Parking stories in the News/media

Umkomaas

But today, thanks to the Manchester Evening News' intervention, Ellie received the welcome news that the fine had been cancelled .....

.... and her modelling career ambitions have taken a turn for the better! 😄

Jenni_D

Makes you wonder how many more PCNs were issued - I doubt she was the only one affected.

patient_dream

I see Tesco still call it a fine .... As we know, Tesco are the last to assist customers with these scam parking charges, they talk rubbish.

Horizon .... if they had any shred of intelligence, they would have cancelled on appeal ...... but their cowboy attitude dictates they remain a cowboy.   Who is the organ grinder here ??? IT'S NOT TESCO

Tesco needs to respect their customers, they don't at the moment and I cannot see their mind set changing

fisherjim

It also begs the question if you have absolutely no interest in football how do you know it's a matchday, and even then if the traffic is that bad and you can't get out anpr catches you as it's not fit for purpose any way.

Total bag of do do as ever and what ever anyone says a scam!

patient_dream

fisherjim said:

It also begs the question if you have absolutely no interest in football how do you know it's a matchday, and even then if the traffic is that bad and you can't get out anpr catches you as it's not fit for purpose any way.

Total bag of do do as ever and what ever anyone says a scam!

Correct.  The management of Tesco are pretty thick not to understand they drive customers away.
I will not spend money at Tesco and frankly don't know anyone who shops at Tesco

95Rollers

I saw this today.  Not strictly carpark related, but still relevant as Its to do with AIRPORT DROP OFF FEES PRICE HIKES - so basically APCOA and VCS etc taking the p*ss even more so with their unofficial land taxes!

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/hikes-airport-drop-off-fees-230100718.html

Umkomaas

95Rollers said:

I saw this today.  Not strictly carpark related, but still relevant as Its to do with AIRPORT DROP OFF FEES PRICE HIKES - so basically APCOA and VCS etc taking the p*ss even more so with their unofficial land taxes!

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/hikes-airport-drop-off-fees-230100718.html

A Stansted spokesman said the charge “makes an important contribution to encouraging alternative, more sustainable transport options and reducing congestion on the airport and surrounding roads”.

That's just so rich, coming from an airport which earns its money from one of the world's most unsustainable transport options, and one of the planet's greatest polluters and contributors to global warming! ✈️ 

95Rollers

I wonder how he could keep a straight-face making that comment!  

There also isn't many alternatives for a lot of people - if you have a family or a lot of luggage its not always practical for people to use the train or bus services when they can just be dropped outside in a car or taxi/ minibus etc. His comment makes no sense. If they are that committed about "sustainablity" then shut uip shop!

Humdinger1

I hope this is acceptable but the phrase 'lipstick on a gorilla ' leaps to mind....

Coupon-mad

Slightly different focus but very true about middle aged and older people feeling unwelcome in car parks that only offer parking by app:
https://amp.theguardian.com/money/2022/aug/27/rise-of-the-parking-app-makes-the-rich-richer-as-motorists-struggle

Nice case study at the end, of a landowner who cares about the user experience, which might be worth quoting in our responses to the Govt Public Consultation.

They are using ANPR so no doubt people are getting parking charges, but the heart is in the right place.  Luke Bain, a director of the Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company, said the business was not only making money from its system, but visitors were finding it easier:

“We didn’t want people associating our car park with penalty notices and getting fined,” he said.