Parking Eye(for Arsenalgirl)

[Parking Prankster]

Re: Parking Eye(for Arsenalgirl)

At southampton the mandatory entrance signs required by by Appendix B of the BPA Ltd code of practice do not conform. The lettering is far too small, the big 'p' is missing, the wording is incorrect, the sign is positioned such the a driver with legal eyesight cannot read it without moving their eyes more than 10% from the road, group '1' and '2' fonts are the same size and the colouring chosen, back on yellow is extremely close to the colouring used as an example of 'difficult to read' (blue on yellow). That should be enough for POPLA to throw out due to signage irregularities, but also add the usual stuff such as contract with landowner not compliant with BPA Ltd code of practice 7.1 and 7.2 and charge not true pre-estimate of loss as per BPA Ltd CoP 19.5. True pre estimate of loss at Southampton is £5.20 (£2.20 parking, £2.50 DVLA, 60p postage)

[bluebottle]

Re: Parking Eye(for Arsenalgirl)

At southampton the mandatory entrance signs required by by Appendix B of the BPA Ltd code of practice do not conform. The lettering is far too small, the big 'p' is missing, the wording is incorrect, the sign is positioned such the a driver with legal eyesight cannot read it without moving their eyes more than 10% from the road, group '1' and '2' fonts are the same size and the colouring chosen, back on yellow is extremely close to the colouring used as an example of 'difficult to read' (blue on yellow). That should be enough for POPLA to throw out due to signage irregularities, but also add the usual stuff such as contract with landowner not compliant with BPA Ltd code of practice 7.1 and 7.2 and charge not true pre-estimate of loss as per BPA Ltd CoP 19.5. True pre estimate of loss at Southampton is £5.20 (£2.20 parking, £2.50 DVLA, 60p postage)

Which would make anything over and above the £5.20 an unlawful and unenforceable penalty. In extreme cases of bullying by PPCs, you could turn this round on PPCs who try to extort more than the law allows them to claim and threaten them and their DCAs with legal action or have any claim they try to bring in the civil courts struck-out as an abuse of process. Ultimately, the only way the private parking industry is going to be brought to heel is for the courts to start closing them down and, eventualy, close the BPA down in the public interest. DVLA has blocked a number of PPCs from having access to its databases.