Parking stories in the News/media

daveyjp

Another victim of the Leeds Bradford set up which means you are trapped if you take the wrong entrance.  In the dark this is easy to do.

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/leeds-bradford-airport-pensioner-hit-with-disgraceful-ps100-fine-after-stopping-to-read-sign-for-25-seconds-4181410

Coupon-mad

The good thing is that (thanks to the newspaper) LBA say they are in touch with the victim...

...and Leeds Bradford Airport doesn't appear to be as deluded as Bristol, are happy to review footage and they even ordered a VCS court claim to be discontinued recently:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80098858/#Comment_80098858

Coupon-mad

Another baseless Euro Car Parks PCN:
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/23570917.taxi-drivers-4-car-wash-lewisham-shell-garage-ends-100-fine/

"Leonard Egbedi is a private hire driver from Manchester and he was driving a client to London when he stopped to wash his car at the Shell garage on May 13.

Leonard told the News Shopper that he had his car washed and when he tried to leave, the exit was blocked by a petrol tanker.  Leonard said him and other vehicles were all lined up waiting for the truck to move so that they could exit."

BPA, GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER SHARPISH:  THIS IS NOT PARKING MANAGEMENT.

Coupon-mad

And here we have ex-clampers VCS and their apparently 'opaque, unlit signs' ripping off a woman who is unnecessarily paying a 'legal representative' to do an easy 'crap signs = no contract' defence v VCS, of the kind that we do free, every day:
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/royal-derby-hospital-worker-launching-8514820.amp

Elms Legal say:

"We would like to state for the record that our client, Vehicle Control Services Ltd, is a professional car parking operator with many years of experience and that all of their managed car parks are subject to rigorous scrutiny, especially in relation to signage, by their professional auditory body, known as the International Parking Community (IPC), in the first instance."

patient_dream

Coupon-mad said:

Elms Legal are having a laugh:

"We would like to state for the record that our client, Vehicle Control Services Ltd, is a professional car parking operator with many years of experience and that all of their managed car parks are subject to rigorous scrutiny, especially in relation to signage, by their professional auditory body, known as the International Parking Community (IPC), in the first instance."

Hahahaha!!!

Pull the other one, it's got bells on.

Sadly these bods have been brainwashed into thinking that the IPC/IAS is a PROFESSIONAL setup when everyone else knows it is a mega money scam 

The question is, will government wake up to the fact that they STILL approve money scammers or ..... will government still sit on the naughty step

patient_dream

Coupon-mad said:

BPA, GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER SHARPISH:  THIS IS NOT PARKING MANAGEMENT.

The BPA are far too weak to understand that they are failures and it's the parking companies who call "the tunes"

They must be replaced by professionals which the BPA is not

Humdinger1

Hope it's OK to share a link https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/18/transport-for-londons-debt-agent-accused-of-breaching-data-protection-laws?CMP=share_btn_link

Coupon-mad

Humdinger1 said:

Hope it's OK to share a link https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/18/transport-for-londons-debt-agent-accused-of-breaching-data-protection-laws?CMP=share_btn_link

How interesting!

Several Countries threatening legal action:

“It is completely unacceptable that EPC would use illegal methods to obtain personal data, under the umbrella of TFL” he said. “I have initiated a complaint with the European Commission, and we won’t hesitate to initiate legal action to reclaim the millions of euros of unjust paid fines.”

Some of the penalties issued by EPC have been posted from an address in Uzbekistan, which is also outside the EU, prompting further questions about data protection."

patient_dream

Humdinger1 said:

Hope it's OK to share a link https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/18/transport-for-londons-debt-agent-accused-of-breaching-data-protection-laws?CMP=share_btn_link

NO SURPRISE with Khan in charge of TfL

Half_way

auditory body

Would that be the ears, as in la la la were not listening?