Private Parking Tickets discussion

JupiterAce

I am sooooooooooooo glad to have read this thread. Recieved a parking "notice" from Excel which I was grudingly about to pay. However my partner said I i didn't need too, whilst pointing to the forum to seek advice.

I will be keeping my cash firmly in my pocket and my eyes on this fine forum!

trisontana

JupiterAce wrote: »

I am sooooooooooooo glad to have read this thread. Recieved a parking "notice" from Excel which I was grudingly about to pay. However my partner said I i didn't need too, whilst pointing to the forum to seek advice.

I will be keeping my cash firmly in my pocket and my eyes on this fine forum!

Spread the word!

peterbaker

AlexisV wrote: »

If it's free public highway, you have no more rights over it than anyone else paying road tax just because you are a resident.

It's not a free public highway. It's marked 'residents only' private car parks off a privately owned road which is not marked as an 'in your face' private road.

Kite2010

peterbaker wrote: »

It's not a free public highway. It's marked 'residents only' private car parks off a privately owned road which is not marked as an 'in your face' private road.

Put a barrier operated system in place.

Coupon-mad

peterbaker wrote: »

It's not a free public highway. It's marked 'residents only' private car parks off a privately owned road which is not marked as an 'in your face' private road.

Well of course clamping is about to become illegal (thank God) and ticketing is pointless.

None of us on here are going to support any of those protection racket tactics and threatogram letter-chains, so please don't even think about letting some knuckle-dragging PPC near your car park. You and your friends/relatives & delivery drivers would be the main victims, mark my words. These people are scum, quite honestly.

I think a gate is a much better option don't you? After all, you have a front door to stop strangers walking in and parking themselves on your sofa...:)

pinkpig08

Hello

I had a PCN in August which I ignored. Yesterday I received a second letter from controlaccountplc advising me that they have had no choice but to pass this to their Legal Department for assessment :rotfl:

It says I must pay the sum of £119.38 in 14 days to 'prevent potential litigation being commenced' against me.

Roll on the next letter

trisontana

"Legal Department" = the next desk along in their tiny office.

pinkpig08

trisontana wrote: »

"Legal Department" = the next desk along in their tiny office.

Lol that's just the image I had in my head too! :rotfl:

BLT_2

peterbaker wrote: »

Here's a question with the boot on the other foot ...

I live on a fairly ordinary estate close in towards central London. We don't want to start walling and gating ourselves in.

We have persistent problems with commuters and fleet owners - usually out of town construction contractors who may have a few weeks work in town but don't want the cost of driving all their vans up to London each day so they converge on our car parks morning and evening and leave the majority of the fleet overnight.

What can we do to discourage rogue parking?

I am no different to the majority on this thread on the subject of outrageous clamping and charging, but what options are open to reasonable people to stop blatant "squatting" by rogue parkers?

A tad pointless asking that question on this thread. There is no such thing as rogue parking to the regulars on here, unless a car parks in front of their own house.

If you want to stop people parking when and where they want, regardless of the impact on the surrounding environment or the inconvenience to residents (excepting themselves) you are clearly not being reasonable.

I often wonder how vociferously these people would complain if they drove 5 miles to their nearest superstore only to find the car park full of people who had parked up and gone into town for the day, happy in the knowledge that they couldn't be ticketed

I am clearly in the minority in that I park in car parks, pay for my ticket and set my phone alarm to make sure I am back at least 15 minutes before the end time.

esmerobbo

BLT wrote: »

A tad pointless asking that question on this thread. There is no such thing as rogue parking to the regulars on here, unless a car parks in front of their own house.

If you want to stop people parking when and where they want, regardless of the impact on the surrounding environment or the inconvenience to residents (excepting themselves) you are clearly not being reasonable.

I often wonder how vociferously these people would complain if they drove 5 miles to their nearest superstore only to find the car park full of people who had parked up and gone into town for the day, happy in the knowledge that they couldn't be ticketed

I am clearly in the minority in that I park in car parks, pay for my ticket and set my phone alarm to make sure I am back at least 15 minutes before the end time.

Good point but what is the remedy?

Also as a side issue if you lost your phone or the battery went flat and you were five minutes late, would you feel they were justified in asking for £50?