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stamfordman

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Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« on: November 30, 2024, 01:36:42 pm »
Heard this on the radio - just a shame such bad advice is usually given.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k0qlpjgk2o

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Re: Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2024, 04:15:03 pm »
If the car park operates using ANPR, it's hard to see any commercial justification for a charge of £100 for taking longer than 5 minutes to pay.

The only purpose the time limit seems to serve is generating more parking charges.
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Re: Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2024, 05:30:05 pm »
Just saw this on the BBC News. Could someone reach out to her and see if the situation can be recovered?
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Re: Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2024, 09:17:24 pm »
Quote from: John Glacier on November 30, 2024, 05:30:05 pm
Just saw this on the BBC News. Could someone reach out to her and see if the situation can be recovered?
This is being looked into.
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Re: Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2024, 11:11:10 pm »
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Re: Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2024, 03:09:51 pm »
Quote from: John Glacier on November 30, 2024, 05:30:05 pm
Just saw this on the BBC News. Could someone reach out to her and see if the situation can be recovered?

I have already done so when I saw the news today and I hadn't seen this post.  She will be posting later today all being well.

I cannot abide Excel.

I hope with the wealth of knowledge on this forum she can be saved providing it has not gone too far.

One interesting point in the BBC Article just above is the solicitor mentioning POPLA.  The signage to the car park on Google Street View states it is a PUBLIC CAR PARK.  Of course, it is private land but I wonder how that could affect a case.  It's like they are almost trying to pull the wool over peoples' eyes using more nefarious means.

I'll get my popcorn...
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Re: Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2024, 10:39:36 am »
Interesting chat on Politics East Midlands this morning with the Derby North MP, Catharine Atkinson talking about a new Code of Practice.

It would be better if they went in better prepared knowing more about this 5 minute penalty than simply saying, "It is plain wrong".  They should be able to make the point that it is not legally enforceable under the relevant Consumer Act.  That then gets the message out to the populous that this is unlawful and fear not.

When will they get a grip on this? Are the courts still overrun with these types of cases?  I guess so.
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Re: Woman's £1,906 bill over five-minute parking rule
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2024, 11:00:01 am »
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Are the courts still overrun with these types of cases?
Between them, Civil Enforcement, ParkingEye, and UKPC issued a combined 69,794 claims in 2023.

That's just the 3 companies about whom I was able to get figures.
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