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Retired headmaster gets PCN for merely driving around private car park

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FunnyMunny
FunnyMunny Posts: 68 Forumite
in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Courtesy of Euro Car Parks and the muppet pays up! I guess he doesn't know about MSE, then.

Apparently he'd been driving around the car park for 11 minutes, but couldn't find a space that he was happy with so drove straight out again and ECP nailed him for it. Shameful.

Note how the Yahoo article stupidly calls it a fine rather than correctly a parking charge notice, which we know are very different animals. Kwality journalism there, Yahoo.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/motorist-slapped-with-60-parking-fine-and-he-didnt-even-park-100407700.html
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Money to burn ... those teachers.
    :)
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,398 Forumite
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    You'll have to get up much earlier if you are to beat beamerguy with such news!

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5563850
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    What possessed him to pay??


    But his story contains an anomaly:


    The headline says he didn't "even park" but he admits after driving round for 11 minutes he stopped "briefly" (most would call that parking) then decided to move to another car park as he didn't want to use the stairs he had discovered there!
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 152,186 Forumite
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    Quentin wrote: »
    What possessed him to pay??


    But his story contains an anomaly:


    The headline says he didn't "even park" but he admits after driving round for 11 minutes he stopped "briefly" (most would call that parking) then decided to move to another car park as he didn't want to use the stairs he had discovered there!
    Not really parking, now we have a persuasive definition at last. Charles Harris QC didn't call that parking, in the Jopson case. That's an example of a mere 'vicissitude' which excuses a short stop. As the wife was disabled, looking for a non-potholed space was reasonable.

    Paying it was idiotic.
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  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    You'll have to get up much earlier if you are to beat beamerguy with such news!

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5563850

    I did wait until 8.39am hoping that you'd seen it, guess you were still asleep then
  • FunnyMunny
    FunnyMunny Posts: 68 Forumite
    Umkomaas wrote: »
    You'll have to get up much earlier if you are to beat beamerguy with such news!

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5563850
    Oh well, at least I get to read another version of this story. :) I see the Mail are also calling it a fine. More kwality journalism there.

    On top of that, you should see the tons of bad advice being given in the comments under the Yahoo article. I pity anyone who follows it.
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  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    Another error in the reporting, I doubt if Euro actually own that car-park .
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • Half_way
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    The sites up for sale, by Salloways Info here: http://www.salloway.com/in-the-market/prime-derby-city-site-for-sale-at-6m/
    that says its owned by speeds ltd, a quick google search shows a speeds ltd or Alfreton here https://www.yell.com/biz/speeds-ltd-alfreton-4478540/
    It's been a long time since ive been to Derby, and the best advice is that its somewhere best avoided
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