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Parking stories in the News/media
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And another ANPR rip off, this time Smart Parking. Since April last year, customers have ten minutes to park and register their vehicle with staff. Because Christian was browsing the menu on his phone in the car, he overran the grace period by seven minutes.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-fined-100-browsing-menu-36254295.amp
GRAMMAR PEDANT WARNING:
But what annoyed me most was the use of the idiotically wrong phrase that has emerged in recent years: "step foot".
It's actually "set foot".
Sigh... I know the English language constantly evolves but do we really have to have stupid people changing phrases because they say what they hear and don't understand the words?
That one is almost as bad as people who say they did something "off my own back" (that one drives me mad. Of course it isn't "off your own back". It is a sporting term, think about it...grrr).
PEDANT MODE OVER.
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#ANPR in the hands of private parking firms: ruining retail businesses and ripping off shoppers at a high street near you.
The IPC must be so proud.
PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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Some of the comments in that article are horrifically bad as well, such as this with two thumbs upIt is in your financial interests to pay a parking penalty quickly because the costs rise sharply if you leave it. You can still appeal after paying. Private parking companies profit from these rising charges and they structure the system so appeals almost never succeed. Telling people they do not need to pay only puts them at risk of turning a small charge into hundreds of pounds.I would reply, but after posting a counter to some rubbish that either Kent live or Leicestershire live published, every thing i reply to on a Reach/Mirror site always ends with awaiting moderator approval or similar.As for PPCs reducing parking times, some sties have a clause in their planning permission where the retail park/supermarket etc was permitted on the condition that they would allow for 4/6 or so hours of parking, typically to encourage people visiting the site/shop to also visit places and other businesses nearby
From the Plain Language Commission:
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"3
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