Parking Shock
By Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (17851)
London, England
April 25, 2017 3:36pm CST
On my way home I passed through the car park, behind the shops on the High Street, and saw that about half the cards had been given a parking ticket for overstaying. Most of the ticketed cars had a single ticket, with several two tickets and a couple had three tickets.
It appears that a secure parking service, at Heathrow Airport, had run out of space and they moved the overflow cars to this car park. Official reports are saying that 275 vehicles were ticketed in this one car park. A big investigation is now underway.
Not the first time this has happened, but the first time for our little car park.
Needless, to say the owners are less than impressed to find out despite paying out for safe parking there vehicles not only didn't they get that, but have been ticketed as well. Welcome home!
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
26 Apr 17
No kidding. Welcome home, did you enjoy your trip? By the way....
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
26 Apr 17
@Ronrybs - Our bus system doesn't even go to the airport, believe it or not.
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@Ronrybs (17851)
• London, England
27 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 Having used buses in the US, I do believe it. Mind you, over here I've lived where there were only two bueses a day and that was market days only, so five days a week bus free! No wonder I love bikes
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
28 Apr 17
Oh dear, I hope they get it worked out...
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@Ronrybs (17851)
• London, England
1 May 17
@FayeHazel It has all gone quiet, but tomorrow is tea and a chat so we might find out more
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
1 May 17
@Ronrybs I hope there is more news. I'm curious
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
26 Apr 17
Wow that is a killing on tickets.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
26 Apr 17
@Ronrybs Oh yes I see I get it now.
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@Fleura (29125)
• United Kingdom
4 Jul 17
These parking services are a real minefield, you never know what's happening to your car while you're away! Still it should be fairly easy for the owners to prove that they couldn't have parked their cars there if they were out of the country!
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@Fleura (29125)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 17
@Ronrybs absolutely. Of course any bunch of cowboys could set up in business as a parking service; you don't need an office or industrial premises or any equipment or certification of any sort apart from (hopefully) a driving licence and a tel no. Then people just call when they arrive and you just take the caraway and leave it somewhere until they call to say they are back!
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@lookatdesktop (27129)
• Dallas, Texas
5 Apr 18
I only wish they gave tickets to the ones that park right on the narrow street along side the public park, where if I drive down that street, I have to watch out for doors opening on the street side. They should really not park along that street. It is like driving down an alley way.
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@Ronrybs (17851)
• London, England
5 Apr 18
While I don't drive anymore, that is something I hate. There are narrow streets here with cars parked on both sides, so that despite being two way traffic roads they are effectivally one way systems. I don't like cycling down them at all, as you say doors suddenly opening is a problem
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Apr 17
Sounds suspicious to me. Didn't the owners pay for a space for a certain of time and then the cars are moved to a spot where suddenly they are in violation.
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@Ronrybs (17851)
• London, England
26 Apr 17
The owners are less than happy. They paid for secured parking at the airport and it turns out they were left unprotected out in public. Not the first time this has happened and you read of the little scandals as cars got stolen or damaged when they were supposed to be behind fences and CCTV.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Apr 17
Oh that would not be a welcome home present that I would want to see.
