anybody watching this?
Disgusting how councils are dealing with parking tickets.
this is the jist of what happening:
1: guy gets a ticket
2: ticket doesn't get paid
3: council passes debt to private debt collecting company
this is fair enough i suppose , well except that there may be legitamit reasons/errors why the tickets aren't paid.
now this is where it gets silly.
4: private companies set up next to police road blocks with ANPR capability and stop cars who have an outstanding debt against them,
if the driver cant pay, the car get took away.
there is no reasoning at all, no ifs or buts, looks they are always right and the heavy police presence make sure they always get their way.....
the 30quid parking tickets inflate into the hundreds as the private firms charge extornsionate fees...
license to print money really, they have a captive audience.
the police are paid for by the public , how can they justify using constables to make money for these companies??
it can't be right to allow private companies to impound vehicles, for what could be very minor parking violations can it??
surely innocent till proven guilty, failing to pay a fixed penalty notice is not proof of guilt is it?
failing to respond to a notice should not be proof of guilt either (unless they have proof the notice was delivered to the correct person).
shocking.....
Disgusting how councils are dealing with parking tickets.
this is the jist of what happening:
1: guy gets a ticket
2: ticket doesn't get paid
3: council passes debt to private debt collecting company
this is fair enough i suppose , well except that there may be legitamit reasons/errors why the tickets aren't paid.
now this is where it gets silly.
4: private companies set up next to police road blocks with ANPR capability and stop cars who have an outstanding debt against them,
if the driver cant pay, the car get took away.
there is no reasoning at all, no ifs or buts, looks they are always right and the heavy police presence make sure they always get their way.....
the 30quid parking tickets inflate into the hundreds as the private firms charge extornsionate fees...
license to print money really, they have a captive audience.
the police are paid for by the public , how can they justify using constables to make money for these companies??
it can't be right to allow private companies to impound vehicles, for what could be very minor parking violations can it??
surely innocent till proven guilty, failing to pay a fixed penalty notice is not proof of guilt is it?
failing to respond to a notice should not be proof of guilt either (unless they have proof the notice was delivered to the correct person).
shocking.....