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Parking ticket in Asda car park - Is this legal, can they take me to court?
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To anyone that gets a ticket for parking in a handicap space..
PAY YOUR FINE and don't park there again. You deserve to be ticketed.
I am a badge holder and many time can't find a space because people like you are in it. Even if someone is waiting in the car, there is no way that
you can tell what cars going around the car park need it and the car that does shouldn't have to stop behind you to tell you to MOVE IT! I can't believe that you would even consider trying to get you ticket fine back.
Just goes to show you how inconsiderate people can be and not think of what this does to people who need those spaces. Maybe I'll come to your house and park in your drive.......just for a minute or until you come home and need it. You can just get out of your car and walk to tell me you need the space.
Yawn!!!!!
The blue badge sheme is already massively discredited.
Next time I'm in Asda I'll park up and think of you ivyswy
BTW these 'tickets' are merely 'unenforceable invoices' so everyone should feel free to ignore them - ALL PPCs are not enforceable [council and police one are though!!].0 -
To anyone that gets a ticket for parking in a handicap space..
PAY YOUR FINE and don't park there again. You deserve to be ticketed.
I am a badge holder and many time can't find a space because people like you are in it. Even if someone is waiting in the car, there is no way that
you can tell what cars going around the car park need it and the car that does shouldn't have to stop behind you to tell you to MOVE IT! I can't believe that you would even consider trying to get you ticket fine back.
Just goes to show you how inconsiderate people can be and not think of what this does to people who need those spaces. Maybe I'll come to your house and park in your drive.......just for a minute or until you come home and need it. You can just get out of your car and walk to tell me you need the space.
For a start it's not a "fine", and why should you have to pay a private parking company any money for breaking one of their rules? Just as I cannot demand money from somebody if they looked at me in a "funny" way, then a PPC, (which has no more rights or powers than any other private citizen) cannot demand money off somebody as a form of penalty.
It would be much better if England did the same as Scotland, with blue-badge spaces in private car-parks having the same status as those in council car-parks and administered by the council. That would put an end to PPCs making money from motorists.What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
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Only half on topic - how annoying are those people who display disabled stickers in their cars but you can see the person for whose benefit that sticker was issued isn't actually accompanying them. The ones who jump out of the car, grab a trolley and stride into the store whilst I am helping my 85 year old Mum from my car to the store so she can do her shopping (I would do it for her but she likes to choose somethings herself). She is not registered disabled just not that steady on her feet. One Asda assistant once told me I should park in the disabled bays - aren't I glad I declined that offer!
Happyroly
What you may not realise is the many disabled whos disability isn't noticable. As a cancer patient, many people don't notice the difficulty I suffer if I have a long way to walk across a car park. Don't be so judgemental. You never know exactly whats going on with someone.0 -
Yawn!!!!!
The blue badge sheme is already massively discredited.
Next time I'm in Asda I'll park up and think of you ivyswy
BTW these 'tickets' are merely 'unenforceable invoices' so everyone should feel free to ignore them - ALL PPCs are not enforceable [council and police one are though!!].
Well, I thought at least one of the LAZY ones would comment...hence the yawn!!!0 -
You know you were in the wrong and got what you deserve. Pay up and don't do it again :rotfl:
Why should they pay up an unenforceable invoice?
By the way, you owe me £50 for reading this message. That's how unenforceable that "fine" is.What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
Actually, this very much depends where you live.
Disabled parking spaces on private ground are legally enforceable in Scotland after new legislation was passed a little while ago.Dogs have owners...my cat has slaves...0 -
To anyone that gets a ticket for parking in a handicap space..
PAY YOUR FINE and don't park there again. You deserve to be ticketed.
I am a badge holder and many time can't find a space because people like you are in it. Even if someone is waiting in the car, there is no way that
you can tell what cars going around the car park need it and the car that does shouldn't have to stop behind you to tell you to MOVE IT! I can't believe that you would even consider trying to get you ticket fine back.
Just goes to show you how inconsiderate people can be and not think of what this does to people who need those spaces. Maybe I'll come to your house and park in your drive.......just for a minute or until you come home and need it. You can just get out of your car and walk to tell me you need the space.
You may be genuine but there are thousands out there who aren't. This is the problem. Can each badge holder honestly say that they can't walk an extra 30 feet to the shop door. I bet you that if there was £50 to be had they could.
I am not saying that there aren't genuine blue badge holders out there, but sadly they are in the minority!!!Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies0 -
Actually, this very much depends where you live.
Disabled parking spaces on private ground are legally enforceable in Scotland after new legislation was passed a little while ago.
And as I said above, that should be the way it should go in the rest of the UK. Also it should be administered by the local council and not the private parking industry. We should keep those blood-suckers out of the equation.What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
Actually, this very much depends where you live.
Disabled parking spaces on private ground are legally enforceable in Scotland after new legislation was passed a little while ago.
Not sure if that is 100% correct.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2009/pdf/asp_20090003_en.pdf
In this Act, a “disabled off-street parking order” is an order made under section 35 of the
1984 Act which––
(a) provides that an off-street parking place may be used only by a disabled persons’
vehicle,
Nowhere do is refer to private land and no where does it say that the land owner can 'fine' the driver.
Might be wrong. I've only studied English Law and this was only a passing look at the statute concerned.
StebizAsk me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies0
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