App pays £10 bounty to users who take pictures of car parked wrongly

drunkmonkey

'Do it yourself' ticketing phone app pays £10 bounty to users who take pictures of car parked wrongly

The firm which boasts of operating car parks for McDonalds, Halfords, Tesco and the NHS is handing out a £10 commission to increase parking “fines” dished out.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sneaky-phone-app-pays-10-9747652

Let the games commence!

emeldc

So will they pay everyone if 100 people take a picture of the same car. Nonsense I think.

Kimbot

emeldc wrote: »

So will they pay everyone if 100 people take a picture of the same car. Nonsense I think.

I would imagine its the first person on each car that gets it.

Stone Deaf 4evr

TBH, this is the Pokemon go I've been waiting for.

emeldc

jonnycivic wrote: »

I would imagine its the first person on each car that gets it.

Hmmm

r3nu4l

They only get the money if the fine is paid. Also, what happens if the fine is successfully appealed?

bladespin

It's brilliant!

IrishZeus

As much as I hate private clamping companies, I would never be without my phone again

Owryan

Imagine if it was expanded to include out of date tax/nct/insurance. I would be rich just walking down my estate.

Neighbours car tax is out since 3/15, nct since 1/15.

bladespin

Owryan wrote: »

Imagine if it was expanded to include out of date tax/nct/insurance. I would be rich just walking down my estate.

Neighbours car tax is out since 3/15, nct since 1/15.

Not a bad idea at all, can't have a garda on every street corner for the little things and yet you could :cool: Neighbourhood watch just got real!!!

Jack the Stripper

Owryan wrote: »

Imagine if it was expanded to include out of date tax/nct/insurance. I would be rich just walking down my estate.

Neighbours car tax is out since 3/15, nct since 1/15.

Aren't you such a lovely neighbour.

biko

Which is the worse neighbour - the one who parks like a dick, or the one who reports it?

pa990

So, if someone takes a pic of my badly parked car, and I contest the ticket, saying that my car was not there on the day, what happens.


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Well a witness will be required to say that they saw my badly parked car, and took a photo at that location at that time on that day.

Is £10, really worth the hassle of going to court.

GBX

pa990 wrote: »

So, if someone takes a pic of my badly parked car, and I contest the ticket, saying that my car was not there on the day, what happens.


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Well a witness will be required to say that they saw my badly parked car, and took a photo at that location at that time on that day.

Is £10, really worth the hassle of going to court.

You'd be surprised what some people would do for a few quid!

pa990

GBX wrote: »

You'd be surprised what some people would do for a few quid!

Anything but actual work

testicles

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biko

Are you saying it's time to bring back the Obnoxious Parking thread?

Owryan

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Aren't you such a lovely neighbour.

I am actually. Does that mean i should ignore the fact that my neighbour doesnt feel the need to pay his motor tax.

testicles wrote: »

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Not whining, but why should i pay my tax and not be annoyed that others dont. He has no insurance either but hey if he hits another car sure what harm is it.

For the record i have never reported any one for having out of date tax but at the same time i have zero sympathy for anyone who gets caught, as hopefully he will soon.

JamBur

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Aren't you such a lovely neighbour.

Yes he is, a much better neighbour then the guy with no tax\nct

Jack the Stripper

JamBur wrote: »

Yes he is, a much better neighbour then the guy with no tax\nct

Let that be his own business.

josip

Didn't they have something like this in East Germany years ago?

Agricola

josip wrote: »

Didn't they have something like this in East Germany years ago?

Yeah was just going to say. Not sure if I want to live in a society like North Korea where a rumour of descent against the dear leader could lead you to be hauled out of your bed in the middle of the night.

I'd rather Ireland to remain Ireland, ie the Dara O Briain "levels of illegality" chart.

- Legal
- Ok, go on but don't let it happen again
- You're really taken the piss now.........
- Illegal, you're gone

Don't want an army of tax and nct smartphone nazi's running around reporting people. But the illegal parking.............. probably would work.

Del2005

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Let that be his own business.

It's his own business till he puts it on the road where it'll affect my business.

Del2005

Agricola wrote: »

Don't want an army of tax and nct smartphone nazi's running around reporting people. But the illegal parking.............. probably would work.

If you've no tax or NCT you are most likely illegally parked.

bladespin

pa990 wrote:

Is £10, really worth the hassle of going to court.

You would be paid expenses as well mind but hell yes it'd be worth it!

Kenny Logins

This app is for the car park/property owners only, not the public.

TheAnalyst_

Kenny Logins wrote: »

This app is for the car park/property owners only, not the public.

Seems to be a similar model to dodgy debt collection. Spam a lot of people with unenforcable fines and you might get a few percent that feel pressured into paying. 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dotsquares.i_ticket&hl=en

robtri

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Let that be his own business.

its not just his business its everyones business..
especially insurance....

reklamos

If it is for carpark only why not just put CCTV in place.
In some countries though police do encourage people to send photos or videos for road offences which I think is not bad practice as it is not possible to have CCTV/garda on every corner. Of course there are some rules specifically when taking photos as one photo is usually is not enough.

colm_mcm

They're doing similar in China for driving offences. Apparently it's leading to drivers deliberately swerving/driving erratically, forcing other motorists into bus lanes/hard shoulder etc, then taking pics and getting money.

Arcade_Tryer

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

Aren't you such a lovely neighbour.

Well, yes I imagine, considering he presumably hasn't reported the neighbour for having no insurance.

RobbingBandit

Last I checked we in Ireland birches, if an Irish equivalent was done you'd get fined €10 for being a ratatouille.

I'd use it for people in bus lanes or disabled parking without a permit, we need an app here for people in hazzard boxes at red lights, they're stupid.

blade1

Snitches get Stitches!!!:pac:

V Eight

could get interesting with Photoshop

bladespin

blade1 wrote: »

Snitches get Stitches!!!:pac:

:cool:

Commotion Ocean

Just out of curiosity. On my journey to and from work, there is a specific bus lane that is constantly abused. People enter it when they are turning left more than 700 meters up the road, and undertaking people who are queuing legitimately for it and not letting the people who queued properly to enter when the bus lane ends (at the point where you are supposed to then merge into lane 1).

If I were to point my dashcam out the nearside window and video all of the people using the lane with their reg plates, would the Gardaí be interested?? If the Gardaí are supposedly revenue-grabbing as so many people claim they are (they aren't btw) then surely these videos would be gold for them?

bladespin

dfeo wrote:

Just out of curiosity. On my journey to and from work, there is a specific bus lane that is constantly abused.

Cork by any chance??? Modelfarm road turn.

NomadicGray

So i'll get a nasty letter for where I left my car on private land, and they think ill pay it? And whos giving out names and address to a private company just from a car reg?

edit- heres where you can get the name and address apparently https://www.gov.uk/request-information-from-dvla

josip

dfeo wrote: »

Just out of curiosity. On my journey to and from work, there is a specific bus lane that is constantly abused. People enter it when they are turning left more than 700 meters up the road, and undertaking people who are queuing legitimately for it and not letting the people who queued properly to enter when the bus lane ends (at the point where you are supposed to then merge into lane 1).

If I were to point my dashcam out the nearside window and video all of the people using the lane with their reg plates, would the Gardaí be interested?? If the Gardaí are supposedly revenue-grabbing as so many people claim they are (they aren't btw) then surely these videos would be gold for them?

No, they would not be interested.