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Parking stories in the News/media
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Question from the floor to Kevin.
"As a parking enforcement company director, if you make the parking systems easy to use to ease the 'customer journey' and reduce invoice production (especially in free car parks) how can I keep my 8 bedroom house in 20 acres, my collection of supercars, personal jet and yacht moored in St Tropez?"6 -
This is what I have been saying for a long time now, charging your car isn't parking. The use of the space should be part of the cost of charging and not a separate agreement. If staying longer, drivers should move their vehicle to a regular space once the charge is complete and at that point any tariff becomes payable.
But of course the Parking Companies say otherwise because they only track entry and exit and can also issue PCNs for "out of hours" charging and the like.
This will probably need to be tested in court.Always remember to abide by Space Corps Directive 39436175880932/B:
'All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space.'
247advice dot uk has more information and guidance on dealing with this Outrageous Scam.7 -
Charging is not parking is natural evolution of jopson vs homeguard where loading /unloading is not parking.
If the charger is on and functioning then the area is available for use.
another point is if the charge company is leasing the area for charging then it could no longer be part of the area the ppc massages.
The simple solution is to outlaw the use of ANPR to generate parking charge notices, you either install a gate or barriers or patrol the car park
From the Plain Language Commission:
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"7 -
the CMA has produced this video and posted to LinkedIn
it goes with this
also reported by Fleet Newshttps://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/private-parking-firms-warned-investigation-opens-into-euro-car-parks
Always remember to abide by Space Corps Directive 39436175880932/B:
'All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space.'
247advice dot uk has more information and guidance on dealing with this Outrageous Scam.5 -
Now THIS IS NEWS!
We can use this in defences, appeals, and more. I can use this within the Steering Group!
Will you share it with the BMPA group today?
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yes, will send at some point today.
Always remember to abide by Space Corps Directive 39436175880932/B:
'All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space.'
247advice dot uk has more information and guidance on dealing with this Outrageous Scam.3 -
There's also a 21 page letter to the Minister with recommendations:-
A letter sent by the CMA to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Story has just been on BBC 1.00 news. Needless to sy no comment from BPA or Euro Car Parks. I'm sure they are in meetings as we speak to get agree on their response which will bo doubt put all the problems down to drivers who are out of control!
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This letter just featured on BBC lunchtime TV news - poster above and I posted at the same time sorry
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