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Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traffic l
ight’
By: stamfordman Date: August 10, 2024, 5:04 am
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Drivers say they are ‘incredulous’ after receiving ‘absurd’
charges for picking up or dropping off passengers
HTML https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/10/airport-parking-charge-passengers
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: mickR Date: August 10, 2024, 6:17 am
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so, what has he been given a charge for? stopping or picking up
passengers?
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: slapdash Date: August 11, 2024, 5:39 pm
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Does a driver magically contravene the conditions because of the
actions of an external actor.
They have temporary lights that keep getting shifted around due
to construction works. I often see folk jumping in or out when
they are red.
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: BertB Date: August 19, 2024, 5:17 am
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I think the issue would be that on the surface it looks like she
just jumped in at the temporary lights as she was passing,
however if he was going to the collection area to get her, why
didn't she wait there?
Seems an odd 'coincidence'.
In a similar fashion, Birmingham and East Midlands make it known
that setting down and picking up in the petrol station is also
liable to a penalty.
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: peodude Date: August 20, 2024, 10:23 am
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It appears that this case is in the private parking forum.
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/vcs-bristol-airport-pcn-for-'stopping-to-pick-updrop-off-a-passenger'-at-a-tempo/
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: stamfordman Date: September 14, 2024, 5:01 pm
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Update:
HTML https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/sep/14/airport-parking-fines-bristol-unenforceable-bylaw
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: DWMB2 Date: September 15, 2024, 4:57 am
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When airport cases pop up in the private parking forum here, the
usual advice is that the byelaws mean that the land is subject
to statutory control, and is therefore not 'relevant land' for
the purposes of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act.
This in effect means the operator cannot recover any charges
from the keeper.
That the existence of byelaws might preclude the formation of an
enforceable contract against the driver* isn't an argument I've
heard before, although IANAL.
*That might not be what the lawyer who was interviewed was
suggesting, I'm always wary of drawing conclusions from
newspaper quotes on these sort of things.
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: The Rookie Date: September 16, 2024, 4:03 am
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[quote author=DWMB2 link=topic=2776.msg36895#msg36895
date=1726394245]
That the existence of byelaws might preclude the formation of an
enforceable contract against the driver* isn't an argument I've
heard before, although IANAL.
[/quote]
It is one I have raised before on Pepipoo, how can you contract
to pay a charge to allow you to do something illegal? How can
they offer a charge to allow you to commit a criminal offence in
exchange for a 'bribe' not to report it? It goes against all
common sense principles. Of course it's irrelevant for BPA
members as you'll win at POPLA on non PoFA and irrelevant for
the IAS as the won't uphold it anyway. But I'd certainly use it
in court where applicable.
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Re: Airport parking: ‘I was charged £170 for stopping at a traff
ic light’
By: andy_foster Date: September 16, 2024, 9:12 am
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Is it the contractual price for picking up passengers, or is it
the "liquidated damages" for breach of a contract (although
contract to do what is not exactly clear - no different than any
other bare prohibition).
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