Parking stories in the News/media

TomOrrow

The Will mantra seems to be "follow the appeal process". 
Presumably this involves inputting name of driver etc, which gives the PPC the detail they want.
Am I too cynical?

Umkomaas

TomOrrow said:

The Will mantra seems to be "follow the appeal process". 
Presumably this involves inputting name of driver etc, which gives the PPC the detail they want.
Am I too cynical?

No, only 96%cynical. 😉

Nellymoser

They just can't keep out of the news.

Disabled army veteran who received 2 pcns says Excel Parking are "absolute con merchants" "They are interested in one thing only - money."

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/man-fined-200-for-not-having-parking-ticket-despite-broken-machine/ar-AA1xIFK8

Unable to pay as Excel's machines were broken the man returned to the hotel, while speaking with the manager about his first pcn Excel slapped him with a 2nd pcn.

Excel claim to be experts in parking management yet it doesn't seem to have dawned on them to invest in better quality paying meters.

Continuing with the type they currently use which are well known to be frequently out of order not only deprives the landowner of the car park payment but businesses on site of potential customers who are told 'if you can't make a payment leave and park elsewhere'. POPLA IAS always advises this to appellants and must accept their part in driving customers away from the landowners car park.

Le_Kirk

Nellymoser said:

Excel claim to be experts in parking management yet it doesn't seem to have dawned on them to invest in better quality paying meters.

We know they are no such thing and are experts in issuing PCNs for ever more spurious reasons!

patient_dream

"Disabled army veteran who received 2 pcns says Excel Parking are "absolute con merchants" "They are interested in one thing only - money."

Remember when Davies and Hurley set up yje IPC / IAS ....... And government allowed them to be an ATA .... WHAT A MEGA MISTAKE

Government should take their staus away and let the likes of EXCEL die a natural death

Unless the fools at the BPA take them bac
As the BPA  has been in scam mode for a few years, no dounnt they will 

FrankCannon

Apparently, the IPC and BPA both support the introduction of a statutory code of practice, so I guess they've seen the writing on the wall and it must be coming soon ......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9qnpl1eqgo

inthedepthsofthesea

FrankCannon said:

Apparently, the IPC and BPA both support the introduction of a statutory code of practice, so I guess they've seen the writing on the wall and it must be coming soon ......

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd9qnpl1eqgo

The good news is that the number of MPs backing a mandatory code is growing! (Still small, bit growing none the less.)

"They've come up with a set of practices that they say they will adhere to, and it's obvious they're not strong enough and they're not being adhered to properly, so the only way we feel this can be resolved is to have a mandatory code." MP for Derby South

And kudos to Caroline Lowbridge, BBC East Midlands, for pointing out "while these PCNs are often referred to as fines, they are effectively letters asking for money for alleged breach of contract."

Umkomaas

Excel at the centre of the issues. I've said previously, they will cause the sector more problems for itself because of their out of control pursuit of anyone with a chequebook. They still think Miss Hudson was in the wrong!

Nellymoser

What a selfish devious lot the IPC and BPA are. Having stood by and did absolutely nothing for years to address the '5 min to pay rule' they now all of a sudden want to address it. A T&C that's even been described by judges as "not achievable or fair".

The only reason IPC and BPA want to address it NOW is because of the widespread public outrage reported by the media, that's showing no signs of stopping. Both ATAs won't want to be seen as incompetent and will be fearful of being removed from any future regulatory role of their members.

kryten3000

TomOrrow said:

The Will mantra seems to be "follow the appeal process". 
Presumably this involves inputting name of driver etc, which gives the PPC the detail they want.
Am I too cynical?

Will says approaching the landowner is the wrong thing to do, I wonder why?