke'
"All they had to do was put my registration into their computer and they'd see I had a permit. This has taken so much of my time."
John says the traffic system in his area has changed rapidly in the last couple of years, with a surge in residents only roads and cycle lanes.John claims he was given seven penalties last year for driving to the gym, and replied to each one explaining he had a permit - but never heard back."Two in five people are living in poverty here, and so many of us are worried about how to pay the bills at the moment.
"It's such a stress and it's not okay to give people no warning, and I have 28 days to pay but they get 56 days just to reply to an email. "It's maddening. What are they doing that they need 56 days to write an email? I respond to over 50 emails a day."Hounslow Council has since cancelled all 51 fines."They provided the wrong address details for an address further down the road.
"The wrong address received the PCNs. When the resident emailed in their resident/permit status, a staff member cancelled their PCNs and sent a letter outlining that they needed to apply for their exemption.
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