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parking tariff technicality
flea72
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my local council has introduced a 'workers' tariff in their carparks. the usual tariff is £6 a day, but if you use the workers tariff its only £2.90 per day
to get the workers tariff it says you have to park before 8am. well i dont start work til 9 and dont really want to have to arrive an hour early, just to save £3
but our local car parks also offer a pay by phone service. i was wondering whether i could buy my ticket before 8am by phone, but not actually park until 9. i know the wording on the signs is 'park before 8am', but could that just be a turn of phrase seeing as you wouldnt be in the carpark unless you were parking? could it also be read to mean 'buy your ticket before 8am'?
i know im clutching at straws lol, but until last week the fees were only £4.90 (high, but just about bearable), and now its jumped to £6 i just cant justify paying it
ive tried thinking about other ways to get to work - ie where i can park for free and walk, or maybe park just outside town and bus or bike in, but my time restraints just dont allow for this. kids dropped at school at 8.30, i can just about manage to get to work for 9am by driving straight there at the mo, so any deviations will mean im late, which then means id have to stay later, which then means i wont be back in time to pick the kids up from school/child minders at 5.30
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to get the workers tariff it says you have to park before 8am. well i dont start work til 9 and dont really want to have to arrive an hour early, just to save £3
but our local car parks also offer a pay by phone service. i was wondering whether i could buy my ticket before 8am by phone, but not actually park until 9. i know the wording on the signs is 'park before 8am', but could that just be a turn of phrase seeing as you wouldnt be in the carpark unless you were parking? could it also be read to mean 'buy your ticket before 8am'?
i know im clutching at straws lol, but until last week the fees were only £4.90 (high, but just about bearable), and now its jumped to £6 i just cant justify paying it
ive tried thinking about other ways to get to work - ie where i can park for free and walk, or maybe park just outside town and bus or bike in, but my time restraints just dont allow for this. kids dropped at school at 8.30, i can just about manage to get to work for 9am by driving straight there at the mo, so any deviations will mean im late, which then means id have to stay later, which then means i wont be back in time to pick the kids up from school/child minders at 5.30
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Sounds feasible to me, after all how would they know when you actually parked. The only way I can think of that they could prevent this 'abuse' would be that you can't book workers tariff by phone ie you have to physically buy a ticket before 8am at the car park ticket machine.0
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Sounds feasible to me, after all how would they know when you actually parked. The only way I can think of that they could prevent this 'abuse' would be that you can't book workers tariff by phone ie you have to physically buy a ticket before 8am at the car park ticket machine.
thats what i was wondering too - as at the machine you have to select the workers tariff otherwise you get charged the normal £6 rate
darn
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Well maybe they haven't thought of that. Only way to find out is to try and pay by phone.0
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This sounds feasible.
But check the Traffic Order !0
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