I don't know about you, but it doesn't seem like they have boots or tow trucks in England.
They need to come get some lessons from campus police departments and learn how to put a boot on a car, or learn how to tow a car to the impound lot. That's how you get your money that you are owed.
Seems like the Westminster Council needs to change tactics.
I know this article isn't about planes, but the article does mention that the vehicles in question are flown on private jets to England, so that's my connection.
Westminster Council claims the owners of Bugattis, Ferraris and Lamborghinis
routinely flout parking restrictions because they know officials are
powerless to trace them in their own countries.
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The council, Britain’s largest parking authority, accuses the culprits of a
“blatant disregard” for the country’s road laws by refusing to pay the
penalties.
In the past three years, offenders have failed to settle a total of 36,332
parking tickets, leaving the council £3,776,490 out of pocket, The
Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Top of the authority’s most wanted list is the owner of a £300,000 Rolls-Royce
Phantom, who owes them £2,000 for 18 parking tickets.
While the owner of a Bugatti Veyron L’Edition Centenaire would have lavished
£1.2 million on buying their 250mph car, they have failed to pay a £120 fine
for parking on a single yellow line outside Selfridges.
Despite having the distinctive registration 111111, the council is also
struggling to track the driver of a red and black Bugatti Veyron ticketed
this month near Marble Arch. All three cars are on Arabic plates.
Other prolific offenders include owners of a US-registered Hummer and a
Lamborghini Murcielago from Dubai.
Westminster Council is calling on the Government to help establish a system of
international co-operation to allow local authorities to trace foreign
motorists – 80 per cent of whom refuse to pay fines.
Currently, there are no laws to provide parking authorities with access to
overseas driver and vehicle registration data to chase up parking fines.
New EU legislation will allow member states to share such information but
experts say British authorities will not be able to use the law because
parking offences are not classified as criminal offences in this country.
Cllr Lee Rowley, Westminster Council’s cabinet member for parking, said: "British
taxpayers can no longer foot the bill for foreign motorists who seem think
the rules of this country do not apply to them.
"We would like to see a more rigorous system put in place to hold these
drivers to account and send a clear message that this blatant disregard of
the law will not be tolerated."
Officials say the problem is most pronounced among vehicles registered in the
Middle East, which are frequently seen parked on yellow lines, in bus lanes
or in residents' parking bays in expensive parts of the capital.
Many wealthy Arabs have their sports cars flown into Britain by private jet
during the so-called ‘season’ in July and August, when it has become
fashionable to visit London.
The issue follows complaints, from residents in Knightsbridge over sports car
owners shattering their night-time peace by racing through the streets
around Harrods.
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