Unfair behaviour by Privately operated carpark management company

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Half_way said:

How does that work if someone has a disability covered under the Equality act but no blue badge?

It doesnt.  Thats why the whole system of automation with ANPR is worse than daylight robbery as it robs 24/7.

My post was a response to CMs question.

dave77238u38

Coupon-mad said:

How exactly are disabled people meant to 'register' their Blue Badge without leaving the car without one displayed, by the way?

I mean, surely they don't give disabled people 5 minutes flat (or zero time...) to race to the hospital reception, queue up, get to the front, register the Badge in their hand with a person who needs to take note of it and your VRM on a system, and check in for their appointment, then race back outside in the rain, cold or darkness at night, to display it on the dash before some 'Wise' parking 'employee' decides to immediately ticket the car?

And are you meant to do this EVERY visit?

Its not the Blue Badge you register, Its the Vehicles registration, and yes you have to do this every time you visit.

It pointless as the carpark is for blue badge holder only with a max stay of 4 hour. Their is no other reason to have that in the T&Cs other then to catch drivers out.
Wise have ANPR CCTV cameras in operation that tracks vehicle movement upon entry and exit of the carpark 
With this they have the ability to monitor the duration of a vehicle from the time it enters, parks and exits. 
This alone allows them to fully manage the carpark without forcing blue badge holders to register their vehicles.

I can not understand the logic be hide it. It make no sense, so its just there to scam the driver/blue badge holder.   
  

Coupon-mad

 It make no sense, so its just there to scam the driver/blue badge holder.   

We agree.

You could put that point to the NHS Trust.

And tell them that where a similar system is used at other Hospitals, drivers only have to register their BB once and it is then noted until BB expiry and covers all visits.
  

Fruitcake

Better yet, register their disability and most commonly used VRM once, irrespective of whether or not they have a BB.

I tried and tried to get the DHULC to realise that a BB is not the only indicator of a BB, and that the PPCs had over ten years since the EA 2010 was introduced to come up with an alternative to the BB, but the last draft still only referred to disabled parking and blue badge holders as opposed to accessible parking and proof of a disability.

Snakes_Belly

That was a brilliant letter and hopefully will also help NormDris 

It's preferable to have the PCN cancelled by the NHS Trust than for it to escalate through the courts. 

Unfortunately BB's are not issued for breaks which are classed as short term. After a cast has been removed the limb is quite weak.  

Coupon-mad

Fruitcake said:

Better yet, register their disability and most commonly used VRM once, irrespective of whether or not they have a BB.

I tried and tried to get the DHULC to realise that a BB is not the only indicator of a BB, and that the PPCs had over ten years since the EA 2010 was introduced to come up with an alternative to the BB, but the last draft still only referred to disabled parking and blue badge holders as opposed to accessible parking and proof of a disability.

Believe me, I tried too and there are a few nods to it in the Code, such as the bit about people needing more time.