Clyde1 (Radio): Private Parking in Scotland investigation

HO87

ianders wrote: »

Kevin Reynolds from the BPA speaks to Connor Gillies on 'major concerns' with private parking firms

Quite long at over 16 minutes. Connor Gillies seemed to be misinformed in some aspects and I felt myself wishing he was asking different questions.

He did mention that after lots of investigation into the Scottish court system they found out that not a single person has been taken to court over an unpaid PCN in Scotland.

https://audioboo.fm/boos/1992016-kevin-reynolds-from-the-bpa-speaks-to-connor-gillies-on-major-concerns-with-private-parking-firms

You are entirely correct. Not one.

A number of PPC's have attempted to sway members of the public by quoting the Edinburgh case of Daniel Onifade dating back to 2004 which Mr Onifade lost . One particular PPC even managed to infer that it had been their case when nothing could have been further from the truth.

The case involved Edinburgh University pursuing Mr Onifade for numerous (I think well over 20) charges at £30 a pop. He admitted he had seen the signs, admitted he knew he was liable and admitted he hadn't paid.

agrinnall

The BBC have an article about parking on their website at the moment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26583536

I complained earlier today that they haven't stated that the law is different in Scotland, since then they have added a bit about clamping having been illegal here since 1992 but still haven't made it clear that the article is only applicable in E&W.

ampersand

...and then there was this:

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/drivers-in-perth-and-kinross-warned-about-fake-parking-fine-scam-emails-1.266652