Is it free to leave a car park with barriers within a few minutes?

paleoperson

Question about parking.

If you go into a car park with barriers and circle around and go out again because there are no spaces, is this generally free and you can use the same ticket going out again? Or do you have to go to the machine and pay?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

paleoperson wrote: »

Question about parking.

If you go into a car park with barriers and circle around and go out again because there are no spaces, is this generally free and you can use the same ticket going out again? Or do you have to go to the machine and pay?

You can usually drive out with the ticket un-validated within a small grace period. Or, around here you can anyway.

Donald Trump

Have you not tried checking the UN convention on Human Rights for the definite, indisputable, answer?

And what sort of "paleo" person drove a car in all and anyways? Fred Flintstone?

Mint Sauce

paleoperson wrote: »

Question about parking.

If you go into a car park with barriers and circle around and go out again because there are no spaces, is this generally free and you can use the same ticket going out again? Or do you have to go to the machine and pay?

In my experience if you leave within few minutes there is no charge. But if there is no spaces, usually the barrier wont even rises.,

KERSPLAT!

paleoperson wrote: »

Question about parking.

If you go into a car park with barriers and circle around and go out again because there are no spaces, is this generally free and you can use the same ticket going out again? Or do you have to go to the machine and pay?

Yes! I only found this out a few weeks ago. It was put to the test in the Quays car park in Galway. I'm not sure of the time but I believe it to be 10/15 minutes you have to leave.

howdoyouknow

It all depends where. I got stung at Leeds airport for exactly this when returning a rental car. Drove into the wrong section of the car park for approx 1 minute and was expected to pay to exit.

Mint Sauce

howdoyouknow wrote: »

It all depends where. I got stung at Leeds airport for exactly this when returning a rental car. Drove into the wrong section of the car park for approx 1 minute and was expected to pay to exit.

Would have you gone into a pickup/dropoff section. More airports are starting to do this, Belfast International is one of them over here.

RhubarbCrumble

It varies depending on the carpark, but generally I think you have about 10 minutes.

LordSutch

howdoyouknow wrote: »

It all depends where. I got stung at Leeds airport for exactly this when returning a rental car. Drove into the wrong section of the car park for approx 1 minute and was expected to pay to exit.

I hope you didn't pay.

suicide_circus

Just blast through the barrier

suicide_circus

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Would have you gone into a pickup/dropoff section. More airports are starting to do this, Belfast International is one of them over here.

Carpark are one of the main revenue streams for airports

biko

I think most places have like ten minutes or so, in case you change your mind after entering the car park.

Akrasia

Alun

Got caught out in Portugal once like that, and no amount of shouting in English at the Portuguese person at the end of the intercom would persuade him to let me out

DublinCDT

Generally there are loads or T&Cs when you enter a paid car park here. The ten minute grace period allows you to read the board at the entrance to the car park and reject them if you want. Otherwise you could say you were forced to accept them and they wouldn't be binding in law.

harr

Happened me before, first ten minutes were free but I needed to validate the ticket in the machine before it would let me out...

Victor

DublinCDT wrote: »

Generally there are loads or T&Cs when you enter a paid car park here. The ten minute grace period allows you to read the board at the entrance to the car park and reject them if you want. Otherwise you could say you were forced to accept them and they wouldn't be binding in law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_v_Shoe_Lane_Parking_Ltd

The trick is to put the terms and conditions outside the car park.

Delirium

paleoperson wrote: »

Question about parking.

If you go into a car park with barriers and circle around and go out again because there are no spaces, is this generally free and you can use the same ticket going out again? Or do you have to go to the machine and pay?

Was up in Dublin last week and the car park was full. Went back to barrier and accepting ticket with no charge.

Mint Sauce

suicide_circus wrote: »

Carpark are one of the main revenue streams for airports

But thankfully, not too many charge for Pickup/Dropoff yet. Two mentioned in this thread, the exception so far that I know of.

humberklog

Steve Buscemi in Fargo had to pay. He wasn't happy about it though.

freshpopcorn

I saw car parks allowing the first 10=20 minutes free.

howdoyouknow

Mint Sauce wrote:

Would have you gone into a pickup/dropoff section. More airports are starting to do this, Belfast International is one of them over here.

LordSutch wrote:

I hope you didn't pay.

I had rented a car and was told to leave it back to the rental site at the airport. Drove into the designated rental drop off area and was told that the car was from a different rental company that operated just off the actual airport site. Pressed the intercom.bitton at the gate and they wanted payment by credit card before they'd open the barrier.

I waited for the next car to go through the barrier and followed it out quick as I could.

amtc

Do it all the time. Go through arnotts car park to get onto quays north bound. No issue

DanWall

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Would have you gone into a pickup/dropoff section. More airports are starting to do this, Belfast International is one of them over here.

Cork puts no parking signs up so you have to go into the car park

stimpson

humberklog wrote: »

Steve Buscemi in Fargo had to pay. He wasn't happy about it though.

Instructional video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1pLWKW_XoA

Mint Sauce

DanWall wrote: »

Cork puts no parking signs up so you have to go into the car park

No Drop off area?