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Offline Mitching

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Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« on: 03 November 2011, 15:45 »
A few weeks ago I drove my brother-in-law to Luton Airport at stupid o'clock in the morning.
He was only flying to Scotland for the weekend so he had a small rucksack with all his stuff in, taking it as hand luggage.

At the main terminal for the airport there's around about that either goes to and from the main roads or into the car park.
There were signs saying not to drop people of at the roundabout, but to instead use the car parks (I think).

As I was going around the roundabout, it was pretty stop-start traffic, as I was still he got out of the car and walked off to the airport, he had his bag on his lap so he didn't need to get anything out of the boot.
I just carried on with the flow of traffic (Nothing was disrupted) and drove back home.

I have now had a letter from 'APCOA' (private carpark firm) saying I have 'Breached the terms and conditions of use of the airport road infrastructure'.
I have 28 days to pay £80 (so they say) else the matter may be passed onto a 3rd party for the recovery of the debt. (Surely, not without a civil court case first, though!  :lipsrsealed: )

Should I treat this the same as any other private car parking firm?

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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #1 on: 03 November 2011, 15:49 »
How do they know you were driving?  :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #2 on: 03 November 2011, 15:53 »
Luton car park is a s**t for doing this. A friend had exactly the same thing happen and got fined, tried to dispute it but they were having none of it. I could understand if he ahd to get something out the boot but to just jump out and not cause any haarm is a bit stupid? Would of caused more traffic u going into the drop off zone lol.

Its also the same with the bus lane that goes around the roundabout. Someone i know also glided into the lane (obviously not paying attention) and got a letter through? I mean they hadnt even stopped in the lane or anything just glided over it? :shocked:

Thinks its all to do with safety? Im guessing incase there are airport police, airport lorries etc using the bus lane and then someone steps out car and gets hit??

Hate luton airport and there new one way all round the world exit soloution for the new drop off bit :angry: :angry:
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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #3 on: 03 November 2011, 15:55 »
 :laugh:

As per usual response...  Throw it in the bin.

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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #4 on: 03 November 2011, 15:56 »
Just as I suspected  :wink:


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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #6 on: 03 November 2011, 16:06 »
If it is the green one, I did a drive by on street view and the only sign approaching the roundabout is a yellow one saying "Mid term car park, free drop of, free pick up, 60 minutes free parking"


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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #7 on: 03 November 2011, 16:10 »
The green one?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?pq=luton+airport&hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=19&gs_id=p&xhr=t&q=luton+airport+roundabout&safe=off&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1024&bih=677&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=tbmyTq2UFNPL8QOd2P3lBA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQ_AUoAg


No, I went over the green one and carried along 'Airport Way' to a roundabout at the end.

The red arrow shows where he jumped out, I just carried on round and back the way I came, most other people were going into the car park.

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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #8 on: 03 November 2011, 16:35 »
Same answer, bin it.


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Re: Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone
« Reply #9 on: 03 November 2011, 16:40 »
Just to reassure you further, if you needed it.  Here is a case exactly like yours.

http://forums.pepipoo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t56126.html

Jonathan.