leylandrichard
New Member
This subject has come up several times and in different threads, but I thought this addition probably justifies its own thread. I'm one of the dozens of people that got caught with a fine from Parking Eye, after parking at Holiday Inn, in my case in the Scotch Corner/Darlington hotel on the A1. I appealed and in the interim Parking Eye passed it to a debt collection company called DCBL (Debt Collection Bailiffs Ltd), inflating the fine to £170, and I lost my nerve and paid it. I just completed an interview with the BBC, which they will be running on their 'Morning Live' program in the next week or so. My interview is part of a feature they're doing on issues with the national charging infrastructure. Obviously this is a nationally broadcast program that reaches millions, so hopefully it might make some small difference.
I gave Holiday Inn advance warning I was doing this interview, which I felt was fair and gave them a chance to refund the fine or in some other way recognise how absurd this all is, but they just referred me to the local hotel, and when I spoke with them the guy on reception told me that the signs are there and I should pay the fine. Remember that the signs are just a gaffer taped piece of A4 paper that flaps in the wind, per the photo I took a few weeks later. Comically, the taped paper sign might not even have been there when I charged: The guy on reception at the hotel told me that "Tesla keeps turning up and removing the signs". I asked if he had evidence of that, and to quote him verbatim, he said "no".
Anyway, the interview will be on BBC's Morning Live in the next week or so. Will update this thread when I have the exact date.
I gave Holiday Inn advance warning I was doing this interview, which I felt was fair and gave them a chance to refund the fine or in some other way recognise how absurd this all is, but they just referred me to the local hotel, and when I spoke with them the guy on reception told me that the signs are there and I should pay the fine. Remember that the signs are just a gaffer taped piece of A4 paper that flaps in the wind, per the photo I took a few weeks later. Comically, the taped paper sign might not even have been there when I charged: The guy on reception at the hotel told me that "Tesla keeps turning up and removing the signs". I asked if he had evidence of that, and to quote him verbatim, he said "no".
Anyway, the interview will be on BBC's Morning Live in the next week or so. Will update this thread when I have the exact date.