Parking stories in the News/media

Jenni_D

I think the whole ULEZ money mountain is about to collapse ... it's not just overseas hauliers who have brought/are bringing court claims. I'm sure I read something about the whole scheme and signage being illegal.

Coupon-mad

Jenni_D said:

I think the whole ULEZ money mountain is about to collapse ... it's not just overseas hauliers who have brought/are bringing court claims. I'm sure I read something about the whole scheme and signage being illegal.

I hope so.

It was always badly implemented and plainly ridiculous for some who live & work there.

Nellymoser

Coupon-mad said:

Jenni_D said:

I think the whole ULEZ money mountain is about to collapse ... it's not just overseas hauliers who have brought/are bringing court claims. I'm sure I read something about the whole scheme and signage being illegal.

I hope so.

It was always badly implemented and plainly ridiculous for some who live & work there.

And 1,358 people have signed a petition to

Revoke powers to charge CAZ, LEZ, and ULEZ, and require refund of past charges
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/652161
closes 6th June 2024

Snakes_Belly

Slightly off piste but when watching Mr Bates v The Post Office I could see parallels. The issues with systems which they claim never happen and failed to look into. The stress that it caused the people concerned. The mediation which was just a joke very similar to the mediation offered for parking claims. The time that it has taken people to get any justice. CM is definitely our "Mr Bates".

In the case of PCN's issued for non payment I firmly believe that capture delay has been used whether accidently or not I am not speculating. I am though convinced that the issue was not with the driver's bank but at the merchant end. If a payment is declined by the paying bank it is declined immediately and there is a trail. If it is declined hours later then there is an issue at the merchant end of the transaction.


 

patient_dream

Disabled grandmother, 59, is hit with £100 parking fine despite having proof she still had two hours left on her car park ticket

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12929669/disabled-grandmother-parking-fine-time-ticket-proof.html

EURO CAR PARKS down on Animal farm again

Umkomaas

patient_dream said:

Disabled grandmother, 59, is hit with £100 parking fine despite having proof she still had two hours left on her car park ticket

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12929669/disabled-grandmother-parking-fine-time-ticket-proof.html

EURO CAR PARKS down on Animal farm again

Nothing to do with the time she spent on the car park. 

Despite sending the company proof of her ticket - which includes the first three letters of her registration plate - the fine still stands.

It's all about this!

Coupon-mad

Coupon-mad said:

And another rip-off PCN by absentee ANPR auto-PCN (while sitting on your bums in a different county) 'specialists' Euro Car Parks:

 https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/24020106.driver-gets-100-fine-despite-buying-ticket-evesham-car-park/

and

https://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/24020106.driver-gets-100-fine-despite-buying-ticket-evesham-car-park/

"A driver is refusing to pay a parking fine as she had bought a ticket.  Jacquie Wright parked in Evesham’s Riverside car park on November 24 as she needed to attend an opticians appointment in town.

But she was later hit with a £100 fine by Euro Car Parks, despite paying £2 for a ticket.  The letter says Ms Wright left the car park at 1.09pm and that “no valid pay and display/permit was purchased”.

“I had paid the £2 fee,” she said. “But when I checked the ticket ... the machine had only printed off the last three digits of my reg number.  I posted on Facebook about it and loads of people have commented with their own stories about parking at Riverside."

Another Facebook user said his wife received a fine after a ticket showed 'the wrong date'.

How is this happening, ECP?

The BPA must be so proud.

Already posted this one way back in 2023...! 

 

It's the VRM faulty keypad that caused it.

Nellymoser

A couple found fighting a private parking charge causes stress and anxiety and leads to a decline in your mental wellbeing.
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/24025463.i-wits-end-it-couple-fight-private-parking-fine/

G24 claim disabled elderly couple parked in a disabled bay without displaying a valid disabled badge. The couple deny this and have been contesting the charge for 6mths.

Since their appeal refusal the couple have "had countless letters from a debt recovery company, looking for the fine, which went from £60 up to £170." The debt collectors Dec letter advised non-payment of the £170 charge would result in matter being passed onto a solicitor. The couple are at their "wits end with it."

No one should be subjected to this type of unnecessary stress and anxiety especially the elderly and disabled. Hopefully the DLUHC have it in hand...if not maybe appealing a pcn should carry a government health warning !!!!

1505grandad

The KADOE contract spouts:-

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/702924/response/1683411/attach/4/FOIR8718 annex 1.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1

"F3. Discrimination

F3.1. The Customer must not unlawfully discriminate either directly or indirectly or by way of victimisation or harassment against a person on such grounds as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sex or sexual orientation, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the Customer must not unlawfully discriminate within the meaning and scope of the Equality Act 2006 and 2010 (as amended), the Human Rights Act 1998 (as amended) or other relevant or equivalent legislation, or any statutory modification or reenactment thereof.

F3.2. The Customer shall take all reasonable steps to secure the observance of clause F3.1 by all of its Staff."

Nellymoser

@1505grandad oh yes...such wonderful statements in the KADOE contract but meaningless when no-one is prepared to ensure the customer and their workforce are actually taking the required steps as stated. The DVLA seem to think writing high standards of practice is enough to achieve compliance.