Quote from the one show...

getmore4less

they had a go tonight at covering "the case" but came out with

"you could be fined"

then this

"The fact is, if you overstay your welcome in any private car park they are entitled to issue you a fine of up to £100"

enfield_freddy

getmore4less wrote: »

they had a go tonight at covering "the case" but came out with

"you could be fined"

then this

"The fact is, if you overstay your welcome in any private car park they are entitled to issue you a fine of up to £100"

or that troy looks after 700 parking companies (120 private Parking Cos as of today)

bazster

What do you expect from the torrent of trivia and tripe that is The One Show?

enfield_freddy

thought chris evans did it , not a bbc fan ,,

The_Slithy_Tove

getmore4less wrote: »

"The fact is, if you overstay your welcome in any private car park they are entitled to issue you a fine of up to £100"

I was somewhat gobsmacked by that remark, also. I hope you will be raising a formal complaint to the BBC, demanding a correction to such a blatent LIE.


Edit: complaint to BBC made.

Guys_Dad

The right word in my view that conveys the message to one and all is "penalised" as "charged" is too weak.

Hot_Bring

The_Slithy_Tove wrote: »

I was somewhat gobsmacked by that remark, also. I hope you will be raising a formal complaint to the BBC, demanding a correction to such a blatent LIE.


Edit: complaint to BBC made.

Good luck with that - when I complained about Watchdog using the word fine and their truly pathetic piece on PPCs they just fobbed me off and then refused to speak to me.

The_Slithy_Tove

Hot_Bring wrote: »

Good luck with that - when I complained about Watchdog using the word fine and their truly pathetic piece on PPCs they just fobbed me off and then refused to speak to me.

I didn't complain about the use of the word "fine", I complained about their stating BPA lies as if it were established fact.

In Vicki Butler-Henderson's report on private parking charges, she at one point said, "The fact is, if you overstay your welcome in any private car park they are entitled to issue you a fine of up to £100." This is a complete untruth, a LIE, and I am shocked that she said such an out-and-out fib without a flicker of irony. Maybe you, or she, could tell me where this "fact" comes from, who gives this "entitlement" to fine/charge motorists £100 for an infringement. To my knowledge, the ONLY thing that claims this is the BPA Code of Practice, which is not law, and has no official backing or endorsement. Why does not-one ever do any research, but simply pedals the propaganda and LIES put out by the likes of Patrick Troy as fact? It's one thing for him to LIE on camera (which he does all the time, he is only there to protect and promote his members, the private parking companies, so lying is second nature), but I don't expect it from your reporters.

I expect you to issue an apology on air for making claims that are simply not true, and have no factual basis in law*.

(*To be clear, the Parking Eye v Beavis case does NOT allow parking companies to impose £100 fines. For a start it is subject to appeal, so not case law. Nowhere mentions £100. And it relates only to very specific circumstances. It's pretty obvious that the claim does, in fact, come straight from the BPA themselves.)