Private Parking Idea

JayEdgerHoover

Seeing as you're parking on private land, for which, if I'm not mistaken, you don't even need a licence for, would it not be well within the laws of the land to remove and/or obstruct your number plate so these firms can no longer issue a ticket.

I get parking tickets from a gym car park, which is unmanned but they have a crow's nest CCTV system. Surely if I remove or cover up my number plate (which takes all of two mins) before I enter/after I exit the premises, there's nothing they can do?

Just a thought.

Fruitcake

Correct. There are even flip down number plates you can buy that will do what you suggest at the flick of a switch. Mr Beavis does one for about £50 that changes the VRN to UP YOURS ANPR, or something similar.

The important things are not to drive on a public road in that configuration, and not to be discourteous to other motorists by holding them up during your number plate change.

pappa_golf

they did not get your info from a " crow's nest CCTV system. " , that camera would have been an ANPR type camera , that simply took a photo of the cars VRN , as it left ther public road and returned to the public road , so to do as you state , you would have to cover your VRN on a public road ,

I have many friends who park motorcycles on wide pavement / shop fronts , they simply afix a bike cover to stop a warden viewing it

Fruitcake

pappa_golf wrote: »

they did not get your info from a " crow's nest CCTV system. " , that camera would have been an ANPR type camera , that simply took a photo of the cars VRN , as it left ther public road and returned to the public road , so to do as you state , you would have to cover your VRN on a public road ,

I have many friends who park motorcycles on wide pavement / shop fronts , they simply afix a bike cover to stop a warden viewing it

Then there are the scammers who have cameras operating on a public road, or taking images whilst the vehicle is still on a public road.

Of course, you could always get round this by using a foreign registered car as long as you take it back whence it came at the prescribed time. I think it's something like a limit of twelve months at the most.

pappa_golf

a uk resident (UK licence) is not allowed to drive a foreign registed car , only foreigners (non UK licence holders) can use foreign plates ,

JayEdgerHoover

pappa_golf wrote: »

they did not get your info from a " crow's nest CCTV system. " , that camera would have been an ANPR type camera , that simply took a photo of the cars VRN , as it left ther public road and returned to the public road , so to do as you state , you would have to cover your VRN on a public road ,

I have many friends who park motorcycles on wide pavement / shop fronts , they simply afix a bike cover to stop a warden viewing it

Basically, it's a camera on a high pole that looks at your car (takes a video or a still picture (I'm not sure which one) of your car the moment it enters the car park - which is situated on a public road. I have to drive across the public pavement (drop kerb) to access it

Herzlos

The difficulty is that it may have recorded your plate before you've reached a point where you can safely/legally change it.

You're better dealing with the issue properly and getting the parking company to stop harassing you. Are you allowed to park there in any capacity?

Umkomaas

Topic done to death endless times in the past.