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Parking on private property
yangptangkipperbang
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The law has been changed to stop the excesses of the "cowboy clampers" - all well and good...BUT.......
it seems to have left the owners of private land completely exposed to the "cowboy parkers".
If you own a car parking area for a shop/block of flats/sports club/pub it now seems that anyone can park there and the owner is powerless to do anything about it. Unless he wishes to employ a car parking contractor to install the necessary signage and provide staff who will issue tickets - in the faint hope that people will either pay up or go away. Of course all this will come at considerable cost !
The AA website seems to be claiming the credit for this on behalf of the motorist - but are ignoring the motorist who finds his "private land" parking space has been nicked by a cowboy parker.
Seems to be a classic case of "unintended consequences" of an ill thought out new Law.
Has anyone heard of a "legal" way of protecting open private land from cowboy parkers ?
it seems to have left the owners of private land completely exposed to the "cowboy parkers".
If you own a car parking area for a shop/block of flats/sports club/pub it now seems that anyone can park there and the owner is powerless to do anything about it. Unless he wishes to employ a car parking contractor to install the necessary signage and provide staff who will issue tickets - in the faint hope that people will either pay up or go away. Of course all this will come at considerable cost !
The AA website seems to be claiming the credit for this on behalf of the motorist - but are ignoring the motorist who finds his "private land" parking space has been nicked by a cowboy parker.
Seems to be a classic case of "unintended consequences" of an ill thought out new Law.
Has anyone heard of a "legal" way of protecting open private land from cowboy parkers ?
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Did the numerous threads on this in the Parking Tickets Forum not enlighten you any? It gets done every couple of weeks.
There are several effective things you could do before getting taken-in by the scam ticket guys!
BTW, the law was changed some considerable time ago!0 -
Plus if you do want to go down the ticketing route there are certainly some companies that do the signage, you do the ticketing and they will do the chasing. We had this at a former residential property0
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If the clampers didnt charge extortionate fees then it wouldnt have changed.
How do they justify charging £90 because you took 2 hours and 15 minutes to shop and not 2 hours. Even though the carpark was free and fairly empty.
Simple solution. Barriers. No unauthorised parking then.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0 -
Why should people have to put up barriers just to keep rogue Parkers out?!0
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By that logic, unless you fence and gate (with locks) your garden its fine for me to let my dog toilet in your garden? Whilst there is no doubt that some parking cowboys made a living out of over zealous enforcement, it is also the case that there is no reason why people should feel morally OK about parking on someone else's property just because its convenient!spacey2012 wrote: »Because you own a car park ?Adventure before Dementia!0 -
Did the numerous threads on this in the Parking Tickets Forum not enlighten you any? It gets done every couple of weeks.
Not really, there were too many posts going round and round still with no definite answer at the end.There are several effective things you could do before getting taken-in by the scam ticket guys!
Try telling me some then That was why I asked .............
I was also aware of that. Murder was also made illegal some time back as well.BTW, the law was changed some considerable time ago0 -
WestonDave wrote: »By that logic, unless you fence and gate (with locks) your garden its fine for me to let my dog toilet in your garden? Whilst there is no doubt that some parking cowboys made a living out of over zealous enforcement, it is also the case that there is no reason why people should feel morally OK about parking on someone else's property just because its convenient!
But I assume you are not inviting people to park or poop in your garden? The example given by the OP is a shop car park not someone's drive.0 -
forgotmyname wrote: »If the clampers didnt charge extortionate fees then it wouldnt have changed.
How do they justify charging £90 because you took 2 hours and 15 minutes to shop and not 2 hours. Even though the carpark was free and fairly empty.
Simple solution. Barriers. No unauthorised parking then.
Yet very few on the "how to steal parking spaces from shops" section ever use Aldi or Lidl - they just want to use the car park and prevent the shop from having customers.
If the charges were less, the idiots on here would still do it. They are careless, immoral, unethical and irresponsible.1. Have you tried to Google the answer?
2. If you were in the other person's shoes, how would you react?
3. Do you want a quick answer or better understanding?0 -
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