Prompted by the comments regarding spurious editing of digital film images.
A friend has contacted me regarding a PCN received through the post alleging a 20 min unpaid stay in a Travelodge car park.
The entrance and exit images (taken in good daylight) have been zoomed in and are dire to the extent you cant relate the position of the vehicle to the car park entrance/public highway or even make model of the vehicle . The registrations though have been highlighted and magnified beautifully.
Normally there are two fairly clear pictures taken from a distance showing the vehicle beyond doubt entering and exiting a facility.
The vehicle was in the street at the time. It moved off from the kerb, swung across the road and reversed into the mouth of the car park entrance before driving off.
Once you know this you can start to see the manouvre in the two images. The exit image is the rear of the car turning across the road and the entry image is the car having reversed into the drop kerb entrance/pavement area.
The saving grace are the number plates. The plates have significantly different mounting screw positions so the front and rear of the vehicle can be determined. The image is so poor that otherwise with certainty you cannot tell.
Also what they purport to be the entry image has had its time stamp changed to make it appear that was the time the vehicle entered the car park.
Its a national thieving parking company and someone has spent some time manipulating the images to fit their agenda and create a fraudulent PCN.
Issue is you are obliged to produce your own defence. Guilty until you prove your innocence. And I don't trust them not to push it along their administrative bullying process hoping you'll throw the towel in.
This has just demonstrated how dishonest private parking enforcement can be.
Last edited by: Fullchat on Mon 31 Aug 20 at 18:05
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