Parking stories in the News/media

kryten3000

Thorndorise said:

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but given it's media (albeit social) and it relates to this forum specifically.

Mr Hurley denouncing the good work of some forums - whilst saying people should appeal (which as we know, unless you have a slam dunk is so far proven to be a but of a sham)

Aww.  Will says he doesn't understand why any motorist wouldn't name the driver to discharge liability.  Nice try, but sometimes there's no liability to discharge is there?

kryten3000

Coupon-mad said:

Can't see that laughable comment on Twitter, can you link it please?

It's a LinkedIn post.

Coupon-mad

Ash I wondered. Not been on LinkedIn for the best part of a decade!

Is he too cowardly to tweet it, then, because he knows we respond on X?

Has anyone tried that 247 appeals bot thingy?  It's hilarious. You can put in any old PCN number and 'not telling you' as the VRM then if you say you 'have already appealed' it parrots some crap that makes no sense.

Conversely, if you say you "haven't appealed yet", it doesn't understand your reasons if they don't match their script.

For example, if you say you have a VCS PCN for stopping at a zebra crossing at an Airport it tries to prompt you to say you stopped to ask for directions.  When you say "no" it then tells you to appeal and to make sure you include evidence of... '(BLANK)'!

Thorndorise

@Coupon-mad
sorry this was from LinkedIn - I've found it to be a useful 'industry' insight tool (not that it's my industry - yucky)!

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/will-hurley-45077141_one-thing-i-understand-is-that-no-one-wants-activity-7252630209655443456-sRS2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Thorndorise

Coupon-mad said:

Ash I wondered. Not been on LinkedIn for the best part of a decade!

Is he too cowardly to tweet it, then, because he knows we respond on X?

Has anyone tried that 247 appeals bot thingy?  It's hilarious. You can put in any old PCN number and 'not telling you' as the VRM then if you say you 'have already appealed' it parrots some crap that makes no sense.

Conversely, if you say you "haven't appealed yet", it doesn't understand your reasons if they don't match their script.

For example, if you say you have a VCS PCN for stopping at a zebra crossing at an Airport it tries to prompt you to say you stopped to ask for directions.  When you say "no" it then tells you to appeal and to make sure you include evidence of... '(BLANK)'!

Yes, couldn't resist it...this was how my convo went - fictious case of course - but a really weird results after giving the details of why I think my ticket was unfair and then entering my ticket details (along with a stack of data which it doesn't have privacy policy to tell you where and how it's used)!

Coupon-mad

It's total dross.

Nellymoser

Tesco plans new 90-minute limit to ease parking pressure

A planning application has been submitted to amend the car park management plan, which was originally approved as part of the Knightbridge store’s planning permission in 2007. The current plan allows for free parking for up to two hours.

Let's hope planning dept tell Tesco they should take steps to ease the parking situation by ensuring their checkout stations are all open and review/reduce their ever increasing list of product type they sell in store/car park. Time Tesco admitted their role in making customers shop time longer.

https://www.kingsbridge-today.co.uk/news/tesco-plans-new-90-minute-limit-to-ease-parking-pressure-730289

Coupon-mad

Can anyone explain to me how reducing the parking time will 'ease parking pressure'? The cars will still be there.  It will just let the PPC extort money from disabled shoppers and slower people, such as those with children and the elderly.

Fruitcake

... and at 70% of capacity, they would want more people to visit, and how on earth does ANPR stop alleged abuse of accessible parking bays?

Jenni_D

Fruitcake said:

... and at 70% of capacity, they would want more people to visit, and how on earth does ANPR stop alleged abuse of accessible parking bays?

... or ICE blocking of EV bays.