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Parking in London at Olympics time.
peter_the_piper
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I suggest that you all avoid London, the fall out from this could be very expensive. Its not about the money of course.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3873371/1000-parking-fines-for-2012-Olympics.html
Don't expect them to fall much when its all over.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3873371/1000-parking-fines-for-2012-Olympics.html
Don't expect them to fall much when its all over.
I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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It will certainly keep pepipoo busy of people actually find £1,000 PCNs on their cars. Surely EVERYONE would appeal? Trouble is, the all-or-nothing gamble for a figure like that would make some people think the stakes were too high to 'chance' adjudication.
Not saying people should park where they shouldn't of course - particularly when the Olympics are on, but I have to say the punitive level of fine they are discussing is actually sickening and nothing to do with parking enforcement surely.
It's all about the money, money...PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
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Completely ridiculous, of course (well, this is the Sun, isn't it). If true, the coucils are simply being greedy. Already a parking ticket costs more than "proper" offences like speeding, running a red light or driving without due care. A £1000 fine would exceed the fine dished out for some fairly serious offences, motoring and non-motoring alike, making this completely disproportionate, and not in line with the actual offence committed.0
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As I said, don't expect them to want to give up all that dosh when the olympics are over.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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peter_the_piper wrote: »As I said, don't expect them to want to give up all that dosh when the olympics are over.
They are stealthily increasing the scope and cost of parking, Westminster are particularly nasty, they charge motorbikes and scooters to park, and have been caught out by Nutsville and the NoToMob, using a non compliant camera system to issue CCTV fines, to the tune of £9 million in wrongful penalties, see www.nutsville.com
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I assume this will also mean that ppc's invoices will also go up as will clampers fees. I would also expect that the fees under schedule 4 would be affected.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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