The Prankster previously blogged about his visit to Changegate car park, Haworth. Although The Prankster did not get a ticket, many other visitors have, and the forums are rife with tales of charges for ridiculous reasons, such as the ticket being upside down, or of possible entrapment by a mysterious woman in a BMW handing over her ticket so motorists could be charged with reusing an invalid ticket.
The car park is run by Car Stoppers aka ex-magistrate Ted Evans and The Prankster wondered how he contacted motorists as he is not a member of a parking-related accredited trade association and so should not be able to get keeper details from the DVLA.
This post on facebook, reveals all. Keeper addresses were apparently illegally obtained through a West Yorkshire Police contact..
Ted Evans also contributed to the hounding of local policeman Vaughan Evans (no relation) out of his job. Graham Smith has recorded a series of interviews with Vaughan Evans. The interviews are lengthy, but worth listening to to get an idea of the way Ted Evans operates, and how he apparently used his contacts with senior policeman to manipulate events.
Interview one
Interview two
In the interviews Vaughan Evans explains how he was seriously assaulted by Ted Evans son, Graham, and after that Ted set out on a mission to discredit the policeman and hound him out of his job, a mission which was eventually successful. A third episode is apparently on its way.
The information regarding the abuse of keeper addresses is extremely worrying. The DVLA have many times stated both to parliament and the public at large that they take great care to protect keeper data and to keep it safe from unscrupulous hands. In The Prankster's opinion there can be few more unscrupulous people than those running Changegate Car Park Hawarth, yet they had no difficulty in obtaining keeper details despite their history of threats, violence, perjury and vexatious litigation.
The Prankster considers that if you were a vehicle keeper and received a letter regarding parking charges at this car park then it may be worth investigating how your address was obtained. If it was obtained illegally then you may have a valid case against Ted Evans, Car Stoppers or Mrs V*** B*** or West Yorkshire Police and you may also have a valid Data Protection complaint. Please contact The Prankster if you want to be put in touch with other victims.
As an aside, Ted Evans was probably the person who most contributed to getting clamping banned. When he clamped speaker Betty Boothroyd the chain of events ended with The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which banned clamping and introduced keeper liability instead.
Happy Parking
The Parking Prankster
The car park is run by Car Stoppers aka ex-magistrate Ted Evans and The Prankster wondered how he contacted motorists as he is not a member of a parking-related accredited trade association and so should not be able to get keeper details from the DVLA.
This post on facebook, reveals all. Keeper addresses were apparently illegally obtained through a West Yorkshire Police contact..
Gareth Evans, Edward's son, was having an affair with an employee of the West Yorkshire Police, a lady from Haworth called Mrs V**** B*******.The Facebook page Changegate car park Hawarth reveals further items of interest. Ted Evans is apparently suing journalist Graham Smith for defamation, part of which is for linking to a song. The song was written by Adrian Crozier and is apparently not complimentary about Mr Evans. To date two sets of solicitors have excused themselves from the claim, leaving Mr Evans to represent himself.
Mrs B*******, on many occasions, provided information off the Police National Computer to Gareth to chase up car park disputes, as the DVLA will not provide them the licence to obtain vehicle keeper details.
Ted Evans also contributed to the hounding of local policeman Vaughan Evans (no relation) out of his job. Graham Smith has recorded a series of interviews with Vaughan Evans. The interviews are lengthy, but worth listening to to get an idea of the way Ted Evans operates, and how he apparently used his contacts with senior policeman to manipulate events.
Interview one
Interview two
In the interviews Vaughan Evans explains how he was seriously assaulted by Ted Evans son, Graham, and after that Ted set out on a mission to discredit the policeman and hound him out of his job, a mission which was eventually successful. A third episode is apparently on its way.
The information regarding the abuse of keeper addresses is extremely worrying. The DVLA have many times stated both to parliament and the public at large that they take great care to protect keeper data and to keep it safe from unscrupulous hands. In The Prankster's opinion there can be few more unscrupulous people than those running Changegate Car Park Hawarth, yet they had no difficulty in obtaining keeper details despite their history of threats, violence, perjury and vexatious litigation.
The Prankster considers that if you were a vehicle keeper and received a letter regarding parking charges at this car park then it may be worth investigating how your address was obtained. If it was obtained illegally then you may have a valid case against Ted Evans, Car Stoppers or Mrs V*** B*** or West Yorkshire Police and you may also have a valid Data Protection complaint. Please contact The Prankster if you want to be put in touch with other victims.
As an aside, Ted Evans was probably the person who most contributed to getting clamping banned. When he clamped speaker Betty Boothroyd the chain of events ended with The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which banned clamping and introduced keeper liability instead.
Happy Parking
The Parking Prankster