02-15-2026, 08:16 PM
It’s largely a non‑issue now. With the recent amendments to PoFA and the Railway Byelaws, these private firms should no longer be issuing so‑called Penalty Notices at all. They’re now restricted to issuing standard civil‑law PCNs, which means the long‑running practice of dressing up their invoices as criminal penalties—complete with threats of prosecution and fines—has effectively been shut down.
It’s taken years, but it finally brings an end to a system that intimidated countless motorists with misleading and unlawful wording. They were allowed to operate like this for far too long.
It’s taken years, but it finally brings an end to a system that intimidated countless motorists with misleading and unlawful wording. They were allowed to operate like this for far too long.
Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain
