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    • Thank-you dx, What you have written is certainly helpful to my understanding. The only thing I would say, what I found to be most worrying and led me to start this discussion is, I believe the judge did not merely admonish the defendant in the case in question, but used that point to dismiss the case in the claimants favour. To me, and I don't have your experience or knowledge, that is somewhat troubling. Again, the caveat being that we don't know exactly what went on but I think we can infer the reason for the judgement. Thank-you for your feedback. EDIT: I guess that the case I refer to is only one case and it may never happen again and the strategy not to appeal is still the best strategy even in this event, but I really did find the outcome of that case, not only extremely annoying but also worrying. Let's hope other judges are not quite so narrow minded and don't get fixated on one particular issue as FTMDave alluded to.
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    • the claimant in their WS can refer to whatever previous CC judgements they like, as we do in our WS's, but CC judgements do not set a legal precedence. however, they do often refer to judgements like Bevis, those cases do created a precedence as they were court of appeal rulings. as for if the defendant, prior to the raising of a claim, dobbed themselves in as the driver in writing during any appeal to the PPC, i don't think we've seen one case whereby the claimant referred to such in their WS.. ?? but they certainly typically include said appeal letters in their exhibits. i certainly dont think it's a good idea to 'remind' them of such at the defence stage, even if the defendant did admit such in a written appeal. i would further go as far to say, that could be even more damaging to the whole case than a judge admonishing a defendant for not appealing to the PPC in the 1st place. it sort of blows the defendant out the water before the judge reads anything else. dx  
    • Hi LFI, Your knowledge in this area is greater than I could possibly hope to have and as such I appreciate your feedback. I'm not sure that I agree the reason why a barrister would say that, only to get new customers, I'm sure he must have had professional experience in this area that qualifies him to make that point. 🙂 In your point 1 you mention: 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver. I understand the point you are making but I was referring to when the keeper is also the driver and admits it later and only in this circumstance, but I understand what you are saying. I take on board the issues you raise in point 2. Is it possible that a PPC (claimant) could refer back to the case above as proof that the motorist should have appealed, like they refer back to other cases? Thanks once again for the feedback.
    • Well barristers would say that in the hope that motorists would go to them for advice -obviously paid advice.  The problem with appealing is at least twofold. 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver.  And in a lot of cases the last thing the keeper wants when they are also the driver is that the parking company knows that. It makes it so much easier for them as the majority  of Judges do not accept that the keeper and the driver are the same person for obvious reasons. Often they are not the same person especially when it is a family car where the husband, wife and children are all insured to drive the same car. On top of that  just about every person who has a valid insurance policy is able to drive another person's vehicle. So there are many possibilities and it should be up to the parking company to prove it to some extent.  Most parking company's do not accept appeals under virtually any circumstances. But insist that you carry on and appeal to their so called impartial jury who are often anything but impartial. By turning down that second appeal, many motorists pay up because they don't know enough about PoFA to argue with those decisions which brings us to the second problem. 2] the major parking companies are mostly unscrupulous, lying cheating scrotes. So when you appeal and your reasons look as if they would have merit in Court, they then go about  concocting a Witness Statement to debunk that challenge. We feel that by leaving what we think are the strongest arguments to our Member's Witness Statements, it leaves insufficient time to be thwarted with their lies etc. And when the motorists defence is good enough to win, it should win regardless of when it is first produced.   
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This video was uploaded in 2007. In the video, it is said to expect to see this innovation taking off. It is now six ears since this video and I wonder why it's taking so long to give us this economical, pollution free free, not to mention the minimal cost fuel? If anyone knows more about this, please tell.

 

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Simple really. Oil companies and politicians.

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petrodollars, one reason for the invasion of iraq. ie saddam threatened to trade oil in euros rather than us dollars.

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:-(

 

Let's hope they can work out it's needed sooner rather than later

 

Honestly, they dont care. They are making BILLIONS and they know that right now, we cant live without oil. The technology is there to use renewable energy, but in its initial phases, it is prohibitively expensive for small companies to explore. It needs the backing of a major company in order for them to get the tech to a point where it is commercially viable.

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The good news is, hydrogen fuel cells are STILL in use.... THough under development due to their instability, they're still widely being researched. Oxford University have several programs researching them, as are MIT and several Japanese companies. Hope isn't lost yet :) Oddly enough, of all people, the fuel producing nation of Saudi Arabia are excelling at Hydrogen Fuel Cell development... In regards to electrical power, take a looka t top-gears review of the Tesla...

 

Thats some piece of machinery!

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They can be researched all they want. THey might even get to production phase, but if the governments wont allow them for sale, then its pointless.

 

Thats why so many renewable energy sources are extremely viable, but most governments do everything they can to stop them.

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totally agree, the tax put on fuel is silly.. and no way in hell will they ever allow a 'tax free' fuel to come about... It'll take a hell of a load of resistance from us to get it there...

 

What is odd, teh government tries to front themselves as being eco friendly buy giving government loans to 'green aware companies', i.e. in my case my second company designs energy monitors and got pounded by funding as it's 'green aware'... Then again, if I were a newborn version of BP, I'd be ROLLING in it!

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The obvious reason is COST. Electric cars have bombed despite a massive subsidy and free road tax. there is another technical problem and that is exhaust fumes from ordinary cars destroy the fuel cells so they wont work properly until everyone has got one. Bit of a chicken and egg situation.

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Actually its not cost. The cost is nothing. The reason is oil companies have a huge monopoly and make BILLIONS in profit every year. The governments around the world then buy it off these companies and tax the hell out of it. You seriously dont think they would give up all that money do you?

 

Especially when oil is actually finite, and hydrogen production is infinite and would cost hardly anything once the base understanding is acheived.

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I suppose it's all about a total re think as where we are going as humans and changing the mind set of what is important in life. We are not here long and for the world to have cheap sustainable energy is a step towards money not being the God but a good quality of life being the goal. All new houses should be built with energy efficiency paramount i.e geothermal heating. We can but hope.

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I'll repeat what i said before. THe main reason we dont have abundant, cheap, renewable energy resources is due to politics and corporate greed. It really is as simple as that.

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Lets take Diesil engines as an example. When they were designed, they ran on vegetable oils. Mainly peanut oil. However, since oil started to get more common, it was refined and since diesel fuel became cheaper ( due to companies researching it, and not vegetable based oils), and more readily available ( companies forcing it on the public), the new oil became the fuel of choice.

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looks good. the tesla came in for some stick, but this vw idea is more mainstream ie deisel electric (still part oil :)) is prob the next step forward. as on top gear, deisel on board to recharge the electrics/battery.

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not to pose as an eco-warrior or anything, but oil will run out one day... That crossed my mind when I watched 'I am legend' for the third time last night.

 

I can see most of the energy companies closing down, the green 'sustainable' companies charging 100 fold what they charge, and it being a corporate empire.. Much like how things showed up in 'robocop' LOL

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We all know oil will run out. Thats why oil companies have colossal stockpiles ready, so when the time comes, they can jack the prices up sky high, knowing that governments and regulators wont authorise research etc into renewable fuels.

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plenty of oil still to come; antarctic (they're currently fighting over it), arctic (when it melts), alaska, africa (fighting over it), usa, etc. the usa have played it, mostly using everyone elses oil (partic as that oil still traded in us dollars) and when that runs out explore their own and exploit. of course if by then other means haven't become mainstream.

chick dung (lots of it?) sounds good though, until the chicks run out (into the road) :). how about cow dung?

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Top gear proved that you can run a vehicle on methane gas. It doesnt accelerate as fast or reach as high of a speed as a regular oil powered car, but its good enough for the roads. If more money was invested in research for things like that, then there wouldnt be such a dependancy on oil, as there is in the USA.

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