Parking: The Big Con? - On Channel 5 tonight, 7pm

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holderness said:

I recently asked a block manager why a caretaker to an apartment block required a CRB check when they then handed out a keyfob to a parking operative without any checks or without a written contract. Her jaw dropped when I explained that said operater had criminal convictions including racially aggravated assault and threats to rape. I then pointed out that if anything happened the person who handed out the key could be sued for negligence 

Well played! She has effectively put the residents at risk of harm. Hopefully she will see some sense.

Would they take on a caretaker if he had convictions for racially aggravated offences (bearing in my their could be different ethnicities living in the building ), assault or threatened to rape a woman? I doubt it so why is the parking guy getting a pass?!? Does he even need to be there if the parking is gated off with secure fobs!? Who is benefitting by him stalking this carpark? Surely him being there surely means he is going to take up valuable bay space with his car depriving a paying resident or legitimate guest of a space!?!

Half_way

What this needs is something adding to the sticky listing names of people involved in the PPC industry who have known published  criminal convictions  - a rogues gallery so to speak.

As this should and must be used in the landowner complaint process whenever it comes up

And anyone who has access to RK data should have a DBS/CRB regularly updated - any one in the PPC chain who fails this would mean the company loses access

eric4395

I know of many motorists up here in Scotland who completely ignore every letter regarding these fines and eventually sometimes as long as 2 years later they stop and you don't here anymore about it. How can they even prove they were delivered to your address as they arent sent by registered post. Ignore Ignore Ignore and do not ever correspond is the norm for dealing with it by many.

Redx

eric4395 said:

I know of many motorists up here in Scotland who completely ignore every letter regarding these fines and eventually sometimes as long as 2 years later they stop and you don't here anymore about it. How can they even prove they were delivered to your address as they arent sent by registered post. Ignore Ignore Ignore and do not ever correspond is the norm for dealing with it by many.

not true at all

a company has 5 years to bring proceeedings under the SIMPLE PROCEDURES in Scotland, as seen in this recent loss in Scotland

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6303976/simple-procedure-horizon-parking/p1

from next summer, the people of Scotland will get a severe wake up call and headache when the new CoP is introduced and POFA will then apply in Scotland under your deferred transport bill from a few years ago

plus its the keepers who may ignore, but the motorist driver is still accountavle and possibly liable

Coupon-mad

eric4395 said:

I know of many motorists up here in Scotland who completely ignore every letter regarding these fines and eventually sometimes as long as 2 years later they stop and you don't here anymore about it. How can they even prove they were delivered to your address as they arent sent by registered post. Ignore Ignore Ignore and do not ever correspond is the norm for dealing with it by many.

Are you unaware that the law is changing next year?  PPCs will be all over multi-ticket cases in Scottish courts in future, pour encourager les autres.

You will not be able to ignore private parking charges any more, but the good thing is, there will be a more robust Code of Practice and a Single Appeals Service.

Fruitcake

eric4395 said:

I know of many motorists up here in Scotland who completely ignore every letter regarding these fines and eventually sometimes as long as 2 years later they stop and you don't here anymore about it. How can they even prove they were delivered to your address as they arent sent by registered post. Ignore Ignore Ignore and do not ever correspond is the norm for dealing with it by many.

Thanks to your dear leader, Scottish motorists are due a rude awakening next year when the legislation supporting the Transport Bill (Scotland) comes into force. Scottish motorists will suddenly find that a woman who claims she wants independence from the rest of the UK has imported a law from England and Wales that allows a person who was not in a vehicle at the time of a parking event to be held liable for a charge, and find themselves in court.

Le_Kirk

Half_way said:

What this needs is something adding to the sticky listing names of people involved in the PPC industry who have known published  criminal convictions  - a rogues gallery so to speak.

Got to be careful putting people's names in threads, as they could be deleted (the thread not the people) and we don't want the sticky to suffer that fate!

Half_way

Le_Kirk said:

Half_way said:

What this needs is something adding to the sticky listing names of people involved in the PPC industry who have known published  criminal convictions  - a rogues gallery so to speak.

Got to be careful putting people's names in threads, as they could be deleted (the thread not the people) and we don't want the sticky to suffer that fate!

Not sure why that should be, if someone has a criminal conviction and its public knowledge, and its in the interest of fighting a parking company off/getting a parking ticket cancelled then it should be made plain and clear .

Same goes for any company director/owner/founder, and so on

So why the cageyness about naming known individuals and highlighting their past when its relevant to getting a parking ticket cancelled by a landowner and/or the parking company being removed?

Le_Kirk

Half_way said:

Le_Kirk said:

Half_way said:

What this needs is something adding to the sticky listing names of people involved in the PPC industry who have known published  criminal convictions  - a rogues gallery so to speak.

Got to be careful putting people's names in threads, as they could be deleted (the thread not the people) and we don't want the sticky to suffer that fate!

Not sure why that should be, 

Ask the forum team, there have been instances exactly as you described and threads have been deleted and posters had posting privileges removed.

eric4395

Certainly plenty advise and information on here and a lot of reading,  but as I asked in my previous post  how can they even prove they were delivered to your address as they were not  sent by registered post.