ParkingEye recently issued a parking ticket to a motorist
who they said had stayed almost 3 hours in a car park. They based this accusation
on pictures their ANPR had taken of the vehicle arriving and leaving.
However, the motorist had visited the car park twice, once
in the afternoon and then later in the early evening. ParkingEye’s system,
being unfit for purpose, had failed to take pictures of the first exit and
second entry.
The motorist appealed; ParkingEye responded with a
threatening letter
Luckily for the motorist, they had a tracker device in their
vehicle which showed their journey.
They informed ParkingEye they had as evidence a vehicle
tracker and two witness statements.
On receipt of this, ParkingEye had no option but to realise
their system was fatally flawed and cancel the parking charge.
The Prankster wonders how many other motorists have been
charged because bugs in ParkingEye’s system fail to record two visits. Most of
these motorists will not be fortunate enough to have a tracker in their
vehicle, and will then be up against the ParkingEye juggernaut. The Prankster
has helped many motorists in court cases where ParkingEye falsely claimed the
motorist had visited once where in fact they visited twice.
Happy Parking
The Parking Prankster
Although I have a tracker in my car, most people will also have a smart phone that will eaither use Google Location History https://maps.google.co.uk/locationhistory/b/0 or Apple Frequent Locations. I've used the former to prove against a CP Plus charge some time ago.
ReplyDelete@Parking Prankster
ReplyDeleteCan we assume that this will form part of the "tackling unfair practices" evidence you will be providing to Government?
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418725/Parking_Discussion_Paper_FINAL.pdf