Render it illegal for private companies to impose excessive penalties to motorists who inadvertently overstay in a free car park or parking area on 'private' land (Retail Parks, Hospitals, Train Stations, Supermarkets, FastFood Restaurants, Out-of-town Shopping Malls, etc.), and stop the parasitical activity currently permissible.
Why is this important?
This latest scourge has emerged after clamping companies were banned. These 'charges' are unenforceable, however many vulnerable motorists are scared into paying £60, £100, £120, sometimes more with threatening letters based on nothing more than a carefully worded speculative 'invoice'. These parasites must be stopped, as it's damaging to the retailers they proport to represent (but never name in their letters that are sent only to the registered keeper of the vehicle, based on data purchased from the DVLA). Various forums and campaigns have popped-up to assist the motorist in appealing and having these charges overturned, however it remains legal for companies to carry out this dubious and highly profitable activity.
How it will be delivered
This Petition will be delivered to the Right Honorable Dr. Liam Fox MP, with whom the Petition initiator, Dr. Murray Ambler-Shattock, is already in communication on this matter, as Dr. Fox MP is the local constituency MP for the area within which the Petition initiator resides.
