[LM24 Race] ticket print vanishing due to exposure to sunlight!!!!! IT'S BACK!!!!!

[vincegail]

This was posted on the Pistonheads Forum by Brian of 1st Tickets:

We met with our contact at the ACO earlier today, who informed us that they have found an unplanned "feature" of the parking and camping passes.

The passes are printed on new style/type of thermal paper for 2012. The "feature" is that details of the pass, including bar code are likely to disappear if the pass is exposed to more than 30 mins of sunlight!!

They have asked us to let customers and PHrs know of this problem and request that you only put the pass in your windscreen as you arrive at your campsite or parking area. Once parked, they recommend that you turn the pass round in its pouch (or put it somewhere safe) to avoid it going completely black and unusable.

This is a genuine request and will hopefully reduce issues during the week of race. If we are told anything more we will certaninly let you know.

Brian, 1st Tickets

[Creep89]

Hahahahaha this is so funny. Who is that dude with the fantastic idea to use thermal paper for parking tickets which are exposed to direct sunlight?

[Adam43]

Thanks for shedding some light on this matter

[Aysedasi]

I find this impossible to believe.... I'm checking personally with Brian.

[Bentley03]

Surely it's not the 1st April again, is it?

[Aysedasi]

It's so daft though it could be true!

[Steptoe]

I can see some interesting arguments with the officials at the gates. In the past I've had to argue not to put camping passes on the screen as I've more often than not driven over in sports cars with no roof or means of the locking the vehicle, hence the issue to avoid getting passes stolen from the screen / aero screens. The gate officials really do like you to affix the stickers when you 1st arrive. Typical ACO..............

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by Bentley03

Surely it's not the 1st April again, is it?

This is laughable ..... there kiddin , right !!!

[vincegail]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I find this impossible to believe.... I'm checking personally with Brian.

Any word yet from Brian? The Pistonheads thread looked as if really started by him, and not some impostor.

[Aysedasi]

No, not yet.

[Simmi]

Good job I found out about this. It would be all too easy to attach it - go into the campsite and set up - then head out to Carrefour and by the time you get back the tickets has imploded!

[Aysedasi]

Brian Sheehan of 1st Tickets has replied to my email. This is NOT a hoax.

Here is the email message Brian received from the ACO:-

Nous rencontrons un souci avec les titres billetterie. En effet, le papier réagit trop Ã* la chaleur et noircit rapidement. C'est pourquoi nous vous serions reconnaissant de bien vouloir informer vos clients/utilisateurs des consignes suivantes:
- Ne pas mettre les billets Ã* l'exposition sur le pare-brise de leur voiture
- Garder le billet dans le véhicule et le présenter sur demande du contrôleur
- En cas de problème avec un titre se rendre Ã* la Rotonde pour un échange du titre avec le titre noircit (qui sera gardé par notre service)

Nous remercions de toute l'aide que vous nous apporterez.

Dear All,

The paper use to print the ticket is over reacting with the heat and therefore turn black very quickly.

Please inform your client or any user of the ticket not put the ticket on the windscreen. People will have to keep it in the car and give (show) it to the controleur when needed.

If any of you clients have a problem with their pass turning black please revert to me with the Barre Code number or tell them to go to the Rotonde to get a new ticket (e-ticket type- old one being kept by our department).

Thank you in advance for your help on this matter.


Pretty extraordinary.

So thanks to vincegail for the heads-up!!

[The Badger]

Stationary shop sales up on black paper ten !!!

Love to hear the outcome of this then .

[vincegail]

Hope you were not thinking I was playing and/or Hoaxing you!

Glad to be of some help.

I fear/expect a LOT of trouble upcoming raceweek!

[Bentley03]

Unbelievable......and presumably means we'll need to be very careful with entry and tribune tickets kept in clear plastic wallets attached to lanyards and worn around the neck.

What a shambles.

[Simmi]

ACOFail

I kind of wish I had a spare so I could try it out and see what happens.

[nobster]

So now we can say to the controllers every time they walk by our tent and car to p**s off as there is nothing to see!

[Bentley03]

Originally Posted by nobster

So now we can say to the controllers every time they walk by our tent and car to p**s off as there is nothing to see!

Nope, you'll have to go to the Rotonde to get a replacement!

[GT6]

what a joke, need to make sure all our our mob are aware of this, thanks for the news it could savea whole load of problems

[rblanshard]

So is this printing situation covering all tickets (tribune and GA) produced by the ACO or just parking passes?

[Aysedasi]

The original note referred to parking and camping but I'm not sure. Those tickets have the same format - just looking at them. The entry tickets look different. Don't know really.

[GT6]

yes looking at mine the camping and race tickets are on different types of paper

[wewantourdarbyback]

Brilliant planning that

[Graham Goodwin]

Absolutely NOT A HOAX - our Test day parking passes are the same - we were told to put them in the glovebox when we parked - One of our colleagues didn't and it has gone totally black.

[rblanshard]

Sorry about the parking/camping passes, but good to know about the GA/Tribune tickets. I still have mine in the UPS letter carrier they arrived in. Hopefully they have SPF 48 to prevent burning while in my lanyard.