Private parking ticket?

[tee]

Guys, I've got a ticket from a private company in Nottingham, ignored them for ages cos I was told only the council can legally enforce parking tickets, had about 4 court threatening letters now though, what do you think?

[DavidB]

Just ignore them, don't even reply to the letters.
Here's a related thread:

www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/406364/1.html

[CIH]

Yeah it's a parking charge, not a fine, despite their best efforts to convince you otherwise.

[Soopahfly]

Unenforceable, just ignore it.

[speedy88]

I've always wondered what if they clamp your car and demand a release fee? Can they clamp without putting up clamping signs?

[akku]

Yahoo did a piece on clamping uk.cars.yahoo.com/20122010/74/re-clamped.html which you'd have seen if you followed my blog (http://akkusworld.blogspot.com/ ) LOL 'cos I linked it there a week or so back...

[Soopahfly]

Jan 6, 2011 22:17:15 GMT akku said:

Yahoo did a piece on clamping uk.cars.yahoo.com/20122010/74/re-clamped.html which you'd have seen if you followed my blog (http://akkusworld.blogspot.com/ ) LOL 'cos I linked it there a week or so back...

My dad used to like tempting the clampers in his Unimog.
I remember once coming back to it, and the clampers were there offering their yellow triangle of hate up to a wheel nut and scratching their heads.

[bstardchild]

www.pepipoo.com

or even Piston Heads

This thread is one of the better ones on PH

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=10&t=799598&mid=27951&nmt=Private%20Parking%20Ticket

[md]

i got given one by tesco once for parking in the bus stop outside, i just laughed and chucked it on the floor

[Jack]

Jan 6, 2011 23:15:13 GMT md said:

I got given one by tesco once for parking in the bus stop outside, I just laughed and chucked it on the floor

And you got fined for littering instead i hope.

[skinley]

Jan 7, 2011 9:23:23 GMT Jack said:

Jan 6, 2011 23:15:13 GMT md said:

I got given one by tesco once for parking in the bus stop outside, I just laughed and chucked it on the floor

And you got fined for littering instead I hope.

Sounds to me like the parking company left their litter on his car.
But why would you 'hope' that someone got fined for littering

[Jack]

Jan 7, 2011 9:31:37 GMT skinley said:

Jan 7, 2011 9:23:23 GMT Jack said:

And you got fined for littering instead I hope.

Sounds to me like the parking company left their litter on his car.
But why would you 'hope' that someone got fined for littering

Really?

Maybe i don't want to live in other people's filth.

[rob0r]

Funnily enough I got one from Parkingeye in the post yesterday. I overstayed over 1hr 15mins in an empty MacDonalds car park whilst I sold some car parts and had a meal. It makes me think that 1hr 15mins is an unreasonably small time limit, also I know I checked for parking enforcement fine notices in the car park since I've been caught before when I bought a car a few years ago at a different MacDonalds...

I googled parkingeye last night and so many forum threads have agreed that they can't enforce them and just ignore the letters, and that's what I plan to do.

[Copey]

i got clamped in a Morrisons once, some flimsy little thing with a tiny little padlock on with a number to call to pay the fine to get the clamp removed, a screwdriver and a hammer later no more clamp ;D

[octagonalpaul]

this made me think, is it possible to clamp a very low car, as in the arches cover part of the wheel?

[Copey]

if the arches are close enough to the tyre, probably not no

[Stu_B]

Yeah they can... www.swdubs.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=10500

[Copey]

not a member Stu

[matttt3222]

guy i work for got clamped in his porsche
when he checked they had just lent it up against the wheel and thrown the chain around the back to make it look secured as it wouldnt fit his wheels !
i did read if you remove it without damaging it,letting tyre down and pulling it off,you can get away with it
although you had to take the clamp back to the comapny or else they would try to fine you for the value of the clamp too

[Stu_B]

Guy in a low caddy got clamped. The clamper got the clamp on but it was against the arch! He was considerate enough to out a piece of old carpet in there so as not to damage the paint though...