Bevis launches petition to get parliament intervention

[SabreSheep]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/111925

 

 

 

Aiming for a cap on the parking charges

 

As someone that donated to the court appeal funds - Signed

Edited November 20, 2015 by SabreSheep
Adding in the fact I too have Signed :)

[JoeyJoeC]

Signed,

 

I will post this link around on some other websites.

[citizenB]

Signed

[SabreSheep]

Will it make it in time for the next newsletter?

[honeybee13]

Signed.

 

HB

[Ell-enn]

Signed - I have circulated it around our offices as there have been quite a few who had tickets - some of them paid up - others I gave info to appeal.

[citizenB]

Will it make it in time for the next newsletter?

 

It will

[jimbojetset68]

Still waiting for the email to confirm. not come through yet

[jimbojetset68]

If your email does not come through to your inbox, mine ended in spam/junk, so check that folder out.

[SabreSheep]

Just a little bump on this

 

2000+ sigs so far.

 

You can help by linking to it on facebook twitter etc.

[keefyboy]

signed with pleasure....

[CurlyMops]

That's me signed, and placed it on Facebook.

[liontony]

I am more than happy to add my name to the petition.

 

 

As a car owner for almost 50 years I have seen the advent and rise in parking and other charges levied on motorists

 

 

along with associated penalties from parking meters through resident parking, congestion charging and clamping to 24-hour municipal carpark

s that now charge Blue Badge holders for using designated disabled bays.

 

 

Whilst charging and enforcement are necessary in some areas to prevent things from getting out of hand,

 

 

in others restrictions are imposed purely to create a revenue stream and penalise the motorist yet again.

[citizenB]

2,524 signatures now. I am hoping that people are using the link within the CAG newsletter

[jaymel]

Have just signed, this should have been sorted years ago, but ministers chauffeur driven cars dont get penalised for parking infractions , so dont bother. I am forwarding this to all my friends.

[Heledd]

Signed… spoke with someone working in ANPR last week - didn't realise CAPITA owns PARKING EYE - for what it's worth, Industry knowledge is that Capita said they would pick up all Parking Eye court costs, Win or Lose and knew they would win even before it went to court? Smells like yet another bribe the judges job.

[keefyboy]

My late father was a chauffeur

 

 

one day he had to take his boss (a magistrate amongst other things) to a do in Southend on Sea,

 

 

when he arrived he pulled up outside the venue, which had double yellow lines and was met by a policeman who said

" you can't park here mate, move on now"

 

 

he explained he was just dropping off his boss and then would be gone,

but the PC decided no he would not let him do that,

so dad drove around the block to try and find somewhere close to the venue to drop off his boss.

 

 

When he got around near the venue front he saw that the Mayors car and chauffeur were parked on the same double yellows as he had been chased off from,

so he pulled up went round and opened the door for his boss and the PC came like a rocket and said

"I told you once, you can not stop there, I am going to give you a ticket for parking on double yellow lines"

 

 

so my dad, very quick thinkingly said

"if you ticket me then make sure that you give THAT car a ticket too as he's parked on Double Yellow lines too"

the PC thought for a minute and walked away, no ticket issued,

so my dad let his boss out and stayed there all evening,

 

 

when the do finished he let his boss get in and drove him home,

the mayors car was still parked on the DY's when he left.

 

 

Apparently the following day his boss complained to the Officer in charge at Southend Police Station and the PC got a warning...

.. talk about 2 sides to every story......

. and 2 sets of rules, and for info a JP has a small sticker in the front window of his car which just has the letter "J", nothing else

and you even get away with speeding tickets etc if you have that........

[colin11]

Signed

[renegadeimp]

Very poorly worded petition open to all kinds of random replies from parliament. But signed anyway.

[ericsbrother]

Signed… spoke with someone working in ANPR last week - didn't realise CAPITA owns PARKING EYE - for what it's worth, Industry knowledge is that Capita said they would pick up all Parking Eye court costs, Win or Lose and knew they would win even before it went to court? Smells like yet another bribe the judges job.

sorry, it isnt necessary to bribe the judges, they are mostly commercail barristers before they become judges so they will always side with the money by instinct. Also, they made it clear they wanted to make all contract law the same so you no longer need a level playing field because the judges have decided that everyone has the opportunity to consult their lawyer before considering an advertisement in the street. That is what is meant be equal under the law.

[keefyboy]

I think its just the typical tricks that these Car Parking companies use,

 

 

putting signs in inconvenient places, fo r example our local Sainsburys has now introduced parking restrictions,

 

 

the private car parking company place a sign about 3 feet wide and 1 foot high with the sign placed on a bend at the rear of a building

where you have to concentrate on the road, so you can not read the sign if you are driving correctly to avoid an accident,

 

 

then when you do actually get into the car parking area there are signs, but they are mounted approx 10-12 feet up the lighting poles

and the print is small to say the least,

 

 

I would say something between a 6 font for most of it, which is totally unreadable with good eyesight let alone someone like me with bad eyesight

and many others,

 

 

the signage is very dirty and at the best of times is virtually unreadable,

so that combined with the bad location signage as you enter is totally against the motorist from the minute they turn into the road.

 

 

I have seen people get tickets and advised them to NOT PAY it and go and complain to the manager of the store,

 

 

(one day I managed to get a queue of 8 people all wanting to have a go at him and I just happened to have a copy of a draft letter to Sainsburys head office

which I gave each, several got back to me later to say their tickets had been rescinded by sainsburys instructions to the parking company

 

 

one of these people had just spent over £500 in the store and then walks out 7 minutes late to find a ticket on the windscreen.

 

 

... I have done a little thing, which I don't want to disclose on here, and am waiting for a ticket to check it out if it works....

 

 

.. and if it doesn't watch this space because the sparks will fly, this is done in conjunction with my solicitor and it will be a test case..

 

 

.. I've already contested 3 council issued tickets and won each as they had to back down because their employees had done it wrong..

 

 

... oh what a surprise, so I am waiting to see what happens......

[jimbojetset68]

A little boost, at the 5000 mark now.

[Travis.T]

Signed:whoo:

[Tony P]

Why has Prankster not mentioned this petition?

 

Surely that would generate more 'followers' signatures.

[Capt Slog]

Signed