AIBU to think they are avoiding parking charges at EV bays?

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BunnyRabbitBella · Yesterday 21:26

I park at my local council car park and charge my electric car. There is a Range Rover that parks at the charging point, they are plugged into the charging point but dont charge their car up..... superficially they look like they are using the charger but aren't.

I'm sure they park there so they dont have to pay for parking....

Should I tell the Council?

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Janetspillsthedinner · Today 07:06

If it is their destiny to get a parking fine - I’m sure a parking warden will spot them and ticket them.

Personally I wouldn’t get involved. None of my business and I wouldn’t waste time or energy thinking about it.

bananaobama · Today 07:35

How do you know that they haven’t paid?

bananaobama · Today 07:37

BunnyRabbitBella · Yesterday 22:50

Maybe it varies in different parts of the country. But where I am, you still get a paper parking ticket...

You enter you car registration and its printed on the ticket...

Are you sure it doesn’t also offer ringo or similar ?

eurochick · Today 07:47

HelpMeGetThrough · Today 06:28

When you plug in, the car tells you how long it’s going to take to get to whatever max percentage you have set. The length of time depends on car and charger type. Mine is 15 minutes to go from 20% to 80% on the DC rapid chargers. Council chargers where I am are AC chargers which take ages.

The app for my car also tells me when it’s finished charging.

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Not all EVs do this. Ours doesn’t.

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