Comments by "Bond25" (@Bond2025) on "They PCNed My Car! I disagree, of course!" video.

  1. You were lucky! My local council did this with their car park being half of the local ASDA car park. The council car park is on the left, Asda on the right, but no clear signs. There are lots and lots of random signs which you can't read easily as you get funnelled through a number of turns and pedestrian crossings! It is far too easy to go in the wrong side and be fined. If you park in the ASDA side, then ask for the receipt and tell them about your parking, they pay for it. It is an overcomplicated procedure. I was once approached by a parking warden as I stopped in a car park to collect an OAP relative. I had stopped for 30s. He said because I had "parked" I was getting a ticket, I pointed out that the engine was still running and as I was in the driver's seat, I was "driving the vehicle, but had stopped, not parked", in Law I am driving the vehicle. He then pointed at the "you must park in the indicated bays only" sign, I said that I would do if I was going to use the car park to park in and leave my car. He looked well confused, muttered something and walked off.
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  2. All the parking tickets or permits I have seen clearly state, as do disabled badges, "this must be positioned clearly the correct way up in the windscreen and be clearly visible". What would you have done if they said that although you had the permit showing on the seat, it was not as required, "on the dashboard" . I had an encounter with a Council contracted parking enforcement person that issued a ticket to a vehicle that was parked on Crown Property! The parking enforcement person had no right to come on to the property and was removed as soon as he was noticed by Security Staff and Armed Police Officers. He then called the police to report Security and the officers in attendance who said it was not public property, or public land, it was indeed Crown Property and private. Access was restricted and he was breaking various Laws by being on the property and not leaving on the instruction of armed officers. His argument was that I had crossed a paved public area to access the parking area via automatic bollards and he did not think I should be allowed to do. There were NO notices stating access was not allowed or that people with pre-arranged permission to have the bollards lower on approach were not allowed to cross a 30ft pedestrian area to reach the Crown Property Land in a vehicle. The police did try explaining this to him, but he persisted and I had to appeal it. My first letter was rejected, I actually had to obtain various letters stating the vehicle I was in was registered with the Council to lower the bollards, prove I was contracted to work at that time, pay for plans of the area from HM Land Registry and submit this all with photos and old photos from Google Earth showing there are NO signs restricting access to anyone, or any vehicle at any time. This took months to resolve and finally the Council cancelled the parking fine and said their decision, although based on the evidence I had provided and that of their own Council Staff, plus HM Land Registry, set no precedent and they would continue to ticket vehicles on this land - in the full knowledge they have no right to do so. They don't own it, have no permission to be on it and anyone going on to it can be prosecuted as it is a restricted area. I think it was 4 months from the date of the fine that I had my letter stating it was cancelled. I provided all the evidence within 2 days and it was ignored. The Council couldn't understand they didn't own every piece of Land or road and were not aware of how the bollards operated, who was able to use them for work purposes and which land their contracted staff should avoid.
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