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Parking Eye - A very sticky situation.
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Indeed. I parked in a multi-storey car park in Nottingham city centre yesterday evening. Took a ticket at the barrier on entry then paid at the ticket machine before exit. When I got to the exit I was surprised when the barrier lifted without any intervention from me as ANPR had logged my car on entry & issued a personalised ticket complete with VRM so the system "knew" when I exited that the ticket had been paid.Indeed a more sophisticated system could prevent drivers entering registration numbers for vehicles that hadn't entered the carpark. The whole point of ANPR is automatic detection and logging of vehicles. That is done on entry - even before you park and pay.0 -
There is no loss for them to claim for. They can manually reconcile their system to check your payment. It's unattractive to argue that they want £100 in addition.
If it all proceeds to a claim, make a settlement offer of £20 towards their notional admin (the manual reconciling of the data) whilst making clear that there is no loss or claim for them to otherwise pursue.
As has been pointed out elsewhere, Beavis is not a panacea and in fact was considered/weighed up as to whether the charge was punitive. Here there is no overstay and no lack of payment.
Indeed a more sophisticated system could prevent drivers entering registration numbers for vehicles that hadn't entered the carpark. The whole point of ANPR is automatic detection and logging of vehicles. That is done on entry - even before you park and pay.
So should I use the popla code and appeal now or wait to see if they reply to my last letter offering them the £20?
I have till this friday before the charge goes back up to £100 and I have till the 8th of June to appeal to Popla.0 -
Yep, I've been in these and used them and it makes for happy parkers BUT not for happy PPC's who make no money as there are no defaulters - at least haven't come across a way of getting out without paying, especially if there is a barrier!Indeed. I parked in a multi-storey car park in Nottingham city centre yesterday evening. Took a ticket at the barrier on entry then paid at the ticket machine before exit. When I got to the exit I was surprised when the barrier lifted without any intervention from me as ANPR had logged my car on entry & issued a personalised ticket complete with VRM so the system "knew" when I exited that the ticket had been paid.0 -
If the OP can find the landowner, then that's who's car park it will be.Parking Eye per post 1
Also if it was a public car park then it may be owned by a local council, in which case the could be issues with a PPC infesting what was a public car park.
Only saying it'sva parking eye car park, is like saying it's a mittie supermarket, as they clean the floors and toilets.From the Plain Language Commission:
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"0 -
I don't comment on POPLA as I know nothing about it. I defer to other on here as to that step. Conventional advice seems to be that it's worth a go.
In my personal shoes I wasn't seduced by a "discount" to £60, but everyone is different and sometimes your time has a value too. I'd say the PPC imposed limits (as supposed to court fixtures or POPLA deadlines) are the least important considerations.
If you've time and willing to fight a penalty in respect of parking that you paid for, then you're in the right place...0 -
If you've time and willing to fight a penalty in respect of parking that you paid for, then you're in the right place...
Very willing to fight it but thought I had no chance of doing so until I came on here but now from what I have read it seems I have pee'd on my own chips by saying im happy to pay the £20 and saying that i was the driver.0
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