Are there any ethical ppc's? Suggestions please.

pugger

A local landowner is looking to ditch their current ppc but would need an ethical ppc to replace them? Doe such a thing actually exist?

beamerguy

pugger wrote: »

A local landowner is looking to ditch their current ppc but would need an ethical ppc to replace them? Doe such a thing actually exist?

PPC's do not understand the meaning of ethical, their sole job is to extort money ...... Nobody we know

pugger

Indeed they don't!

interstellaflyer

Conflict of interest I'm afraid, PPCs are not there to control parking, they are there to make money, unfortunately it's a double edged sword for land owners, take my local town shopping area, it is only a short 5min walk from a very busy main line commuter railway station, you get 2 hrs free which is enough for shopping and it is free between 7pm and 7am meaning anyone going out for a meal, the cinema, theatre etc are fine,if there weren't any restrictions, the car park would've full to the brim with commuters cars during the day.

The_Deep

Who do John Lewis/Waitrose use?

fisherjim

The_Deep wrote: »

Who do John Lewis/Waitrose use?

We have a beautiful JL near us, with nice landscaped hillside car parking and not a ppc in site, very near the M40 too.

But obviously no one who shops there would think of flouting the priviledge anyway!;)

Johno100

Lets assume the OP is referring to a customer car park where customers are invited to park for a fee. The closest you could get to an ethical parking system would be an automatic barrier and a pay on exit system. Plus no petty rules regarding a tyre on a white line or about leaving the site.

The_Deep

Johno100 wrote: »

Lets assume the OP is referring to a customer car park where customers are invited to park for a fee. The closest you could get to an ethical parking system would be an automatic barrier and a pay on exit system. Plus no petty rules regarding a tyre on a white line or about leaving the site.

Indeed, Euro operate this system at The Peel Centre in Bracknell, but are they ethical elsewhere?

pappa_golf

fisherjim wrote: »

When your only revenue stream is derived from charging people that break rules that the principal doesn't want broken then there will be a problem.

One way would be to pay the ppc for their services, and set realistic charges that the landowner vets and has final say over.

But that is likely to be cost prohibitive.

ahh , like lidl/Athena , where lidl pay Athena to patrol , but its lidl that get the money when an Athena bloke says you parked over a line

peter_the_piper

Why is he ditching them? Is there parking there? Is it paid for by the driver? If so why not have someone of your own to collect money, manage it. Cut out the parking company thieves, maybe have a pay on exit barrier? A PPC is not the only solution.

pugger

The organisation is fed up with the attitude of the company and it's staff and they realise their presence is having an impact on the local economy. It's mostly p+d with some free time limited parking spaces. The issue with bringing it in house will apparently be the cost of the equipment, maintaining it and emptying the machines. The ppc is getting a decent cut of the p+d tariffs so saving that money alone would probably resolve all those issues and more.