bickster Posted April 27, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2021 I used to do it at Charnock Richard serices if we were taking our daughter to the Camelot Theme Park (Now defunt) which was only 220 yards away from the sneeky services exit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 27, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Paddywhack said: My dad’s received a £60 parking fine for overstaying the free 2 hours at a motorway services. They have a photo of his car entering the car park on one day and then leaving again 2-3 days later. The truth is he’s never parked there, he’s been driving through their car park to take an illegal back way off the motorway for about 35 years. I deal with these quite a bit. Can your dad prove his car was elsewhere between the three days? The ANPR cameras are totally shite I had a 3 month battle with one of these private parking companies where I could absolutely prove without doubt that the exit camera time was wrong by exactly 1 hour and 6 minutes. We had that many cases with exactly the same result every time. Any non registered car going in there must have been getting a ticket, our cars piking up residents were never more than 5 minutes. I must have amassed 50 plus tickets to appeal and won every single one of them and every time they insisted there was nothing wrong with the cameras (even though there obviously was) Anyway, if your dad can prove his car was elsewhere between the two times, they'll rescind the ticket They've got no option. They might huff and puff and push things back to you but eventually they'll give in.. I've not lost a ticket appeal yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, bickster said: I deal with these quite a bit. Can your dad prove his car was elsewhere between the three days? The ANPR cameras are totally shite I had a 3 month battle with one of these private parking companies where I could absolutely prove without doubt that the exit camera time was wrong by exactly 1 hour and 6 minutes. We had that many cases with exactly the same result every time. Any non registered car going in there must have been getting a ticket, our cars piking up residents were never more than 5 minutes. I must have amassed 50 plus tickets to appeal and won every single one of them and every time they insisted there was nothing wrong with the cameras (even though there obviously was) Anyway, if your dad can prove his car was elsewhere between the two times, they'll rescind the ticket They've got no option. They might huff and puff and push things back to you but eventually they'll give in.. I've not lost a ticket appeal yet I’ll have to ask him, but he can barely remember where he was yesterday, let alone a month ago. I sent off an appeal for him just explaining that it was two different occasions and if they check their CCTV properly they’ll see him enter and leave the services twice within a few minutes each time (...maybe dropping him in more trouble ). I’m expecting it’ll go back and forth a few times, but I’m happy to drag it out....because it’s not my fine of course haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 10 hours ago, slowandlow said: Frankley services I'd guess Thats it! Was racking my brain as to which services it was because around around 2003/4 my girlfriend of the time used to work there and used the same trick to get home to Bartley Green. Sometimes they used to block it off and it was a bugger of a journey home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted April 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2021 9 hours ago, bickster said: I deal with these quite a bit. Can your dad prove his car was elsewhere between the three days? The ANPR cameras are totally shite I had a 3 month battle with one of these private parking companies where I could absolutely prove without doubt that the exit camera time was wrong by exactly 1 hour and 6 minutes. We had that many cases with exactly the same result every time. Any non registered car going in there must have been getting a ticket, our cars piking up residents were never more than 5 minutes. I must have amassed 50 plus tickets to appeal and won every single one of them and every time they insisted there was nothing wrong with the cameras (even though there obviously was) Anyway, if your dad can prove his car was elsewhere between the two times, they'll rescind the ticket They've got no option. They might huff and puff and push things back to you but eventually they'll give in.. I've not lost a ticket appeal yet Curious what the most common route to prove this is? Do you use GPS trackers or are you reliant on CCTV from other places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Curious what the most common route to prove this is? Do you use GPS trackers or are you reliant on CCTV from other places? Well all the cars are tracked when working, so we use that plus we can prove the vehicles also had other bookings in the period between entering and supposedly leaving 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted April 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, bickster said: Well all the cars are tracked when working, so we use that plus we can prove the vehicles also had other bookings in the period between entering and supposedly leaving That would work. I'm sat here trying to figure out how I'd prove it and am a bit stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Rds1983 said: That would work. I'm sat here trying to figure out how I'd prove it and am a bit stumped. That's the problem, many people can't prove it and end up paying. It's legalised extortion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I found out this week that Big Mo out of Eastenders (old blonde haired bird) is the sister of Gary Oldman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2021 45 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I found out this week that Big Mo out of Eastenders (old blonde haired bird) is the sister of Gary Oldman! Yeah, she was in Nil by Mouth (Oldman's Directorial debut). Also (geeky fact incoming) her name is Laila Morse which is an anagram of 'mia sorella', which is 'my sister' in Italian. This was suggested by Gary as she didn't want to use the Oldman name. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted April 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 Email from my wife: "I've come to work without my phone again. Have I had any messages?" Her phone: Me: "Nah" 1 6 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I imagine that’s what my son’s phone looks like with all the messages he’s never read from me and his mum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 28, 2021 On 22/04/2021 at 09:25, villa4europe said: Mid 30s wet penny stopped it for me On 22/04/2021 at 11:02, lapal_fan said: Didn't have the moon-mister down for salad tossing, but you learn something everyday, huh? Nope. Didn't understand any of those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, BOF said: Nope. Didn't understand any of those. Go for a piss, shake shake shake... Shake shake... Shake... Shake shake shake shake... Shake shake... Zip up... Oh for **** sake... Looks like you've got a wet penny in your pocket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 21 hours ago, Paddywhack said: My dad’s received a £60 parking fine for overstaying the free 2 hours at a motorway services. They have a photo of his car entering the car park on one day and then leaving again 2-3 days later. The truth is he’s never parked there, he’s been driving through their car park to take an illegal back way off the motorway for about 35 years. It wasn't a short cut as it was a fraction longer but I used to live not too far from Leigh Delamere services on M4. Coming off at the services saved me a couple of times due to crashes and nipping off before getting caught up, and once when junction 17 was unexpectedly closed. It's a long way to 16 and back so was very grateful to get off before the junction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Paddywhack said: Email from my wife: "I've come to work without my phone again. Have I had any messages?" Her phone: Me: "Nah" Surprised she has so many text messages, does she not mainly use WhatsApp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Paddywhack said: Email from my wife: "I've come to work without my phone again. Have I had any messages?" Her phone: Me: "Nah" My unread emails are close to that - 24,739 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 28, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2021 19 minutes ago, Xela said: My unread emails are close to that - 24,739 Why not delete them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I have 1 email in my inbox. Its marked as read. I have no notifications unread. It would drive me crazy to have 1, let alone thousands. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 28, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 28, 2021 43 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Why not delete them? It's a proper mission tbh. I spent a couple of hours the other weekend doing just that and I only had about 8K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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