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Private parking tickets / Re: APCOA Manchester Airport Parking Charge
« on: March 27, 2026, 05:02:37 pm »
Thanks. I now understand that I need to respond as the registered keeper but will not reveal the identity of the driver as there is no legal requirement for me to do so.
What's bugging me is that I'm certain they've made a mistake. The driver is familiar with the airport and has used the drop off many times. They didn't enter it.
I firmly believe it's a system discrepancy caused by the inability for my number plate to be read by some of their cameras. The person who the driver spoke to at the barrier told the driver as much. The barrier needed to be lifted manually. I suspect this has something to do with the vehicle having been wrongly identified as having entered the drop off zone. The driver had absolutely no reason to enter the drop off zone having pre booked parking in the mid stay car park.
The photographs don't really prove anything, it's just a terrible quality, small image of the vehicle. Who's to say where that was taken? It looks as far as I can tell as though it's a capture possibly taken at the ticket barrier entrance to the mid stay for which parking had been pre booked and paid for.
What's bugging me is that I'm certain they've made a mistake. The driver is familiar with the airport and has used the drop off many times. They didn't enter it.
I firmly believe it's a system discrepancy caused by the inability for my number plate to be read by some of their cameras. The person who the driver spoke to at the barrier told the driver as much. The barrier needed to be lifted manually. I suspect this has something to do with the vehicle having been wrongly identified as having entered the drop off zone. The driver had absolutely no reason to enter the drop off zone having pre booked parking in the mid stay car park.
The photographs don't really prove anything, it's just a terrible quality, small image of the vehicle. Who's to say where that was taken? It looks as far as I can tell as though it's a capture possibly taken at the ticket barrier entrance to the mid stay for which parking had been pre booked and paid for.