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Private parking tickets / EuroCarParks - Sainsbury's - Entered twice in 5 hours - ANPR missed my first exit and last entry.
« on: March 09, 2025, 05:54:55 pm »
Hi there, I was away for a bit so just got back and opened some mail.

I received a PCN for going to Sainsbury's. I entered the first time in the afternoon for some shopping and left within half and hour, then hopped back around 5 hours later to grab a few missing ingredients.

However, it clearly failed to track my exit the first time, and also failed to track my re-entry as it says I stayed for 5 whole hours.

I'm pretty sure I can just screenshot my bank statement and forward it to them but I would feel better if I didn't have to run around after them.

Any templates I can forward to them to make them go through their own CCTV to spot me leaving and re-entering 5 hours later?

Many thanks!

PS: the Sainsbury's in question is in the middle of no where off a dual carriage way with nothing else nearby to go to. They simply somehow missed an exit and entry.

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: 52M - Hammersmith - Peterborough Rd (video attached)
« on: March 09, 2025, 05:43:44 pm »
Just a quick update on this. I sent them a standard template explaining the basic circumstances and I never heard anything back. It's been almost 3 months so I'm going to consider this case pretty much closed on their behalf.

Many thanks fellas!

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: 52M - Hammersmith - Peterborough Rd (video attached)
« on: December 17, 2024, 09:42:06 am »
Quote from: ManxTom on December 16, 2024, 02:56:58 pm
Crikey - admittedly I'm no expert on moving traffic violations but I had to view that video four times before I could even see the signs in question.  I'd say they are significantly higher than 4m.

Exactly, so I am not loosing my mind lol. And the sign below it is lit with the light facing down so it actually makes it really hard to see past it upwards when approaching the width restriction.

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / Re: 52M - Hammersmith - Peterborough Rd (video attached)
« on: December 16, 2024, 06:28:26 am »
Thanks stamfordman

Any templates I can use to sort this out?

Also out of curiosity, is there a height limit on sign posts? As this one seems unreasonable high, uselessly used for repeater signs for HGVs etc.

Many thanks!

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The Flame Pit / RIP pepipoo - but what happened?
« on: December 15, 2024, 10:40:14 am »
Hey, I was a long time user of peppipoo, got me out of many ruts over the years and many thanks to the people that helped, it was always the usual regulars too so top job to those guys! I would donate a few bob every time I got a ticket canceled (almost ever time) loved the obscurity of the site itself.

Just wondering if this is the same site with a rebrand, still the same old folk? If not then what happened with the original site? would be nice to know, so many memories of telling people the odd name and them having a giggle with it.

Cheers!

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Civil penalty charge notices (Councils, TFL and so on) / 52M - Hammersmith - Peterborough Rd (video attached)
« on: December 15, 2024, 10:09:22 am »
Hope everyone is having a happy holiday :)

just opened this letter and have a few days left to respond or just pay (ignore the date on video, it was first sent to leasing company). It appears that I have driven through a permit holders only road. I have googled this and it is fairly new and has caught many people out. I drive for a living (private hire taxi) and even I managed to get caught out by this. It appears to be a pretty bad trap and started looking at the legality of it all.

The sign itself is mounted extremely high up and is unreasonable for approaching cars to gauge (I'm sure there is a legal limit to the height of the sign but I could be wrong. The sign appears to be at least 4 meters off the ground.)

It is somewhat obscured on approach by a some overgrowth from a nearby house. You don't notice anything amiss until the last possible second.

The sign itself is unlit, making it is hard to spot a sign that needs your attention when approaching in the dark. I mean realistically you wouldn't be looking that high up for a sign when approaching a width restriction.

Even once spotted, there is a solid white line for the bus lane to your right, which would box you in before you can even gauge the sign. If a vehicle approaches from behind you end up getting trapped.

I am a private hire (taxi) driver, I am sure I was navigating with Waze which is pretty good with this stuff, so I am surprised it routed me via a no access road. I may have been dropping off near those streets that's why it was routing me there but I would need to request my fares to see. However from what I can see, the sign does not say "except for access." so this may not help either way.

Any luck with this? Many thanks!

google maps location (NOTE: THIS IS OLD NOT UPDATED)
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