Reply to: Parking Pranksters - I'm fining a "Parking Company" at least £1250

[NigelJK]

Indeed. My dad always taught me that ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law. He's was right.

The Trespass is always a LOL as what exactly are the damages they are suing for.

BTW you always get the 'you deserve it' posts on any posts about PPC behaviour (except on PPP) on any forum (see above re the law). DM comments can be a right scream.

Carry on as you were NWP2C.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Which would be great if it were a public highway, and even if it was they (the council) are breaking the law with that non-compliant signage and any attempt to fine motorists would be unjust enrichment.
Traffic wardens are extinct in most towns and cites (they make £M's from deregulation).

KUATB

I am being penalised on the basis that it is a private road actually - Apparently I am trespassing! Which shows exactly how much research Paddy has done into the ES Parking/Gladstone parking scam.

[NigelJK]

Firstly, if you look on Google Street View you can see that nearby there are sufficient signs marked “Controlled Zone 8am to 8pm” That alone is enough to tell you that there no de-restricted parking places.

Secondly, you have parked opposite centre hazard lines approaching a road junction. That in itself is sufficient to issue a ticket for obstruction.

If I was a traffic warden, I would have had your car towed away.

Which would be great if it were a public highway, and even if it was they (the council) are breaking the law with that non-compliant signage and any attempt to fine motorists would be unjust enrichment.
Traffic wardens are extinct in most towns and cites (they make £M's from deregulation).

KUATB

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You could be on a loser with this one. Regardless of who won any previous case, the law on signage for restricted parking was changed some years ago.

Firstly, if you look on Google Street View you can see that nearby there are sufficient signs marked “Controlled Zone 8am to 8pm” That alone is enough to tell you that there no de-restricted parking places.

Secondly, you have parked opposite centre hazard lines approaching a road junction. That in itself is sufficient to issue a ticket for obstruction.

If I was a traffic warden, I would have had your car towed away.

Yep and a traffic warden would have the right to do so.

Sadly it wasn't a traffic warden who did so but a private company trying to make money out of it.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Can I have it then? I promise to spend it on high-end single malts rather than waste it.

You can have it.... Just go and park your car there.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

You could be on a loser with this one. Regardless of who won any previous case, the law on signage for restricted parking was changed some years ago.

Firstly, if you look on Google Street View you can see that nearby there are sufficient signs marked “Controlled Zone 8am to 8pm” That alone is enough to tell you that there no de-restricted parking places.

Secondly, you have parked opposite centre hazard lines approaching a road junction. That in itself is sufficient to issue a ticket for obstruction.

If I was a traffic warden, I would have had your car towed away.

You obviously haven't done your research on this one and are talking out of your

Otherwise you would have realised that they have lost almost all of their cases so far. They only won when the defendant didn't bring about the correct points.

[Paddy]

Last June I got a lovely parking invoice in the post. Normally I deal with these in the usual way - appeal process or ignore depending on the company. This one was different. My car was actually parked somewhere totally legitimate. It was parked in exactly the same place as where this victim won his case against the fraudsters:

To make things more interesting I opened up a straight forwards case against them for breach of the DPA claiming an additional £750.

Total expected windfall for the 2 cases: £1250.

On top of that I'm looking at an additional case to take them down properly.

This has nothing to do with money and everything to do with taking down these buggers! All the formal documents and case details are available on the consumer action group forum.

You could be on a loser with this one. Regardless of who won any previous case, the law on signage for restricted parking was changed some years ago.

Firstly, if you look on Google Street View you can see that nearby there are sufficient signs marked “Controlled Zone 8am to 8pm” That alone is enough to tell you that there no de-restricted parking places.

Secondly, you have parked opposite centre hazard lines approaching a road junction. That in itself is sufficient to issue a ticket for obstruction.

If I was a traffic warden, I would have had your car towed away.

[vwdan]

Good man - love this sort of tulip.

[shaunbhoy]

I can sub one of these into my car while it is parked up:

Nice to see you have found scooterscot some gainful employment.

[OwlHoot]

Last June I got a lovely parking invoice in the post. Normally I deal with these in the usual way - appeal process or ignore depending on the company. This one was different. My car was actually parked somewhere totally legitimate.

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Woah! Not so fast! Can't you see those double yellow lines veer off to the left under the pavement, and then re-emerge a few feet further on?

The parking company can't be blamed if some idiot from the council came along and plonked a pavement over perfectly kosher (albeit slightly wobbly) yellow lines!

You're bang to rights, so pay up and stop moaning!

[d000hg]

Total expected windfall for the 2 cases: £1250.

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This has nothing to do with money

Can I have it then? I promise to spend it on high-end single malts rather than waste it.

[vetran]

I can imagine a couple of mates dressing up as crash test dummies and doing a lap of the M60 for a laugh

years ago we drove up Guildford high street with a medical skeleton in the passenger street complete with string tied to the wrist so it could wave, so many people jumped.

[MrMarkyMark]

I've got a sneaky feeling that you possess a few bookshelves of the full set

[LondonManc]

I can imagine a couple of mates dressing up as crash test dummies and doing a lap of the M60 for a laugh

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Have you got the after substitution pic too?