Parking Ticket in Tesco?????
Parking Ticket in Tesco?????
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guttris

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8 posts

261 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Hi All. I have just joined up on recommendation of a work colleague..

I was just given a parking ticket for parking in a disabled ticket in Tesco car park.

Ok I am not disabled - I couldnt find a space and just ran in to get about 10 boxes of mince pies for my work colleagues... (this is genuinely true - im not trying to tug heart strings)

When I came out about 5 minutes later i had been given a ticket for not having a disabled badge displayed.

The ticket was from a company called Euro Car Parks - does anyone know if the fine is legally enforcable at all?

pdV6

16,442 posts

290 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Yay! Score one against disabled-bay hoggers...

Podie

46,649 posts

304 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Euro car parks are a legit company... the police the car park where I live. They do have a tendency to be over zealous with issueing tickets (I have a residents permit and have been ticketed - although they have been revoked).

However, in this case I think you have to admit you were in the wrong. Pay within X days and it's about half the amount I think...

No Discretion

655 posts

261 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Bam Bam Bam....another one bites the dust....Bam Bam Bam.....

Just a thought.....Do you have any criminal conviction? As a recent survey discovered something like 70% of those misusing disabled bays..didn't obey many other rules or laws either...

BliarOut

72,863 posts

268 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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I would say it's not legally enforcible on private property.

guttris

Original Poster:

8 posts

261 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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ok - in answer to the question no I dont have a conviction... i appreciate i have done something wrong here so I'm not looking for open season on me for this...

i'd ust like to understand the process - are euro car parks able to enforce this through the dvla?

Raify

6,556 posts

277 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Fight it....Just to annoy them.

Podie

46,649 posts

304 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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BliarOut said:
I would say it's not legally enforcible on private property.


Where I live they run the car park for the landlord. There are also signs up warning you that you will get a ticket..

No Discretion

655 posts

261 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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guttris said:
ok - in answer to the question no I dont have a conviction... i appreciate i have done something wrong here so I'm not looking for open season on me for this...

i'd ust like to understand the process - are euro car parks able to enforce this through the dvla?


Fight it and see what happens......you never know, anything could happen...

Just over 2000 years ago a virgin gave birth...

BliarOut

72,863 posts

268 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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There may be signs, but under which law would they prosecute? I suspect they rely on B&B letters without actually having the legal right to fine you.

GregE240

10,857 posts

296 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Just pay the damn thing.

Having disabled relatives, its people like you that make their lives a bloody misery when they go to the shops. No free spaces, my arse.

Honestly. I know its the season of goodwill, but you ed up.

For the record, if it was a parent with child space, thats different.

pdV6

16,442 posts

290 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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GregE240 said:
if it was a parent with child space, thats different.

You say that now...

Podie

46,649 posts

304 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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hughesie2

12,790 posts

311 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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GregE240 said:

For the record, if it was a parent with child space, thats different.


As a parent and being a controversial sod, how's it different ??

No Discretion

655 posts

261 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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I'm all for chilren/parents places....

the increased space to open their doors, means they're less likelihood of them opening their bleeding doors into my car!

Ed

691 posts

304 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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I had problems with these muppets the day before my wedding. They slapped a ticket on the Range Rover outside Podie's flat for no apparent reason. RR would not fit under the 'goal posts' so we parked it in the empty office carpark next door. Pod got the little snitching git fired and the fine returned.

They are bureaucratic jobs-worth w*nkers of the highest order.

guttris

Original Poster:

8 posts

261 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Guys, thanks for the input - I feel its important i have admitted I am in the wrong here - I have disabled relatives as well if we are playing one-up-manship but that is circumstantial... am tempted to fight this - reason being...

they say they can fine you for parking in mother and child spaces or parking in a way that causes diffculty for other patrons... surely the only way they can prosecute is under an Anti Social Behaviour Order??????

Any thoughts?

pdV6

16,442 posts

290 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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No Discretion said:
I'm all for chilren/parents places....

the increased space to open their doors, means they're less likelihood of them opening their bleeding doors into my car!



Plus, as a parent of an under-one-year-old, I know that you *have* to open the door fully to get them in & out.

guttris

Original Poster:

8 posts

261 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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Thanks for the reply Ed.. although I think I am unlikely to get anyone fired as I actually did something wrong and some would deem offensive... nonetheless - great story :-)

GregE240

10,857 posts

296 months

Wednesday 22nd December 2004
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pdV6 said:

GregE240 said:
if it was a parent with child space, thats different.


You say that now...
You'll have a long wait, Pete.

hughesie2 said:

GregE240 said:

For the record, if it was a parent with child space, thats different.



As a parent and being a controversial sod, how's it different ??
Whilst I agree and understand that there should be more room around cars for parents to load and unload them, why on earth should they be closer to supermarket entrances than disabled bays?

Being a parent is a choice that two people openly take, being disabled is not.

Maybe when I'm a parent you can refer me back to this and all have a laugh at my expense, but thats how I feel.