£60 fine for "stopping in a box junction"

robertn · Frequent Visitor Joined: Feb 06, 2005 Posts: 564

Whats the difference between stealing a tank of petrol, which we all would never do, and stealing parking space for a time (which I admit I have done)? Both these things generate a loss to the owner, it's just one is made up of something you can pick up and walk away with, the other is something fixed that you cannot see or touch.

Surely the owner has a right to recover hs loss from the thief.

Skippy · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject:

Tim Buxton · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject:

I'm with Skippy. If I'm in the store, I'm legitimately parked as far as I'm concerned. Now, if I nip next door, that's different.
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DennisN · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject:

However, the company can NOT PROVE actual loss in order to claim compensation. They cannot prove they lost custom because of you overstaying in that space - unless by some good fortune they have a written sworn statement that somebody came and couldn't park during your excess 10 minutes so they went away. Even then, it would not get them very far, because the potential customer should have recognised a full car park, understood the parking limitations and known that a space would become free in very short order, so should have waited.
Plus, the "net loss of £1 profit" is taxable, so would be only about 70 pence loss at most.
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astrocompass · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject:

DennisN · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject:

PaulB2005 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject:

Oldboy · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:16 am Post subject:

And This.
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Darren · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:22 am Post subject:

M8TJT · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject:

Is it actually the stores, or the bandit parking taliban that they employ on their behalf to ailienate customers? It's certainly an independent company that put on the wheel clamps in out local Tesco store.

Darren · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:07 pm Post subject:

Skippy · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:15 pm Post subject:

MaFt · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:00 am Post subject:

Privateer · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject:

apskinner · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject:

I once had a delivery from Tesco that wasn't. Just as they pulled up in a resdience parking area a 'little hitler' pounced and told them to move on or they would get a fine. I tried to reason with the person of dubious parenthood that it would take two minutes to unload the shopping but HE got threatening.

So the tesco driver left - it took 2 weeks to get refund and a letter from Tesco saying they wouldn't deliver to that street any more.

But the best part was I wrote to the council, got an apology that in future their patrolmen would be more polite to the public and allow delivery lorries provided they didn't block the street, and made loads of photocopies that I handed out to every one of the street walkers that dared cross in front of my house.

IT FELT GOOD!

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