tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64103538785737554002024-03-13T05:01:36.591-07:00Howard Bigot-Johnson's Nightmare World Of Parking Fines ( Not To Mention Bizarre World Of Bridge )A 'Must Read' blog for all motorists currently being shafted by morally bankrupt private car parking companies as well as aspiring players and addicts of the game Bridge.Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.comBlogger2446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-30545338176358835632021-01-20T15:58:00.010-08:002021-01-21T05:22:08.850-08:00<p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">BIGOT JOHNSON FINDS A NEW AND EXCITING WAY TO SHAFT CORRUPT MONEY GRAPPING SCUM-OF-THE EARTH PRIVATELY RUN PARKING COMPANIES</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">True to form Bigot-Johnson has never given up on getting his own back on these scamming bastards. His latest caper involves entering a private car park after a quick change of the number plates at the entrance , with ones that depict seven letters arranged in the following order " F U C K Y O U " ......simply for the benefit of the camera. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Parking the car for a minimum period of 20 minutes he then drives off without payment, remembering of course to replace the original number plates before taking the vehicle back onto the road.The parking company of course has no way of tracing ownership of the car , let alone having any chance of being able to impose a nasty PNC on the anonymous driver.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But is Bigot allowed under the Road Traffic Act to do this ? I think he is as the Act stipulates the regulations ( including the need to display the log book's number plate details) apply only to those who use a car on a road or when visiting a public place. A private car park is neither a road nor public place so therefore it is correct to assume that the regulations do not apply. When has anyone ever seen a formula 1 car or racing go-kart display a number plate ? Not me or certainly not Bigot. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-19837164168784144372019-02-21T10:42:00.002-08:002019-02-26T11:51:19.232-08:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>R v BIGOT-JOHNSON (2018)</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>( This landmark case involved numerous incidents of criminal damage , carried out in the dead of night by the accused , to the ticket machines and cameras used by private car parking companies . Bigot of course elected to conduct his own defence.)</i></span><br />
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</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Counsel for the prosecution (CP):</b> Your Honour.....this man is on a crusade to punish all private car parking companies that have issued him with PCNs for breaching their terms and conditions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Where's the evidence ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP ;</b> Well, on one occasion a CCTV camera caught Bigot leaving the Excel's roof-top car park in Sheffield carrying what look to be a paint-ball gun. Minutes earlier the camera had been taken out of action with paint squirted onto the lens. One can only conclude that Bigot was the culprit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Pure conjecture based on flimsy circumstantial evidence. I'll have you know that it is impossible to recognise anybody wearing a balaclava hat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> How do you know the culprit was wearing a balaclavea hat ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Just guessing.......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Moreover .....all the ticket machines had super-fast hardening foam injected into them via the coin slots , which rendered them permanently out of action......plus the fact that all the buttons on the machines had been sprayed with black paint . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Now who the hell would do a such thing like that ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP : </b> People like you who bear a real grudge against private car park operators.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Where's the evidence for that accusation ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Well......when the police came knocking on the your door you answered it ......with traces of black paint on your clothing .....and there...... in the hallway inside a bag was a half-used can of spray foam nestling alongside a paint-ball gun and a balaclava hat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Co-incidence upon co-incidence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Ah....... but the real give-away was a map flagging up several of the city's car-park locations with dates designated for when the attacks were to take place, The date and time marked out for the roof-top car park co-incided exactly with reported date and time of the incident. Indeed , all these listed car-parks had over the years issued you with dozens of PCNs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Yes .....but thousands of other unfortunate and angry motorists like me could also qualify as potential suspects </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Might I add that all this circumstantial evidence does seem to be stacking up against you Bigot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b>Too true......but the jury thank God will need the prosecution to prove that I am guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.....and circumstantial evidence alone cannot do that</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> I agree with you entirely.....and I shall therefore direct the jury to find you not guilty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Thank you ....thank you.....and oh.... by the way..... are there any car park operators you would like to see pay the price for extorting money from innocent motorists ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Well ......leave that one with me....... and I'll contact you later......</span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-10325651689540741442018-07-16T22:54:00.000-07:002018-07-17T23:06:21.155-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>INCORRECT CAR REGISTRATION : IT CAN'T BE BREACH OF CONTRACT ONLY AN ACT OF INNOCENT MISREPRESENTATION</i></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The precise moment when a motorist keys in incorrect car registration details<b> the contract has not yet been formed.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indeed , by changing his/her mind a split-second later the motorist could simply walk away free from any contractual obligations</span>.</li>
<li><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The acceptance has not taken place</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> since this requires money to be placed into the machine , with the issue of a ticket serving as proof of completion.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keying in incorrect information is therefore not a breach of contract .<b> It is simply a case of not fulfilling a pre-condition of the offer </b>, which in normal circumstances would cause the offer to lapse.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The keying-in requirement is not part of any contractual performance on which breach of contract can be alleged. It is part of the process leading up to the formation of the contract , being a request for specific information.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Therefore <b>the motorist is only guilty of innocent misrepresentaion </b>which means (a) the basis of the claim is wrong and (b) damages awarded can be no more than the loss incurred ( which is situations like these is always zero ) </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In contract law <b>an offer</b> has to be in existence at the time <b>the acceptance </b>is made. Moreover the acceptance has to be <b>unconditional</b> for a contract to be concluded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However there are many reasons which can bring about the <b>l</b></span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">apse of an offer</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. One of course is a counter-offer / conditional acceptance. Another is when attached to the offer is a <b>pre-condition</b> which has to be fulfilled for the offer to still stand when a purported acceptance is made.<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="font-size: large;">If the pre-condition has not been met then the offer ceases to exist.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So let's see how this rules apply to parking contracts. These morally bankrupt scammers are keen to state that in the offer there is a pre-condition that correct licence plate details must be entered into the machine in order to proceed with making a contract. When this doesn't happen because of entry mistakes the offer has automatically lapsed. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However , the motorist by inadvertantly entering incorrect details is now deemed to be making an offer in his/her own right. The machine of course accepts this offer since it has not been programmed to reject incorrect information. Proof of acceptance of course is when money is taken ( not refundable ) and a ticket is issued , which cannot be anything else but valid. </span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-3399095166064771182018-07-10T10:28:00.002-07:002019-11-02T15:21:07.416-07:00<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">INCORRECT CAR REGISTRATION : USEFUL CASE LAW TO KNOW</span></i></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Held : The offer to sell the machine on terms provided by Butler was destroyed by the counter-offer made by Ex-Cell-O . Therefore the price-variation clause was not part of the contract. Indeed,the contract was concluded on Ex-Cell-O's terms since Butler signed the acknowledgement slip accepting these terms.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So when there is a battle ( of the forms ) whereby each party submits their own terms THE LAST SHOT rule applies, which means a contract is concluded on the terms submitted by the party WHO IS LAST to communicate those terms before performance of the contract commences.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">The ticket machine constituted an offer. This offer contained a term stipulating that the full licence plate details need to be keyed into the machine. By varying this term and only keying partial or incorrect details , a counter offer has taken place.</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Since the machine was not programmed to reject any counter offer, acceptance went ahead the moment the machine took and accepted the money.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">This analysis of the parking contract is the equivalent of the battle of the forms. </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>But what if this defence doesn't work ?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Well , proceed along these lines. If the ticket is indeed declared invalid ( for the car driven into the car park ) , then having an invalid ticket is the same as having NO TICKET AT ALL. Therefore by not having a ticket , it would seem logical to assume that no payment has been made for parking the car recorded by the AVPC system. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>This means the PCN is based on an erroneous claim. The violation should have stated " non-payment " as opposed to " displaying an invalid ticket ". This makes the civil wrong one of trespass , in which case damages can be nothing more than nominal.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>However, the reality is there has been no loss of income , <i>because a tariff had been paid for a car which didn't enter the car park and use up a parking bay</i>. The company therefore was never out of pocket as a consequence of this administrative mistake.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Bigot was at it again. Entering a very busy shopping precinct car park managed by infamous Gotcha Parking Services , he noticed an empty bay which had the added benefit of a shelter. Not surprisingly he seized this golden opportunity to park up , only to receive a PCN several days later for contravening the company's terms and conditions. This area was supposedly reserved for trollies and was therefore out of bounds. Parking in an unauthorised area </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Counsel for the plaintiff :</b> <i> </i>This case your Honour has to be the most open and shut case ever. His blatant disregard for the company's terms and conditions beggars belief. His outrageous behaviour represented a grotesque mistchief, causing havoc to all the other car paark users looking for places to find and return their trollies.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't recall breaking any rules</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Well....... what did the signage say ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> The board by the ticket machine did mention parking restrictions in bays designated for blue badge holders and disabled people. And yes.... mention was also made of other out-of-bounds areas designated for taxi-ranks and delivery vehicles. In addition to that there were markings on the tarmac which clearly indicated other no-go areas......but the bay under the shelter was neither mentioned in the signage or marked out as a restricted area. So the truth is obvious...... their </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">terms and conditions did not include restrictions concerning these sheltered bays. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP : </b>The man was a fool not to recognise these covered spaces were there for trolly pick-ups and drop-offs. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> I saw no trollies at all in the one I parked my car in....... so I naturally assumed the space was open for use as a parking bay ...... : with a quirky shelter thrown in for good measure. Motorists need to shelter their cars when flocks of pigeons are about....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> This man knew what excactly mischief he was up to.......he flouted the rules</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge : </b>Your client brings thousands of cases to court relying on the terms and conditions to allege petty.... sometimes spurious.... breaches. But if there is no term.....whether by oversight or omission.... there can be no breach. Since Bigot had not been made aware that his slick and crafty behaviour represented a violation he was free to do what he did</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> How can you believe Bigot....he's a complete lunatic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge : </b>Or someone just off his trolly....... so to speak</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> That may be so.....but common sense and sanity will be the basis on which my decision will be made...........therefore the case is dismissed</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-55668707348153119012018-07-02T16:44:00.003-07:002022-02-02T00:12:24.598-08:00<b><i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">DEFINITION OF PARKING</span></i></b><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Council for the plaintiff (CP) : </b>The photographic evidence clearly shows Bigot's vehicle parked up in a bay. Moreover it was an electric battery-powered motor which the driver had ......by his own admission....... guided into and out of the car park. Despite its extremely small size it took up a valuable parking space depriving other motorists from accessing this bay during a very busy shopping period . A ticket had not been purchased .......a clear breach of the company's terms and conditions.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>B-J :</b> Firstly, your Honour......the car park was only half full. Secondly, it was not restricting other motorists from using this bay. Thirdly...... " parking "... as I understand it..... means there must be a driver inside the car in order to vacate it in pursuit of a task outside the vehicle , which was the purpose of the visit. But in my case the radio controlled car was merely waiting a few minutes while I decided what its next manoeuvres were going to be.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>B-J :</b> Not so.....just like taxi drivers who enter and exit the site they simply stop for a few minutes so people can be dropped off or collected. They are not parking their vehicles.....they are just waiting around for a few minutes before starting off on a new call and another journey. My vehicle<i> too</i> was in the process of waiting up before continuing its next journey.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Judge :</b> And what journey was that ?</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>B-J : </b> A visit to other car parks and to wait up one of their empty bays.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Judge : </b>And did you receive any more PCNs ?</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>B-J :</b> Sack loads......none of which I intend to pay</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Judge :</b> Quite right......bringing this type of claim is an outrage taking up precious court time. No loss has been incurred whatsoever, The demand for money therefore is both vindictive and extortionate. Judgement for the defendant. </span></div>
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Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-4949678740052612632018-07-01T00:56:00.002-07:002018-07-09T06:33:44.138-07:00<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>INCORRECT CAR REGISTRATION</i></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>EXCEL AT SCAMMING v BIGOT-JOHNSON (2018)</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Bigot had decided once again to push Excel into taking him to court so that he could flag up another successful defence for other motorists to use when scammed for entering incorrect car registration details into the ticket machine. His efforts were not in vain.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> <i> </i>Do you accept that I made a mistake by entering the registration details of my other car ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Excel :</b> You sure did........that's how we tracked down your address </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> So you sent me a PCN was claiming I had an invalid ticket for the car I parked up ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Excel :</b> You sure did and that's why we're out to shaft you good and proper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b> And this invalid ticket was non-transferable and could not be used for any other car including the one I arrived in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Excel :</b> Correct.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> But surely the ticket I bought was valid for the car I had left at home ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Excel :</b> Yes ....of course......but that wasn't the car you used to park up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b>I agree......but the reality is that no ticket had been purchased for the car I arrived in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Excel :</b> No......I guess not......... your ticket was invalid</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Oh...... but I thought we had established that the ticket I purchased was valid for the car I left at home....and that I failed to buy a ticket for the car I used to park up ...... which means your claim against me needed to be based on non-payment...... rather than this nonsense of having an invalid ticket </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Excel :</b> But the ticket was invalid for the car caught on camera</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> No the ticket was valid for some other car......the car on the camera was not paid for and therefore I parked up without a ticket.......but since I had paid money for a car which hadn't used up a bay..... that income more than covered the non-payment......so all in all my transgression never cost Excel at penny</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Nice argument.....which I feel obliged to accept if only on the grounds of natural justice . Case dismissed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Excel :</b> This is not on.....Bigot's actions need to be penalised</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> As I see it the purpose of your parking terms and conditions on motorists should not be to penalise those who make genuine mistakes. The purpose ought to be to stop motorists from undermining the effective management of a busy car park in order to maximise the use of limited spaces , and to secure the full tariff revenue for periods of time motorists have stayed. It is obvious to any parking company that many people will continue to make genuine errors regarding their vehicle registrations. Discretion needs to be applied. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To make Bigot pay a penalty charge in addition to the payment he had already made is absurdly repugnant to both common sense and natural justice.</span><br />
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Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-69693533212678991302018-06-29T02:29:00.003-07:002018-07-01T15:52:29.457-07:00<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">NASTY PCNs : PRIVATE PARKING COMPANIES' MONSTROUS</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> LIES </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Firstly these fraudsters dress PCNs up to look like fines because most people see them as compulsory and unavoidable payments , the consequence of having committed a crime. The truth is these parking charges are nothing more than a claim for liquidated damages as an agreed consequence of a breach of contract , which of course is a civil law matter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rationale should always be that the sum is a genuine pre-estimate of loss , <b>which in the</b> <b>case of parking violations is never the case</b>. Losses for overstaying can be no more than the difference in tariff charges. Losses for non-payment essentially amount to the tariff charge which should have been paid. Losses for entering incorrect registration number details are zero. <b>In other words hefty parking charges should be deemed under contract law as unenforceable penalties</b> . Administration fees for chasing up drivers' address details might be a genuine loss which these companies are able to claim back , but these can be no more than £10-15. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But heaven forbid should a motorist ask for a breakdown of the liqidated damages sum. Repeated requests will be met with repeated silence. Why ? The answer is simple : companies cannot explain or justify the charge , especially when it is all about making lucrative profits. Under contract law injured parties are not allowed to make a profit from an alleged breaches of contract. Damages are meant to put the injured party back into same position as if the breach had never occured. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some sly and devious parking companies will argue that penalty charges aim to cover a tiny proportions of the operational overheads , including the tracking down of motorists' addresses and the chasing the alleged debts. As regards pay-by-the-hour parking , this argument is totally flawed and represents yet another monstrous lie. Any sensensible business would set an hourly tariff price above its hourly unit cost to create a healthy profit margin. The hourly unit cost is calculated by taking the budgeted total overheads and dividing that figure by the estimated number of hours purchased , based on expected occupancy levels. Therefore , the operational overheads have already been covered and accounted for. This means for instance any alleged breach of contract , such as a 10 minute overstay, will not incur any loss other than the £10-15 mentioned above.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">PCNs are not about compensation but pure greed for profit. A £70 parking charge demand is the equivalent of converting one tariff paying motorist into thirty. This behaviour is both obscene and immoral . So when an unwelcome and unwarranted PCN arrives through your letter box and you intend to fight it , it may be wiser to pay them £15 to cover their legitimate losses. By stating that unless they provide a detailed breakdown as to how the other £55 loss has come about as a direct consequence of the breach, this cheque should end the matter. Moreover , at this point the company is under a duty to mitigate their losses and not incur further expenditure chasing up these manifestly unreasonable and unenforceable debts .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>( However in cases where companies run car parks looking to charge overstayers who abuse the limited free parking on offer , they are entitled to use the PCN revenue to help contribute towards recovery of their operational costs. In addition to that the charge could well include a deterrent element , especially if the car park is very busy , where spaces at a premium and where traffic space maximisation has become an essential business objective. See Parking Eye v. Beavis. ) </i></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-35579804417515797432018-06-28T16:09:00.002-07:002018-07-03T01:38:58.222-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>INCORRECT REGISTRATION NUMBER : ONE POSSIBLE LINE OF DEFENCE ?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Motorists</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in their thousands get isued PCNs by these morally bankrupt private car carking companies. Why motorists need to enter car registration numbers is one question that needs to be asked , along with why they have to predict the period time they intend to stay. Having a barrier on entry which issues a ticket..... to be later entered into a machine prior to exit to determine payment avoids ( a) any need to submit car registration details and (b) any need to make an overpayment. But hey..... all this would severely undermine two very lucrative income streams.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Firstly, motorists find it difficult to predict the time needed to park up so over-estimates and over-payments are the norm. Overstayers of course are warmly welcomed by these money grabbing scammers. Moreover incorrect registration number details are also commonplace with poor unfortunate victims being hammered , even though companies incur no actual loss whatsoever when tickets have been paid for in full..... and in good faith.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Innocent and honestmistakes are made but no mercy is ever shown. Matching car registrations on the AVRC photos to whatever details have been keyed in offers no problems to these theiving rogue outfits to make a match. They know that motorists have paid for their parking spaces , but tariff revenue is not sufficient to satisfy their greed. They want to bleed motorists dry.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No sympathy, understanding or respect is ever shown to motorists who have made errors keying in their registration numbers irrespective of legitimate reasons as to why :</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - poor vision </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - small lettering on key pad buttons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - poor memory</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - key pads placed positioned so low down , users with bad backs cannot reach or</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> read</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - arthritic, weak, shakey fingers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - big bulky fingers unable to depress the right button from those in a tightly packed cluster</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - easily confused elderly drivers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - keys which are faulty or non-working</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - keys which are hard to depress fully or are too sensitive ( double clicking )</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - drivers suffering from autism </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - drivers who are dyslexic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - hard to distinguish letters/numbers on the buttons ( such as zeros and O's , Q's and O's,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> B's and 8's , ones and I's , 5's and S's.......and so on </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh yes....these innocent and honest mistakes will never be accepted as legitimate excuses , because these evil companies have nothing but contempt for their victims..... being hellbent on making obscene profits from even the most weak and vulnerable motorists .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Therefore , it is my contention that this alleged violation brings about no loss or damage whatsover to the company , which means in effect the charge is a manifestly unreasonable penalty, unenforceable in a court of law. <i>But the line of defence which does need to be researched and/or explored goes along the following lines :</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fact : the car parking ticket machine has been establish in law as " the offer "</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fact : the offer comes with "a pre-condition " that the correct registration number must be </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">entered into the machine prior to paying</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fact : by inadvertantly failing to meet this pre-condition , the offeree is making a term of his own </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fact : by placing a variation on the car registration details , the purported acceptance has</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> become by default " a conditional acceptance "</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fact : a conditional acceptance is nothing more than " a counter-offer " ( which the machine will not reject since it is programmed never</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to question or query the data input ) </b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fact : so when the machine accepts the information submitted along with the payment , acceptance of the counter-offer</b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> now takes place when the ticket is duly issued</b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Conclusion: this of course makes the ticket valid</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>In other words... this scenario is the parking equivalent of " the battle of the forms ".</b> So please add this line of defence to any others you may want to use in order to avoid being fleeced by these highway robbers. Your best bet is to take note of many excellent template defences available on tthe internet , details of which might well apply to your situation. Don't go to court relying on a single defence. Hit the bastards with everything, you've got....... including the defence above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-27280835718339390942018-06-25T16:10:00.002-07:002018-07-03T01:39:08.685-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>DEFINITION OF PARKING</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><i style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"> GOTCHA PARKING SERVICES v. BIGOT-JOHNSON (2018)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Bigot was now looking to rattle a few more cages belonging to these notorious private parking companies. Needless to say his latest stunt brought about another unwarranted PCN . which of course Bigot refused to pay. His day in court had arrived and the scene was set for another triumph to savour and relish.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Counsel for the plaintiff (CP): </b>This devious reprobate .....this nasty spiteful litte man had the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">blatant audacity to enter the car park ........only to leave his car there all day without paying for a ticket. Consequently , my client was seriously out of pocket. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b>Yes....I didn't pay for a ticket...... because no way was I parked up on his site for even a single minute.<br /><b>CP :</b> Your honour the car was first photographed entering the car park at 8-45 am and then on leaving the site at 6-40pm. Total parking time........ 9 hours 55 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> My car.....your Honour ......was not parked up at all if one looks at the strict mean of the term " parking ". Parking involves bringing a vehicle that one is driving to a halt , leaving it temporarily and typically in a designated bay or car parking area for a specific period of time. To be in a designated bay the car has to be on the ground in order to occupy it. In my case none of these requirements were present.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> I'm perplexed......please explain</span><br />
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UR962B3C36Y/WzI9mk_hG4I/AAAAAAAACbE/YgIK94OTt9Es5_rpylN8oR_BYqUO0JfigCLcBGAs/s1600/cen_riskyballooning_01-727x311%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="727" height="136" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UR962B3C36Y/WzI9mk_hG4I/AAAAAAAACbE/YgIK94OTt9Es5_rpylN8oR_BYqUO0JfigCLcBGAs/s320/cen_riskyballooning_01-727x311%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b>Firstly , on entering the site I allowed my three passengers to disembark the vehicle before inflating a huge balloon which was attached to the roof of the car. This balloon eventually lifted the car into the air. A rope from the car had been attached to a metal fence so as to anchor the car in fixed raised position , 30 feet up from a parking bay and several metres away from the fence.<b> So at no time was I parked up in a bay........just simply hovering above it. Moreover the car was constantly moving to and fro in the air, whilst I remained inside. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Ah....you were still in effect on the site..... which surely to God includes the ground below and the air space above.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Yes.....but by using the air space above and having no contact with the ground.....the vehicle in question had ceased to be a car ........indeed it had been converted into an air balloon </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP: </b>This is ridiculous.......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge : </b>And so is your claim against BIgot.....without proof of actual parking.....there is no merit in this claim.....case dismissed.</span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-84134775396834123822018-06-15T10:09:00.000-07:002018-07-03T01:39:34.208-07:00<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>INTERPRETATION OF CAR PARKING SIGNAGE</i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">GOTCHA PARKING SERVICES v. BIGOT-JOHNSON (2018)</span></i></b><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another day. Another wretched money grabbing private parking company. Another PCN.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And another day in court for the intrepid Bigot-Johnson who was prepared yet again to humiliate these corporate arseholes for all the world to laugh at and smile.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Counsel for the plaintiff: </b>Your honour.......it is an undisputed fact that Bigot parked his 2 seater car without paying for a ticket. This type of criminal behaviour needs to be stamped out immediately using the full force of the law to do so. How else can my client earnan honest living.....a crust to feed his family? There was a total failure of consideration which in my mind justifies the imposition of a £100 fine. How else can this mischief be stopped ? If my client loses this case..... all bloody motorists will be at it in their tiny little cars.... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Is this true Bigot......... that you deliberately chose not to pay ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Hold on.......that can't be right ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Well......nothing on the signage says that this space saving manouevre wasn't an option. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A bay was paid for in full.... so therefore the company can't complain of any loss of income.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> No.....it has to be one ticket per car...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> I'm afraid that is not the case.....it's one ticket per bay......and until you change your signage we shall continue to double up so to speak</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Yes.....small is beautiful without a doubt and I must say how much </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I admire your cheek and creative thinking. Case dismissed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-2256386528471389342018-06-09T08:30:00.004-07:002018-07-03T01:39:56.963-07:00<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>INTERPRETATION OF CAR PARKING SIGNAGE</i></b></span> </span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Bigot was livid when Excel had decided to narrow the bays in order to squeeze in more parking spaces. By doing so the company was encouraging motorists to park outside the lines or risk being unable to open the car doors fully. But Bigot had other ideas. Once parked up , he enlisted the help of other sympathetic motorists</i></span><i> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to heave the car over onto its side This way the car was well inside the designated parking area, but Excel were having none of it. </span></i><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">They issued Bigot with a PCN for parking a vehicle in an illegal fashion, not in accordance with its rules. As expected the dispute went to court. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">evidence......Bigot had parked his car in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an improper fashion , contrary to the terms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and conditions ....all of which were clearly displayed on the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">company's giant noticeboard sited right </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">beside the ticket machine. The man is a nuisance and a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bloody menace.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> I strongly object to the use of the word "bloody"</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">......it's an unwarranted expletive ...a </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">term which should not be used in a court of law</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> I agree.......but you're happy with the two labels " nuisance " and " menace "</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b>Yes indeed....the fact that the company sees me in this way is truly wonderful......but nowhere in the signage does it say that vehicles have to be parked up on four wheels. The use of the word " improper " implies many things but not when a car is parked in such a way as to give motorists , who might park in either of the adjoining bays, the maximum space possible to enable all 4 doors to open fully........so they can exit and re-enter their cars in an easy and comfortable way.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> I admire your altruistic attitude and the sacrifice you have gone to to provide a more pleasurable parking experience for the users of this site. I myself drive a Hummer .....which I might add is a bummer of a vehicle to park ........even in sites which provide generous spaces. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Deliberately narrowing the bays smacks of selfishness and vindictive greed. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Case dismissed.......claimant to pay all costs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP : </b>I protest.....Execl's boss is going to have my guts for garters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Oh dear..........but that's life when you choose to represent and work for intolerant , unsympathetic and nasty organisations like private oparking companies. Good day to you sir. And Bigot.....how about meeting up with me ( and Sir Greg Knight ) for a pub lunch and pint at the usual watering hole ? It's my turn to pay.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Yes.....looking forward to it.......see you both soon</span><br />
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Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-63862456468747170032018-06-04T15:59:00.003-07:002018-06-27T00:02:36.011-07:00<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">THE GREAT PCN RACKET : FAT CAT EXECUTIVES </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">REVEAL THE SHOCKING TRUTH IN </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A MOST ASTONISHING PHONE CALL CONFESSION </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Hi Simon.....how's things ? Still making shit loads of money ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Oh yes........motorists in general are like lambs to the slaughter. The great majority </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> fall victims to all our well conceived scams....</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...paying the fines without a whimper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- The numpties </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Yeah but we still get the few stubborn ones who refuse to roll over ......quite prepared to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> fight us all the way</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Then nerve of these people........depriving us of " fines " which help pay for the bread on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> our table......along with the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">luxury yachts for us to enjoy extended mediterranean holidays </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Too true....so our only course of action is to take these buggers to court come what</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> may.....just to make them quirm and suffer throughout the long protracted process</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Absolutely.....but doesn't it piss you off that these unwavering sods often win their</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> cases in court ? It makes me wonder why we bother with these arseholes ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Off course we bother. I don't give a damn about these unfortunate outcomes. <b>The fact of</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <b>the matter is that county court judgements are not binding and never will be.</b> So we </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> can </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">keep hammering </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">away until we find a judge who hates motorists more than us. What </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> really matters is that </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">we must never </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">give up on harassing , intimidating </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and threatening </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> these toe-rags, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> What is a few thousand down the pan in relation to the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hundreds </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">thousands we rake in from the compliant</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> majority. This great and monstrous bluff must </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> be kept in place....... and taking non-payers to court does just that. Motorists need to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> know.......at all times.... that we will </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">never give up on demanding our pound of flesh </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- I agree..... we cannot afford to throw our hand in.....and expose the bluff. God forbid such</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> an insane act. We have the financial clout to hire the best lawyers and take cases to any</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> appeal court and beyond. Look what happened to Beavis.....when good </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lawyers were </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Yeah......Parking Eye shafted him good and proper ......charging him £85 for over-staying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in a car park which offered its customers 2-3 hours of free parking......bloody amazing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Yes.....what a racket we're in.....especially when one considers that most motorists </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> understay.....which more than compensates for the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">isolated incidence of an over-stay. No</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> negative impact there as regards the so-called traffic space </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">maximisation objective</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Well got to go now.......thousands more PCNs to send out these week.....so I need to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> recruit more staff today</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Bye now.....I'm off shopping for another top-of-the range Merc to add to my collection</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Good luck with that SImon....bye</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-85251478666306930412018-05-31T06:01:00.003-07:002018-05-31T23:33:19.806-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>PRIVATE PARKING FIRM GETS EGG ON ITS FACE AS IT LOSES A HIGH PROFILE CASE IN COURT : A VICTORY FOR PUNCTUATION</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mrs Cammelleri's discovered to her horror that her car had been impounded for overtime parking. So would a tiny grammatical oversight be enough to save her from paying the fine ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The offence she was alleged to have committed was a breach of a West Jefferson village parking ordinance , which stated it was illegal to park " any motor</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> vehicle camper, trailer , farm implement and/or non-motorised vehicle " on a street for more than 24 hours. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All bases covered ?. Well may be not.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her defence was that her car wasn't a " motor vehicle camper ". Infact it appears that <i>motor vehicles</i> were not included in the list and therefore by deduction were exempt from the one day restriction.The municipal office were quick to point out that the grammatical error was inadvertant , and that it was obvious to everyone what the list set out to include. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the bench trial the case went against her. The judge declared that " anyone reading the ordinance would recognise the fact that a comma was clearly missing , and that motor vehicles were therefore included in the list......along with campers " </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But undeterred she appealed to the Twelfth Appellate District of Ohio. Here, the three higher ranked judges held that there was ambiguity in the ordinance as it was written. Consequently , the claim for the $120 fine was dismissed. According to grammer rules , items in a series must be separated by commas. The judges concluded that reading "motor vehicle camper " </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as one item did not produce an absurd result. If the village desired a different reading ( one to distiguish motor vehicles from campers ) then a comma should have been inserted.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indeed in English law a car parking company can also be hoisted on the horns of its own petard through bad or inadequate wording on its signage. Ambiguity may well invoke the contra proferentem rule , which will often come to the aid of the weaker put-upon party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-72983407691478176392018-05-21T23:23:00.002-07:002018-05-30T09:50:09.902-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>PARKING FINES : WHY NOT TURN THEM INTO SCRATCH CARDS ?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Private parking companies could do no worse than change the existing <i>albeit</i> dreaded PCNs into something motorists would welcome and accept : new and exciting <b>PCN scratchcards.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These would state what the parking violation was, along with the parking charge to be paid. However, now there would be on offer three alternative options , one of which lies under the grey coated area to be scratched off...... should the motorists be prepared to gamble. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Option 1. Pay double 50 % chance</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Option 2 Paying nothing 40 % chance</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Option 3 We pay you the parking charge 10 % chance</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The PCN scratchcard has to be returned to the company within 14 days or face a much stiffer parking charge and court proceedings. If an unscratched PCN card is returned by letter , inside must be the payment for the original fine. If the scratched PCN card has revealed the <i>pay double </i>fine , a much more welcome cheque of course needs to accompany it. Any motorist who sends in a winning PCN must remember to provide details of his/her bank account so that the payment can be made straightaway. Happy days indeed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All this will bring fun and excitement to motorists who previously viewed PCNs with hatred, anger and contempt. The adrenalin will start flowing the moment the scratching takes place. The prospect of getting off scott free or perhaps even winning will be tantalisingly irresistible. The reality of having those expectations met will bring unbridled joy into a situation so often associated with doom and gloom .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This innovative concept could make the proposed new parking bill an irrelevancy with motorists for the first time ever more than happy to pick up PCNs.</span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-63513232538491871302018-05-19T15:05:00.000-07:002018-05-23T14:19:30.100-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>WHY DO PRIVATE PARKING COMPANIES TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH UTTER CONTEMPT</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It beggars belief that some companies like Parking Eye and Excel go out of their way to treat their customers like shit. Their business model is based on obtaining money by fraud , seizing upon the slightest transgressions with pernicious bullying tactics , relying on victim's apathy or lack of funding to fight back. They never listen to reason or legitimate excuses . Their unforgiving and aggressive attitude towards motorists is breathtaking in its zealous and ruthless pursuit of lucrative profits.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whereas most businesses promote customer care as one of its core mission statement objectives, private parking companies choose to have a hidden agenda to " screw the bastards " </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">anyway they can. Whatever happened to showing customers a little bit of sympathy and respect ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These modern day highway robbers go out of their way to make life difficult , awkward and miserable for the motorists. Everything they do smacks of deliberate entrapment to lead their customers astray.......to make mistakes .......and then hit them with the threats , intimidation and harassment to pay these deviously engineered <i>albeit </i>bogus fines.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They are completely unhelpful in the extreme. Requests for information and/or explanations</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are treated with contempt. Do they provide sticky-back tickets which adhere to the dashboard ? No. Do they choose to have a set up where payment for tickets is on exit ( not entry ) ? No. Do they allow overstayers to pay the extra on return to the car park ? Like hell they do. These are firms which have mind sets like a cruel sadistic tyrants. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Name me one other company that " fines" its customers. Yes , customers may be asked to leave or be blacklisted. They will often be given warnings first about unacceptable behaviour. Many might well be chased for non-payment of goods and services , but in the main customers are valued because building up a strong customer base is essential if businesses are to survive in a world of highly competitive markets .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So why do private parking companies treat their customers with such contempt ? Well in many cases they have a captive market with parking spaces being at a premium. Demand will often outrun supply, and therefore if car parks are busy then it seems there is no need whatsoever to envourage repeat custom. In other cases what does it matter if a car park is only half full. Clobbering just one unsuspecting motorist earns the same revenue as 50 paying ones. This racket has almost become a licence to print money. Customers are like sitting ducks......fish in a barrel......there to be shot at time and time again.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The<i> welcome</i> sign ....such irony....always prominently displayed outside the car park ...is modelled on the " welcome to my den said the spider to the fly " scenario , or on Hannibal Lector's invitation " let me make <i>you</i> dinner tonight ". Motorists are never viewed as customers but victims on which to feast.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-72087213420575664742018-05-19T02:23:00.001-07:002018-07-03T01:42:56.959-07:00<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>INTERPRETATION OF CAR PARKING SIGNAGE</b></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Counsel for the plaintiff (CP) :</b> As you can see your honour from this aerial photograph Bigot's car tyre was touching the white line .....contrary to the terms and conditions he agreed to abide by....... when he entered the contract of his own free choice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> To park the car "within " the the lines...........</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which in simple language means <i>inside</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CP : Well , this offence amounts to using up two bays......which in simple language means double parking.......a mischief which can cost the company a great deal of money in lost revenue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Yes......this could be the case if the car park is exceptionally busy with waiting motorists desperately looking out for available spaces.....but your photo clearly demonstrates that the parking lot was empty.......hence no mischief done</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b> And the damage to revenue is what ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Er.....er.....I can't say exactly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Well ......it seems to me that your relentless pursuit to shaft Bigot in court is nothing more than indulging in pernicious bullying tactics......and yes there has a breach but only on a petty technicality , which suggests nominal damages of £1.....with all costs of course to be met by the claimant. Case dismissed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> Yes....on reflection I do.....change that to one penny</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Your honour I am eternally grateful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Couldn't be better........it's amazing how so many motorists pay up without a whimper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- I know....I know.......why the other day we nailed a confused old man who drove into our</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> one and leaving. Needless to say we banged him a ticket and the silly old fool paid up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> having never actually parked his car</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Well......beat this .....we issued a PCN to a guy who bought a ticket and displayed it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on the dashboard as instructed.......trouble was the hot sun caused the ticket to curl up so</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> much so..... our rottweiler attendant... with an IQ well below 60..... couldn't read it. The </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> awkward bugger put in an appeal but our inside man at POPLA told him the fine still had </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to be paid.....and hey presto a cheque for £100 was duly paid </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- The sucker</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- The sap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Yes we could go on for ages with these wonderful stories of how motorists get taken </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for a ride........but I am worried about this new Parking Bill that could become law within </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Don't worry .....parliament will still give us enough leeway to carry on screwing motorists</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> left, right and centre. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With parking spaces at a premium we can always resort to doubling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> the hourly charges....</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and let's face it by making motorists pay on entry based on their </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> wildly optimistic predictions of what time they might need.....there will be vast numbers of </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> unmanned......it's like shhooting fish in a barrel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- So good of you to reassure me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- It's a pleasure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Going any way nice this year ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Oh yes......just bought a million pound yacht to cruise around the mediterrean</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Well .....have a good time....bye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Parking firms have continued to keep up the pretence that fines can be imposed upon motorists who fail to abide by their terms and conditions. " Fines " carry the connotation of criminal liability warranting compulsory payment. Such a devious and cunning ploy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However all alleged contractual breaches are simply and purely a civil matter , which mean that parking firms can only put in claims for liquidated damages . And as the law still stands today these claims must be a genuine pre-estimate of the loss suffered as a direct result of the breach. The only exception being overstaying in a busy site where the only income for the operator comes from parking charges , which can in certain circumstances embody a deterrent component ( see Parking Eye v Beavis )</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In pay-by-the-hour car parks which on most occasions are rarely full any liqidated damages claimed for breach of contract are still subject to existing Consumer Law regulations , along with many general principles established in Contract Law precedents.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of these is that the injured party cannot make a profit from a alleged breach of contract, since the liqidated damages claimed must be based on a genuine pre-estimate of the loss. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All this is perfectly fair and fine. Contract damages are meant to be compensatory. They cannot be wildl over-the-top estimates. Pre-determined damages cannot be set at an amount that will put the injured party in a better position after the breach , than the party would be in if all the contractual terms had been performed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So how in God's name can a fixed sum parking charge of £100 be a genuine pre-estimate of a loss , when a serious breach of a term carries the same punitive consequences as a minor and petty breach. How can a five minute overstay give rise to the same claim for damages as a 5 hour overstay. How can a £100 demand for compensation be genuine when the breach , such as failure to display correctly paid-for ticket, causes no loss of income to the parking firm whatsoever. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But now let's look at the real lie and total lack of genuineness in their estimate of their losses. Usually they kick off with a standard £70 PCN. Is this genuine ? I think not. By offering a £30 discount for prompt payment suggests otherwise given that £40 is beginning to approach the correct estimate. Motorists who send in say a cheque for £15 to cover alleged losses often don't get chased up for the rest. Why ? Well firstly , the company may still have made a profit out of the scam , and secondly the motorist could argue ( quite successfully in court ) the duty imposed upon firms to mitigate their losses has surely been achieved by this appropriate and fair payment.. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Private parking firms will no doubt continue to flout the law with utter contempt. Never ones to willingly mitigate their losses , they prefer to compound and esculate them with the help of dodgy debt collection agencies. They continue to find ways to deceive and entrap motorists into making mistakes. They resort to countless scams to boost their already obscene profits. They act without sympathy , compassion and forgiveness. They muscle in on supermarket sites on the pretext of resolving a traffic flow problem ,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> which probably never existed in the first place. All part of a ruthless business model to exploit the thousand of motorists , who are prone to poor timekeeping and keying in incorrect car registration details. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If these morally bankrupt operators were committed to basing parking charges on genuine pre-estimates of loss , then they were be forced to adopt a sliding scale of parking charges ranging from £2 to £20.......but no more.</b> If there was ever an industry which seemingly has a licence to commit fraud , then the private parking industry stands head and shoulders above despised loan sharks and shameful big name banks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When a motorist for whatever reason keys in the wrong car registration plate details but pays the correct money either a valid contract has been entered into or not.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Car parking firms can not say in one breath a contract has been entered into but the ticket is unfortunately invalid , because if a valid contract has been entered into <b>then by definition the ticket has to be valid.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moreover , if the ticket is deemed to be invalid by failure to carry out a precondition of the offer that co</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rrect CRP details are deemed to be an essential requirement to establish an unconditional acceptance of the offer,<b> then by definition no contract has come into existence on which to allege any subsequent breach.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How private car parking firms have not been questioned in court over this curious point in law beggars belief. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bigot ,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Your blog with its outrageous articles in a disgrace. It's full of spurious allegations and wicked lies. How dare you !</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Companies like mine run a legitimate busines where we look after the majority of honest, decent , rule-abiding motorists by hammering the selfish minority who refuse to carry out their part of the contract.....which they freely entered into. If I had my way I would have all the rule breakers severely flogged as opposed to letting them off with payment of a modest and measly fine.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The undeniable fact is that these miscreant motorists seize the opportunity not to pay the fine , which causes companies like mine to spend a great deal of time and money.......making all manner of threats...... to keep the montrous bluff alive.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Why in God's name was clamping banned by parliament ? What is the world coming to when profiteering gravy trains are brought to a grinding halt ? Clamping always got the buggers to pay up without any fuss or risk of costly legal disputes. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Now that you are on our hit list you had better watch your step.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Yours spitefully and with menace,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> Simon Mega-Bucks</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-17604229565261587412018-04-03T02:35:00.003-07:002018-07-03T01:40:24.038-07:00<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i> </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> </i>We are the new boys on the block and </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> our main goal of course is to catch you</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> motorists out.</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> By using advanced big brother technology,</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and conditions the devil himself would have</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> been proud of , and ridiculously tiny parking</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> bays...........we are all set up to pounce upon</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> error-prone motorists to deluge them with </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> our new and exciting , colourfully designed,</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: red;">GO</span><span style="background-color: yellow;">TC</span><span style="background-color: lime;">HA </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: #c27ba0;">PC</span><span style="background-color: orange;">Ns</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">These money-grabbing documents should all</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> be taken in good spirit. So please regard each </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> PCN as a </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">reminder to keep promises, to avoid </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> mistakes </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">and not to stray from the straight </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> and righteous </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">path.</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> In heaven you will pay for your cock-ups here</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> on earth , but unfortunately Gotcha Parking </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Services </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">can't afford to wait. We demand </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">that</span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> you pay </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">us </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">straightway for your parking sins. </span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Patience and forgiveness are not virtues we</span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> HAPPY PARKING </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></b>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-17429751192152132822018-03-30T08:13:00.000-07:002018-07-03T10:13:13.284-07:00<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>PARKING OFFENCE : OVERSTAYING</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>EXCEL AT SCAMMING v. BIGOT -JOHNSON (2018)</i></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Low level car park. Heavy thunderstorms. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Exit impassable. Cars stuck. Overstay PCNs issued in the hundreds. Bigot adamant he wasn't going to pay. Yet another day in court.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Counsel for the plaintiff :</b> Your Honour...this</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> man....Excel's nemisis.....overstayed his 2 hour parking ticket by 27 hours and 14 minutes. His provocative behaviour and blatant defiance justifies the parking charge the company imposed upon him. Motorists like him cannot be allowed to flaunt the rules and repeatedly breach parking terms and conditions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> Allow me to point out I had returned to my car........well within the 2 hours ......only to f</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ind the car park flooded......and the exit area </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">under 4 foot of water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Come on.....get real......they was a heavy thunderstorm that day.....a few inches of water......nothing that a car couldn't overcome. You and hundreds of other drivers decided against returning to your cars because you didn't want to get your shoes wet. I have photographic evidence here .....your Honour.....that shows the depth of water in the car park barely reaching the wheel trims</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> It was a deluge.....the situation was getting worse by the minute....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP : </b> The ticket clearly stated you were to exit the car park by 3.13pm.....which you didn't</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J : </b>But the site has ceased to be car park.......it was a bloody big pond.......the terms and conditions don't apply to a pond</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> Don't be ridiculous.......it was still a car park albeit one under a few inches of water</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> But the photo shows ducks happpily swimming ........indeed the flooding was a direct result of the nearby river overflowing its banks......why I even saw one motorist sitting on top of his car catching fish with his nearly purchased rod......the whole place was awash with pond life......the site had become .....on that fateful day......part of the river</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> I've heard enough.....this subsequent and unforeseen event had clearly made it impossible for Bigot.....and hundreds of others to fulfil their contractual obligations. In other words the contracts were frustrated by the physical impossibility of getting to and driving their cars way. Case dismissed.....and what's more....... drivers who had ben bullied into paying these £100 parking charges must be immediately reimbursed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CP :</b> My client is going to ape-shit when I inform him of this ruling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>B-J :</b> That's music to my ears.........</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Judge :</b> And mine too...</span><br />
<br />Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6410353878573755400.post-28442028288659467602018-03-28T01:16:00.001-07:002018-05-31T23:37:26.879-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>PARKING FINES : SO MANY COULD BE AVOIDED IF PRIVATE PARKING COMPANIES ACTED IN A DECENT HONEST AND RESPONSIBLE WAY </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Decent honest private car parking companies operate a sensible, fair and just system to the benefit of all motorists. There is an entry barrier by which a ticket is acquired to gain access. <b>No need of any requirement to enter vehicle plate registration details. </b>There is no looking around for an available parking bay because when the car park is full the entry barrier cannot be activated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Moreover , the motorist does not have to predict what number of hours he needs to purchase. </b>Predictions are real profit generators for the company : either they are over generous which inevitable leads to overpayment , or </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">they are under-estimates leading to overstays and nasty savage PCNs. <b>Motorists are therefore on a hiding to nothing. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In respectable car parks , the motorist only has to pay for the actual time of his/her stay , by entering his ticket on his/her return into a machine which then calculates the tariff, takes the money and validates the ticket to activate the exit barrier. Beautiful , fair and involving no loss to both parties.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why this barrier system is not adopted by the parking pirates is obvious. The potential loss of revenue from saving the motorist from over-payments, overstays and miskeying in car registration details is huge. This customer-focussed system does not generate sufficient profits. Motorists are error prone and this human condition needs to be exploited , <b>Forcing them into into making bad or wild predictions , and careless mistakes when keying in car registratiuon details , is a what their evil business model is all about.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ticket systems need to be simple and fair , having the customers' interests in mind. </span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They should not be designed to exploit the motorist out of their unsatiable greed for profit. Rogue parking firms are nothing more than vindictive , ruthless, money-grabbing bastards , which I hope and pray will be brought to task when new parking law legislation comes into force.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the meantime , my advice is to overpay rather than overstay. Take great care when keying in those seven characters. Challenge each and every PCN where injustice can be established, and if feel you were in the wrong..... only pay a reasonable sum , which clearly equates to the actual loss the company could legitimately claim. </span>Howard Bigot-Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07509161617229149303noreply@blogger.com0