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Disable parking at Meadowhall

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  • mazza111
    mazza111 Posts: 6,327 Forumite
    trisontana wrote: »
    That law in Scotland came into force at least three years ago (Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009). Under it a landowner or PPC can invite the council to take over the running and policing of disabled parking bays in private car parks. It appears that the take-up has been very low as the PPCs don't want to lose this cash cow.

    This just shows that the whole PPC business model is all about making money and not about regulating disabled parking bays.


    I posted about this a while ago, the local bobbies were in Tesco(Scotland), booking people without badges in disabled spaces. And the ones on the double yellow lines outside the cash machines. While I'm all for people being stopped from parking in disabled bays when they shouldn't be parked there, I don't want to see PPC's making money from it.
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  • Half_way
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    mazza111 wrote: »
    I posted about this a while ago, the local bobbies were in Tesco(Scotland), booking people without badges in disabled spaces. And the ones on the double yellow lines outside the cash machines. While I'm all for people being stopped from parking in disabled bays when they shouldn't be parked there, I don't want to see PPC's making money from it.


    Does the Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 also extend to coloured lines/road markings on private land as well?
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  • Coupon-mad
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    No I don't think so. Those lines, on private car parks/private entrance roads still mean nowt.

    And how could the Council possibly enforce on private 'double yellows' when they KNOW that a person can park there if disabled?
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  • pogofish
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    Half_way wrote: »
    Does the Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 also extend to coloured lines/road markings on private land as well?

    Quite a few Scottish retail parks are still owned by local councils, with parking and access roads part of the legal provision, so this could be the case here. Others may also still be owned by a council but with parking and factoring contracted out to a private operator and no legal enforcement.

    However they are selling them off at quite a rate. My area got shot of their retail parks a few years back and only retained a few industrial parks - That was when PPCs really got a foothold.
  • mazza111
    mazza111 Posts: 6,327 Forumite
    Half_way wrote: »
    Does the Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 also extend to coloured lines/road markings on private land as well?


    No idea, it wasn't those with badges displayed that got ticketed. There aren't any signs to actually say it's private property so I imagine it's still owned by the council if the police were allowed to enter and issue tickets.
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  • Happychappy
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    ManxRed wrote: »
    Just in case you're wondering, these companies are known to rock cars to get permits to slip down the dashboard. They make more money that way.

    Go with pogofish's advice above.

    Are you real :eek: Or just paranoid :rotfl:
  • Coupon-mad
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    It was certainly he case that clampers used to rock cars to dislodge permits, or take photos at bad angles to make the permit look unreadable. Any excuse when they could charge hundreds in cash every time and the motorist was pretty much stuffed.

    CRIMS.

    And a lot of ex-clamper firms are now fake PCN 'ticketers' so I am sure it still happens.
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  • ManxRed
    ManxRed Posts: 3,530 Forumite
    Happychappy wrote: »
    Are you real :eek: Or just paranoid :rotfl:

    I'm real. And so is the statement I posted.
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  • Happychappy
    Happychappy Posts: 2,936 Forumite
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    ManxRed wrote: »
    I'm real. And so is the statement I posted.

    So why would the alleged lying criminals who allegedly work at Meadowhall who could see a blue badge on the dashboard, go to the trouble of rocking the car till it falls off the dash? :rotfl:

    surely these alleged lying criminals will just issue an invoice and lie that the badge was never displayed;) sometimes pub talk and myth turns to paranoia. Do you also believe Elvis is on the moon working in a chip shop, reckon I heard that one last night in a pub, so must be true :rotfl: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • pogofish
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    Happychappy wrote: »
    So why would the alleged lying criminals who allegedly work at Meadowhall who could see a blue badge on the dashboard, go to the trouble of rocking the car till it falls off the dash? :rotfl:

    surely these alleged lying criminals will just issue an invoice and lie that the badge was never displayed;)

    They do that as well. There was a thread about just this only a few days ago and there are plenty more if you have a root around in this forum.

    There are also quite a few other "transgressions" that seem to be enforced more commonly against disabled drivers. Maybe because they are more credulous of the scam and also because of the widespread ignorance of the legal status of BBs on private property, making them more likely to pay-up, despite being some of the hardest pressed financially.
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