Need smartphone to park?

BlueonBlue

This is the problem with unregulated parking its designed to fail for the purpose of profit 

The PPC,s design the parking system to fail so they can robo claim through the small claims track using bulk litigation debt collectors and solicitors .....often who are in bed with each other along with the appeal bodys .

Brie

user1977 said:

faringdon said:

I have a smartphone

How are people supposed to pay if they dont have a smartphone?

How are people supposed to pay if theyve just had their smartphone stolen?

How are people supposed to pay if their smartphone battery is flat?

Sorry to put this forward but its getting like you dont exist unless you have a smartphone.

But you do have a smartphone, so what's the problem? Just use it.

the problem our area is the council car parks have all gone for app payments but haven't taken in to account that there is no signal available in portions of town.  So even if you have a smart phone and are willing to use it you can't download the app and you can't make a payment for parking.  But you still get fined.  

Marcon

faringdon said:

Hi,
I have a dumbphone and a laptop with a mobile router which are on EE contract.
I have a smartphone, which i occasionally  use on pay-as-you-go with O2 (its locked to O2 and cant be unlocked despite what they say) , but to be honest, i am not too hot at using the smartphone. (wrong generation, now 56 years old).

Anyway, i need to go to Reading centre for interview at 1430 on tuesday. All the car parks in reading centre are now smartphone only.

Eg the riverside car park in central reading.

I wish you'd check your facts before posting yet another misguided post - Google could make your life a lot simpler.

All the council car parks accept payment via methods other than smart phone. See https://www.reading.gov.uk/vehicles-roads-and-transport/parking/car-parks/

As for Riverside car park: 

Parking

Drive in and drive out with hassle-free parking.

Our two smart car parks – The Riverside and Holy Brook – make parking simple. With automatic number plate recognition, you can park without tickets, queues or fuss. Just register once and payments are taken care of on exit.

Register Now

Don’t want to register? No problem. You can still tap your phone or scan a QR code at payment points when you’re ready to leave.

Just so you know: Only card payments are accepted.

faringdon said:

How are people supposed to pay if they dont have a smartphone?

How are people supposed to pay if theyve just had their smartphone stolen?

How are people supposed to pay if their smartphone battery is flat?

Using another method.

user1977

Brie said:

user1977 said:

faringdon said:

I have a smartphone

How are people supposed to pay if they dont have a smartphone?

How are people supposed to pay if theyve just had their smartphone stolen?

How are people supposed to pay if their smartphone battery is flat?

Sorry to put this forward but its getting like you dont exist unless you have a smartphone.

But you do have a smartphone, so what's the problem? Just use it.

But you still get fined.  

"Speculative invoices", not "fines", please.

Marcon

Brie said:

user1977 said:

faringdon said:

I have a smartphone

How are people supposed to pay if they dont have a smartphone?

How are people supposed to pay if theyve just had their smartphone stolen?

How are people supposed to pay if their smartphone battery is flat?

Sorry to put this forward but its getting like you dont exist unless you have a smartphone.

But you do have a smartphone, so what's the problem? Just use it.

the problem our area is the council car parks have all gone for app payments but haven't taken in to account that there is no signal available in portions of town.  So even if you have a smart phone and are willing to use it you can't download the app and you can't make a payment for parking.  But you still get fined.  

Have you raised this with your local councillor?

Marcon

faringdon said:

Sorry to put this forward but its getting like you dont exist unless you have a smartphone.

I cant actually access my gmail from my smartphone......i often use my smartphone by logging in to my laptop mobile router.....when i try and log into gmail, it askes me to "sync"...and then gives me a message saying "sync is not currently working".

So i believe all these parking apps require one to have an email account?...but i cant access that from my smartphone......i have the gmail app......or at least i think i do.....but it often just closes down and tells me its closed down.

My smartphone  has a different number than my dumbphone. I used to just ring a number on my dumbphone and park like that...but in many car parks you cant now do that.

But you do have a smart phone, so why not learn to use it - and get a cheap SIM only contract (you can transfer the current number easily enough) rather than PAYG.

Maybe try to focus on finding easy solutions and work rounds to the everyday things we all have to contend with, rather than dreaming up endless convoluted and non-existent problems? It would make life so much easier and happier for you.

LightFlare

user1977 said:

Brie said:

user1977 said:

faringdon said:

I have a smartphone

How are people supposed to pay if they dont have a smartphone?

How are people supposed to pay if theyve just had their smartphone stolen?

How are people supposed to pay if their smartphone battery is flat?

Sorry to put this forward but its getting like you dont exist unless you have a smartphone.

But you do have a smartphone, so what's the problem? Just use it.

But you still get fined.  

"Speculative invoices", not "fines", please.

Even for council car parks as stated ?

Mildly_Miffed

Brie said:

the problem our area is the council car parks have all gone for app payments but haven't taken in to account that there is no signal available in portions of town.  So even if you have a smart phone and are willing to use it you can't download the app and you can't make a payment for parking.  But you still get fined.  

App ONLY? Or app as well as other means?

Where is this?

born_again

Marcon said:

Have you raised this with your local councillor?

We have app only & it will not be changed as Idiots kept breaking the cash machines.

born_again

user1977 said:

Brie said:

user1977 said:

faringdon said:

I have a smartphone

How are people supposed to pay if they dont have a smartphone?

How are people supposed to pay if theyve just had their smartphone stolen?

How are people supposed to pay if their smartphone battery is flat?

Sorry to put this forward but its getting like you dont exist unless you have a smartphone.

But you do have a smartphone, so what's the problem? Just use it.

But you still get fined.  

"Speculative invoices", not "fines", please.

Councils can fine you.