PPCs Illegal Terms and Conditions

taffy056

As suggested by trisontona a thread dedicated to the illegal use of terms and conditions by companies trying to pass themselves off as official bodies, I will start off with flashpark, please add the ones you find, and if possible link to the page and take screen shots that we can use in a complaint to the BPA not that they'll listen lol

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FlashPark™ is the latest online technology that allows you to issue on the spot fines to illegally parked vehicles on private land

You create a legally enforced controlled parking zone around the area you wish to protect and issue on the spot fines to offending vehicles.

We will request photographic evidence to ensure that you have adequate signs on display and use these photographs to deal with appeals.

The signs can be customised to suit your circumstances and parking regulations.

If vehicles continue to park illegally use our website and we will issue tickets and enforce payment. This will deter any persistent offenders.

We receive the fine instantly (no posting)
One the spot fine takes seconds to issue

http://flashpark.co.uk/HowItWorks.aspx

taffy056

Actually there is so much wrong with flash park's website it would take several posts to list them all, safe to say the entire website should be reported

trisontana

A general deception practised by many PPC's is the myth that the registered keeper is obliged to inform the PPC of the identity of the driver.

peter_the_piper

""We receive the fine instantly (no posting)""
I misread this and thought they were boasting about getting paid.
Not around 'ere they don't.

trisontana

On the subject of the RK/driver deception, "Graham White" have just started a new ploy. This is the use of the term "Civil Procedure Rules : 31.16. Disclosure before proceedings start". This is to try and force the RK to name the driver. According to someone over on Pepipoo this procedure does not apply to the Small Claims Court.

PS. to add to the above, the Ministry Of Justice website emphatically states:-

This Part applies to all claims except a claim on the small claims track.

taffy056

T&S Parking Services

3) One of our fully trained, uniformed parking enforcement teams patrols the site and identifies any vehicles that are illegally parked

http://www.tsparking.co.uk/ticketing.htm

We will erect warning notices and remove illegally parked vehicles 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

http://www.tsparking.co.uk/removal.htm

taffy056

East Midlands Parking ltd

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For the few motorists who choose to ignore the warning signs, you simply issue them with a Fixed Penalty Charge

should you need permits to issue to authorised vehicles we can supply these so to make the identification of illegal vehicles easier for you or your representative

The offending vehicle has 7 days to pay the Fixed Penalty Charge of £70.00,failure to do so would result in a increase to £100.

This is a sticker that attaches to the windscreen and outlines in a polite manner that the vehicle has been parked unlawfully and requests the action is not repeated.[/FONT]

http://www.eastmidlandsparkingltd.co.uk/diy_ticketing_12.html

trisontana

"Parkforce - The UK Parking Enforcement Agency"

Thus implying they are some sort of government department.

"We offer landowners in the UK an ethical, lawful, non-confrontational and cost effective alternative to wheel clamping to solve the problem of unlawful parking on privately owned land."

peter_the_piper

"We offer landowners in the UK an ethical, lawful, non-confrontational and cost effective alternative to wheel clamping to solve the problem of unlawful parking on privately owned land."
(That does not always work but we don't tell the customer)

daveyjp

The fact East Midlands use the word "penalty" is a clear breach of BPA "guidelines".

http://www.britishparking.co.uk/files/aos/bpa_codeofpractice_v6.pdf

Clause 15.4

I'm very interested in how UKPCS breach the regs. A group effort would be appreciated in identifying any breaches.

trisontana

One clear way that UKCPS breach the regs is insisting that money must be paid up-front before they will consider any "appeal".