Parking Eye / Aldi - naughty naughty

SodG24

Well a small victory. The planning department have ordered Aldi / PE take down the sign stating the car park is only for Aldi customers. Unfortunately it would appear there was no planning permission required for the cameras as the pole they have put them on was already in place.

LincolnshireYokel

The whole thing is a bit hit and miss, it seems, and varies over the country. Lincoln City planning are not arsed about signs.

muckybutt

SodG24 wrote: »

Well a small victory. The planning department have ordered Aldi / PE take down the sign stating the car park is only for Aldi customers. Unfortunately it would appear there was no planning permission required for the cameras as the pole they have put them on was already in place.

A small victory but a result non the less :T:T

Worthy of a virtual beer :beer:

27col

Why do posters persist in calling these PPC cameras, ANPR cameras. For them to be ANPR cameras they would require access to the police national data base. As this seems to be unlikely in the extreme. All they are, are cameras that take pictures of cars. The numbers photographed may eventually be used to get RK details from the DVLA. For posters to call them ANPR cameras tends to give them a status that they certainly do not have.

ManxRed

The PPCs call them ANPR cameras. Highview do at Tesco in Lewes (even though I can't actually see them, there is a sign saying they are there, and they are described as ANPR cameras).

The_Slithy_Tove

27col wrote: »

Why do posters persist in calling these PPC cameras, ANPR cameras. For them to be ANPR cameras they would require access to the police national data base. As this seems to be unlikely in the extreme. All they are, are cameras that take pictures of cars. The numbers photographed may eventually be used to get RK details from the DVLA. For posters to call them ANPR cameras tends to give them a status that they certainly do not have.

ANPR = Automatic Number Plate Recognition. That is what they do, and that is why they are called ANPR. There is no implication in the use of the term that there is any automatic link to the DVLA, and no connection with the police's fixation with tracking all of us everywhere we go with their own ANPR camera network and associated database.

Why can't I call them ANPR cameras, just because they aren't linked up to the police system? They do more than just take photos. Do you think a person actually tallies up the entries and exits of vehicles by looking at photos? No, the ANPR (for such they are) cameras, coupled with the computer system they are connected to, do that.

Stephen_Leak

The PPC version of ANPR cameras work is a sort of "CCTV" version. Their computer system (probably a Sinclair ZX80) then matches up the first picture of the car entering and the last picture of the car exiting the car park (ignoring any times the car may have done so in the meantime).

Kite2010

The PPC camera system software runs of a Windows ME computer, so it crashes every now and again

SodG24

Having not heard from PE and being a little bored I thought I might give them a poke via email

"I’m guessing you don’t respond to complaints as you get so many ?
I’d like to thank you for paying to have the illegal sign changed J.

I’d be interested in your view of VCS v HMRC case ? Especially given I doubt you have the true authority to issue “tickets” on Aldi land. I have raised this with Aldi and await their reply.

Don’t worry, I don’t expect a reply as scammers can rarely defend their actions. Me on the on the other hand, I’ll continue putting flyers on peoples cars during my weekly trip to Aldi telling people about the scam and to ignore you. I’ll take your silence as an admission of guilt."


I know it's a waste of time but I do love baiting PPCs ! :rotfl: