Parking stories in the News/media

patient_dream

Coupon-mad said:

Civil Enforcement making shedloads of money from genuine patrons of a pub, due to their crappy signs that fail to make it clear that there's suddenly a new system, a hidden keypad inside the premises to exempt your car:
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/parking-fine-leaves-trumpeter-sour-25585448.amp

This will wreck the pub's client base within a year, in our experience.

Latest victim, Adrian said:

"We entertain their customers and have built up a very good following over the years. All of the musicians play for no payment.

I'd not been at the Park Inn for a couple of years, and didn't know the new need to register my car with them."

CEL and the other mickey mouse cowboys will destroy ANY pub

The BPA must be very proud that their membership destroys companies

Johnersh

Jeez, you'd think he'd just delivered some legal miracle.

To be fair he was intending to issue proceedings pre-emptively to obtain a court declaration that, in effect, debarred them from suing him on the grounds that the ppc had no lawful claim. That is fairly novel. Its a rarely used power: a rocking-horse-poo type claim. I've never issued proceedings on that basis. 

By definition, this would have involved the court determining that £100 for a late payment of 24hrs was an unfair penalty and offends consumer law).  Those are all live issues in the correct case, Beavis is not the panacea that the ppcs like to suggest. A point that Ed Levey KC made to them. 

Umkomaas

Johnersh said:

Jeez, you'd think he'd just delivered some legal miracle.

To be fair he was intending to issue proceedings pre-emptively to obtain a court declaration that, in effect, debarred them from suing him on the grounds that the ppc had no lawful claim. That is fairly novel. Its a rarely used power: a rocking-horse-poo type claim. I've never issued proceedings on that basis. 

By definition, this would have involved the court determining that £100 for a late payment of 24hrs was an unfair penalty and offends consumer law).  Those are all live issues in the correct case, Beavis is not the panacea that the ppcs like to suggest. A point that Ed Levey KC made to them. 

It's a pity it wasn't a 'stopping at an airport' (VCS style) he was dealing with to get a court determination on it being an unfair penalty, especially as the new Code of Practice 'approves' the issue of such charges, and at a higher level than standard (£100 v £50). 

patient_dream

We do see some odd things on here but this one ....

Car registration numbers could be printed on McDonald's food packaging at drive-thrus under council plans to deter drivers from littering

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11466595/Car-registration-numbers-printed-McDonalds-food-packaging-drive-thrus.html

I don't want to see littering but if this daft idea goes ahead and a car reg is printed on the paper bags, all the litter bugs will do is tear off the reg number and dump the rest

Why can't this stupid council just apply a charge to Mcdonalds as they produce the litter in the first place.

And what about the clowns who double dip, will the future mean we send in paper bags to the courts as proof.

Umkomaas

patient_dream said:

We do see some odd things on here but this one ....

Car registration numbers could be printed on McDonald's food packaging at drive-thrus under council plans to deter drivers from littering

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11466595/Car-registration-numbers-printed-McDonalds-food-packaging-drive-thrus.html

I don't want to see littering but if this daft idea goes ahead and a car reg is printed on the paper bags, all the litter bugs will do is tear off the reg number and dump the rest

Why can't this stupid council just apply a charge to Mcdonalds as they produce the litter in the first place.

And what about the clowns who double dip, will the future mean we send in paper bags to the courts as proof.

Another moneymaking opportunity for councils. DVLA will be inundated. 

patient_dream

The MADMAN of London strikes again .....

ULEZ expansion to hit 200,000 drivers next year: Motorists from Heathrow to Upminster will have to pay £12.50-a-day to use their cars 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11468711/Sadiq-Khan-expand-ultra-low-emission-zone-London.html

We all understand low emissions but this will stop drivers going to London and where will their emissions go, the home counties no doubt where people will shop

Parking companies within this zone will as from Aug next year lose revenue, 

FRONT PAGE DAILY MAIL

'Will YOU pay for my new car, Sadiq?': Fury as London Mayor confirms ULEZ expansion comes into force on August 29 next year - forcing 200,000 drivers of older vehicles to pay £12.50-a-DAY just to 'drive five minutes down road'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11468711/Sadiq-Khan-expand-ultra-low-emission-zone-London.html

MSE_JC

Coupon-mad said:

@MSE_JC could we please ask a favour?

IF MSE picks up this news story in the coming days, pleeeeease could the MSE journalists mention the long awaited DLUHC Public Consultation (likely to be published in the New Year, I guess):
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/private-parking-firms-issuing-30-000-fines-each-day-as-number-jumps-50-in-a-year-12754255

Even if MSE just adds a 'heads up' that the forumites on the parking board want all MSE motorists to be ready respond robustly to the upcoming Public Consultation and if people want to be alerted to the Consultation, they should set profile email alerts and bookmark the following thread where we will be posting when it opens:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6333989/mse-parking-ticket-appeals-guide-feedback/p1


@MSE_James kindly said this in July:

MSE_James said:

Hi @Coupon-mad just confirming we've seen the message above and will be on the alert for the start of the consultation, and will make sure our news colleagues are aware of it when it happens as well.

Just hoping for a mention now to put people on notice!  Please...just to say:

(a) that the Code of Practice being withdrawn is ONLY temporary (forced by Judicial Reviews by parking firms) and the Government is working on the promised draft Impact Assessment and a final Public Consultation;

(b) motorists who take issue with the conduct of this rogue industry should be ready to respond about the greed of the private parking operators and the Debt Recovery firms and the aggressive 'legals' who churn cases to court and exaggerate them to £170

(c) if anyone has a private parking charge or are being threatened with court send them to this forum where we have a 100% winning first appeal that works for MANY operators and a 99% (reported outcomes since 2016) win rate defending court claims snd setting aside CCJs from PPCs.  For help, read the NEWBIES FAQS first:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-ticket-old-or-new-read-these-faqs-first-thankyou

Cheers.  Nearly there. The code and a robust regulatory regime is coming.

Hi @Coupon-mad ,

We've spoken to the MSE News Team, and they'll be keeping their eyes open for any developments regarding the consultation process. Please do continue to flag if there are any updates you think we should be aware of.

pustit

Well done CM for raising this point

Coupon-mad

What a surprise.

A Bristol Residential estate introduces Link Parking but not everyone is issued with a permit.

Clever ruse, all too commonly seen here, but this is the latest effort:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/parking-company-handing-out-fines-7861742.amp

Link start issuing tickets for £100 a pop 'like confetti'. Who would have guessed?

Mouse007

patient_dream said:

The MADMAN of London strikes again .....

ULEZ expansion to hit 200,000 drivers next year: Motorists from Heathrow to Upminster will have to pay £12.50-a-day to use their cars 

I have an old 2004 XJ V8 Jag. I googled the reg and found it was ULEZ exempt. I have also got an old Mazda 6, it too is ULEZ exempt. To be honest most cars under 20 years old should be ULEZ exempt. Very few dirty cars are going to be caught by this, what’s the problem?

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/