Parking stories in the News/media

Nellymoser

Half_way said:

Nellymoser said:

Smart Parking expert parking management fails to identify 'double dipping' incidents at Elms Parade shops in Botley.

Drivers who visit the area twice in a day say they are receiving pcns from Smart even though they are not staying beyond the 2hr free parking limit.

Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran raised concerns with Mace Group, the West Way developers, to understand what steps are being taken to resolve issues there. 

The MP added: "More widely, Parking operators and their practices are an issue across the constituency. Parking management is a wild west with a lack of regulation, and we will continue to push to ensure fair and consistent practices are adopted for all."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oxford-mp-raises-parking-concerns-150000150.html

Time the IPC and BPA organised for their members a training event on how to perform pcn manual checks as outlined in own CoP.

Its about time that anyone who allows a ppc onto their land is made responsible and liable for things like double  dips, and PPCs and their directors/management banned from accessing DVLA data

Agree, it's an ideal solution, strangely one the Government doesn't want to consider. 

Half_way

Nellymoser said:

Half_way said:

Nellymoser said:

Smart Parking expert parking management fails to identify 'double dipping' incidents at Elms Parade shops in Botley.

Drivers who visit the area twice in a day say they are receiving pcns from Smart even though they are not staying beyond the 2hr free parking limit.

Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran raised concerns with Mace Group, the West Way developers, to understand what steps are being taken to resolve issues there. 

The MP added: "More widely, Parking operators and their practices are an issue across the constituency. Parking management is a wild west with a lack of regulation, and we will continue to push to ensure fair and consistent practices are adopted for all."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oxford-mp-raises-parking-concerns-150000150.html

Time the IPC and BPA organised for their members a training event on how to perform pcn manual checks as outlined in own CoP.

Its about time that anyone who allows a ppc onto their land is made responsible and liable for things like double  dips, and PPCs and their directors/management banned from accessing DVLA data

Agree, it's an ideal solution, strangely one the Government doesn't want to consider. 

another solution would be a complete ban on the use of ANPR for the generation of parking charge notices. 
it could still be used for basic monitoring, and with some payment methods (with some consumer focused failsafes) ie pay at pay machine systems on exit 

Nellymoser

And more 'double dipping' this time from Civil Parking Ltd at McDonalds in Poole

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mans-10-minute-mcdonalds-parking-154909859.html

Tim Govier parked 10mins in McDonalds car park returning later in the day to use the drive-thru. Civil Parking Ltd accused him of parking for more than three hours.

The McDonald's manager told Tim at least 16 other people had also been affected by this error.

That's 17 people at one site who should NOT have had keeper details requested by Civil Parking Ltd and released by DVLA. 

IT'S TIME THIS WAS STOPPED. PPCs repetitive errors need penalised and a financial payment should automatically be awarded to the registered keeper.

MothballsWallet

Nellymoser said:

Half_way said:

Nellymoser said:

Smart Parking expert parking management fails to identify 'double dipping' incidents at Elms Parade shops in Botley.

Drivers who visit the area twice in a day say they are receiving pcns from Smart even though they are not staying beyond the 2hr free parking limit.

Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran raised concerns with Mace Group, the West Way developers, to understand what steps are being taken to resolve issues there. 

The MP added: "More widely, Parking operators and their practices are an issue across the constituency. Parking management is a wild west with a lack of regulation, and we will continue to push to ensure fair and consistent practices are adopted for all."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/oxford-mp-raises-parking-concerns-150000150.html

Time the IPC and BPA organised for their members a training event on how to perform pcn manual checks as outlined in own CoP.

Its about time that anyone who allows a ppc onto their land is made responsible and liable for things like double  dips, and PPCs and their directors/management banned from accessing DVLA data

Agree, it's an ideal solution, strangely one the Government doesn't want to consider. 

Because it would affect a lot of their political donors.

What, me, cynical?