Private Parking Tickets discussion

Oopsadaisy

gardencrazee wrote: »

...Moorcroft Debt Recovery too. Any ideas?

Best idea I can think of is 'Ignore, ignore, ignore some more'.....hth.

Coupon-mad

gardencrazee wrote: »

Anyone ever heard from this company? I was not the driver of the vehicle at the time of the contravention yet i am being chased by this company.. Their latest letter says "we would like to draw your attention to the common law doctrine of the Law of Agency. This confirms that a principal (registered keeper) is liable for the acts of its agent (the driver)." I have already had a letter from Moorcroft Debt Recovery too. Any ideas? New to this so here goes.

A quick Google search would have shown you this is w well-known sentence from a typical scammer's letter:

Let me Google that for You Click this link and wait 20 seconds for the result!

So, like any other PPC letters (except real Court papers, as rare as hen's teeth) IGNORE.

HTH

peterbaker

I explain it's private property and no one ever has individually repeated the problem. You see that's all it really takes.

That's what it takes with the three R's school Mum's like to be seen to acknowledge, i.e. a routine parking requirement, a personal reputation to protect and a respect for the rights of others.

If only we all still lived in civilised communities, eh?

Surely those of you that are quick to suggest gates and barriers have already conceded we have a broken society?

I recall that over 40 years ago, my father, a fantastic gardener who managed to make our house look an absolute picture postcard of colour throughout almost the entire year, despite working at a full-time manual job for 50 hours a week, was criticised when he complained to parents that their children were continually kicking footballs into his plants and carelessly trampling them when they retrieved their ball from an unofficial football pitch that developed across the road from our house.

The responses were "grow a hedge" "get a fence" and never "Sorry about that - we will suggest that our children are a bit more respectful when they retrieve a ball". The problem eventually went away when the local authority used the land to build sheltered accommodation and a car park! Their house is still as pretty as a picture and there has never been a fence or hedge for the 55 years since they moved in.

Those slightly thoughtless children with their proud parents are nevertheless probably now part of the generation that might too easily now say "get a barrier" or a "foldy down thingy".

I am of the same generation but I say can we please conduct ourselves with a bit more respect for others whether they be neighbours or complete strangers who might actually be annoyed by our opportunism and bare-facedness in parking where we damned well like? I say should we not instead maintain some unwritten rules and unpainted lines? Am I in a minority? Is the other way more attractive?

esmerobbo

peterbaker wrote: »

That's what it takes with the three R's school Mum's like to be seen to acknowledge, i.e. a routine parking requirement, a personal reputation to protect and a respect for the rights of others.

If only we all still lived in civilised communities, eh?

Surely those of you that are quick to suggest gates and barriers have already conceded we have a broken society?

I recall that over 40 years ago, my father, a fantastic gardener who managed to make our house look an absolute picture postcard of colour throughout almost the entire year, despite working at a full-time manual job for 50 hours a week, was criticised when he complained to parents that their children were continually kicking footballs into his plants and carelessly trampling them when they retrieved their ball from an unofficial football pitch that developed across the road from our house.

The responses were "grow a hedge" "get a fence" and never "Sorry about that - we will suggest that our children are a bit more respectful when they retrieve a ball". The problem eventually went away when the local authority used the land to build sheltered accommodation and a car park!

Those children are nevertheless probably now part of the generation that might too easily now say "get a barrier" or a "foldy down thingy".

I am of the same generation but I say can we please not conduct ourselves with a bit more respect for others hether they be neighbours or complete strangers who might actually be annoyed by our opportunism and bare-facedness in parking where we damned well like. Should we not instead maintain some unwritten rules and unpainted lines? Am I in a minority? Is the other way more attractive?

If only;) but I think the me me me is now to evident.

Coupon-mad

peterbaker wrote: »

That's what it takes with the three R's school Mum's like to be seen to acknowledge, i.e. a routine parking requirement, a personal reputation to protect and a respect for the rights of others.

If only we all still lived in civilised communities, eh?

Surely those of you that are quick to suggest gates and barriers have already conceded we have a broken society?

I recall that over 40 years ago, my father, a fantastic gardener who managed to make our house look an absolute picture postcard of colour throughout almost the entire year, despite working at a full-time manual job for 50 hours a week, was criticised when he complained to parents that their children were continually kicking footballs into his plants and carelessly trampling them when they retrieved their ball from an unofficial football pitch that developed across the road from our house.

The responses were "grow a hedge" "get a fence" and never "Sorry about that - we will suggest that our children are a bit more respectful when they retrieve a ball". The problem eventually went away when the local authority used the land to build sheltered accommodation and a car park! Their house is still as pretty as a picture and there has never been a fence or hedge for the 55 years since they moved in.

Those slightly thoughtless children with their proud parents are nevertheless probably now part of the generation that might too easily now say "get a barrier" or a "foldy down thingy".

I am of the same generation but I say can we please not conduct ourselves with a bit more respect for others whether they be neighbours or complete strangers who might actually be annoyed by our opportunism and bare-facedness in parking where we damned well like. I say should we not instead maintain some unwritten rules and unpainted lines? Am I in a minority? Is the other way more attractive?

You are in a minority if you actually think that clampers should be allowed!

It is certainly a broken Society when thieves can effectively steal a car and re-register it, and when the owner calls the Police he is told it's a Civil matter! That's what clampers do.

No-one here is condoning parking on someone's driveway, before you roll out that old chestnut in defence of clamping.:p

Oopsadaisy

Coupon-mad wrote: »

No-one here is condoning parking on someone's driveway, before you roll out that old chestnut in defence of clamping.:p

What would you do then???

trisontana

Do motorists actually park on other people's driveways? I don't think so. As it happened to anyone on here?

peterbaker

esmerobbo wrote: »

If only;) but I think the me me me is now too evident.

Coupon Mad thinks that was a smart comment, esmerobbo ... care to explain for the purposes of clarification what you meant?

Coupon Mad, please explain what's the difference between our private car parks and our private drives? Is one too up close and personal and the other fair game, perhaps?

trisontana

peterbaker wrote: »

Coupon Mad thinks that was a smart comment, esmerobbo ... care to explain for the purposes of clarification what you meant?

Coupon Mad, please explain what's the difference between our private car parks and our private drives? Is one too up close and personal and the other fair game, perhaps?

I ask again. Do motorists actually park on private driveways. I have never know it happen.

trisontana

You also need to define what is meant by a "private car-park". What we are actually talking about most of the time is a car-park on private land where the public are invited to park, I.E. a supermarket or retail park. This is the usual hunting ground of the PPCs who then penalise these motorists for breaching their made-up rules.