Count To Seven

Half_way

According to this story https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/apr/21/private-parking-firms-issue-tickets-every-seven-seconds-data-suggests

a private parking ticket is issued on average once every 7 seconds, with the period 2016-2017 Seeing 4.71 million data releases of peoples private data from the DVLA to private parking companies, who's employees are not police checked.
The 4.71 million releases of private data in 2016-2017 compares to 272,000 ( two hundred and seventy two thousand) releases ten years ago, in the period 2006-2007.
source - RAC foundation
http://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/nearly-five-million-vehicle-records-shared-with-private-parking-companies-2016-17

beamerguy

Half_way wrote: »

According to this story https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/apr/21/private-parking-firms-issue-tickets-every-seven-seconds-data-suggests

a private parking ticket is issued on average once every 7 seconds, with the period 2016-2017 Seeing 4.71 million data releases of peoples private data from the DVLA to private parking companies, who's employees are not police checked.
The 4.71 million releases of private data in 2016-2017 compares to 272,000 ( two hundred and seventy two thousand) releases ten years ago, in the period 2006-2007.
source - RAC foundation
http://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/nearly-five-million-vehicle-records-shared-with-private-parking-companies-2016-17

And the article says ...
"A government spokesman said: “We’re committed to reforming unfair parking practices and have already taken steps to tackle rogue private parking operators, including the banning of wheel clamping and towing.”

What government are they talking about ?? Cannot be Mrs May's lot as she promised fairness for all:eek:

4.71 million releases of private data but this is not the total of people, how many people just pay up before the DVLA gives out info ?

Even so, 4.71 million people are a lot voters and people will vote with their grievance

May has only a few weeks to convince voters that she is sincere but one thinks she left it too late

fil_cad

We have another chance to vote the torys OUT!

Umkomaas

fil_cad wrote: »

We have another chance to vote the torys OUT!

And Jeremy Corbyn will be the one to put our beloved PPCs to the sword? Perhaps he'll nationalise them, have them running around in grey suits, with a red book in their hand to write down car registrations.

Bring on the revolution - and cheap package holidays to Pyongyang.

Ryandavis1959

The SNP will sort this out, Scotland will stop this even if down south you let them continue!

Kite2010

One ticket every 7 seconds...

Just shows how out of control the industry has become :sad:

The_Deep

I would rather have the status quo than Comrade Jeremy in Downing Street

Loadsofchildren123

I have a terrible confession to make.
I paid LPC for a pcn in 2012. Didn't give it a second's thought. It looked like a council fine and I didn't hesitate (I confess I had parked without paying - and it was only 50p....)

Coupon-mad

Loadsofchildren123 wrote: »

I have a terrible confession to make.
I paid LPC for a pcn in 2012. Didn't give it a second's thought. It looked like a council fine and I didn't hesitate (I confess I had parked without paying - and it was only 50p....)

Wow Loadsof! That is a confession.

I once paid a Council PCN when parked on a single yellow with NO SIGN (not a CPZ) when collecting something - l would have had a valid appeal but I didn't know it then!

fisherjim

I see that useless lump Eric Pickles who kept promising to sort out all parking woes has announce he is standing down at the next election.

Apart from his shear size I doubt anyone will notice he's gone!

Loadsofchildren123

Maybe we should get Opic Lambet or whatever is name is to stand - you know the one who got done the other day, used to be an MP, ditched Sian Lloyd the BBC Weather Girl and then went off with one of the Cheeky Girls