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BBC Watchdog with the Parking Prankster

beamerguy
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edited 16 April 2018 at 8:27PM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Parking Prankster on Watchdog
The new series of Watchdog starts this week on BBC 1, Wednesday, 8pm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b09lkh

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2018/

It's worth a watch BY POPLA as it's about ANPR


PS: Not suitable for scammers or the IPC/IAS
(may show some distressing scenes)
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  • Coupon-mad
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    Good on the Parking Prankster for his continued fight against aggressive companies!
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • beamerguy
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    Don't forget to watch BBC Watchdog, tomorrow at
    8pm .... BBC1

    Get to see the Parking Prankster
  • beamerguy
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    Bbc watchdog tonight 8pm bbc 1
  • steve1500
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    You just beat me - was altering my signature for DPA 2018
    Private Parking Tickets - Make sure you put your Subject Access Request in after 25th May 2018 - It's free & ask for everything, don't forget the DVLA :D
  • beamerguy
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    steve1500 wrote: »
    You just beat me - was altering my signature for DPA 2018

    "Private Parking Tickets - Make sure you put your Subject Access Request in after 25th May - It's free & ask for everything, don't forget the DVLA "

    Yes, let's bog these scammers down with paperwork
  • Umkomaas
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    Just listened to Andrew Pester, Up-Yer-Skirt's replacement. Oh dear, utterly puerile. Amateurish to a fault.

    'Often the Parking Companies don't have all the information available to them when they issue a ticket' - so !!!!!! are they issuing them?

    No asking him why private parking companies can use ANPR, yet are not fit for purpose for LAs to use. Why?

    Very poor 'cross-examination' by the Geordie Girl. No sign of Pranky - maybe he got stuck in the car park.
    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.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Johno100
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    Prankster ended up on the cutting room floor.:rotfl:
  • Ralph-y
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    yup she missed the 200,000 thousand (?) cases that get sent to POPLA

    THAT WHERE REJECTED BY THE PPC's

    even before POPLA can reject many ,many of them :mad:

    beggars belief

    Ralph:cool:
  • Guys_Dad
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    Most of the Watchdog subject matters are poorly executed. Waste of time Matt trying to doorstep Rogue Traders and other matters are just skimmed over by badly briefed "reporters".

    Piers Morgan should get the gig and Watchdog should reduce the number of matters covered and increase the depth on each one they do expose.
  • beamerguy
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    Just listened to Andrew Pester, Up-Yer-Skirts replacement. Oh dear, so puerile.

    'Often the Parking Companies don't have all the information available to them when they issue a ticket' - so !!!!!! are they issuing them?

    No asking him why private parking companies can use ANPR, yet are not fit for purpose for LAs to use. Why?

    Very poor 'cross-examination' by the Geordie Girl. No sign of Pranky - maybe he got stuck in the car park.

    Same thoughts Umkomaas

    Not having all the information is now set in stone by the BBC.

    POPLA not understanding, exposed by the BBC now
    set in stone

    The new BPA CEO Andrew Pester, was bumbling his way
    through the interview ? ...... where do the BPA get these
    people from ?
    It just goes to show that any old Tom, !!!! or Harry
    could easily be the CEO of the BPA

    If this is the low standard of representation by the BPA, it is
    no the wonder the MP said they are as useless as a
    multi-story car park in the Gobi desert

    Pester was pleased that Sir Greg Knight proposed the new
    members bill and I wonder if Sir Greg fully understands
    that the BPA is a defunct operation who has outlived their
    purpose as with POPLA

    I bet that the Prankster demonstrated a few home truths
    about ANPR and maybe Capita blocked it

    Nevertheless
    Not having all the information
    and
    POPLA not understanding

    Very powerful tools to now use
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