Owing to the increasing number of examples (including my own recent, very distressing experience) of the cynical and unethical operating procedures of private parking providers I am calling for the regulations relating to this industry to be tightened. See for examples: https://dailym.ai/2YRB6Jl
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Specifically:
- statutory limitation of the period of time such operators are afforded for issuing a PCN to 24 hours of the infringement.
-a cap on the charge that can be made where a single innocent infringement (e.g. oversight of the expiry of a season ticket) leads to multiple notices
- where the car park is at an NHS facility, for there to be a requirement for the NHS to set the operating parameters (e.g. payment on exit rather than in advance) and for the NHS to benefit from the income.