About 10 years ago I was clamped in a hgv Warwick services. I’d packed up at 1am with a mate running with me, separate truck. We didn’t pay, fair enough.
When I woke I had a parking ticket on my windscreen and a wheelclamp. The clamp was fitted 15 minutes after the parking ticket had been issued. £350 to release.
So when I quizzed them on why, when I was in the cab, they didn’t knock and ask for the parking money their reply was “the police have told us not to. You might drive off instead of paying then you’d be driving tired”
Warra loada bull
BTW that morning we counted 11 trucks clamped.
Parking Eye belongs to Capita, who also collect the money for TV Licensing.
There’s plenty of info around about the tricks they use to catch people without
a licence even if they don’t watch or own a telly. It’s extortion.
Blue Day:
Dipper_Dave:
but a lot of these companies have been going after old cases before they hit the statute barred 6 year limit, hoping to get a default judgement as the registered keeper has moved house and won’t know anything about it till after.
I’ve heard this said before.
If true, I don’t see the point. Ok the court letters etc go to the wrong address so the defendant has no idea he’s being taken to court, but when a CCJ is awarded against him the parking company can’t get him to pay - because he doesn’t live there anymore.
if you were no longer at the adress to wich the court notice was served you can get it nullified i did it with a speeding camera fine sent to my old adress and found guilty in my absence knew nothing about it till the court bailif turned up for the fine . went to the court with proof (new licence etc ) that i had informed dvla of change of adress swore on bible answered magistrates questions convictoin and fine cancelled not heard anything since . the look on the bailifs face when i showed him the letter on his return