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I attended a wedding reception at the Marriott Hotel in Waltham Abbey last Saturday (8th September), On arrival we realised that the car park was pay and display, and because we did not have any change...
PCN received in hire car for not displaying my parking permit. Demand for charge plus admin fee (which is more than the charge) received from hire company who have paid the charge and say they will charge...
We parked my husbands car at an APCOA train station car park and paid for the 3 day ticket using my mobile phone (as I have used this system before, it was already set up). When we returned we found...
Last November, after using the wifes car, I overstayed in a parking slot and she received a parking fine letter from Premier Parking. Taking advice from your website and Money Saving Expert we ignored...
I recently parked my bike on a pay and display car park in Matlock Bath. I bought a ticket and before I displayed it I recorded the serial number etc on a piece of paper. I returned an hour later (and...
Yesterday I opened a letter from Enfield council alleging that I parked my car in contravention of the parking regulations on 7 July. This was the first I had heard of the contravention, not having seen...
What are the laws about minimum signage and road markings necessary to indicate that parking is prohibited on a road side? My wife has just been ticketed after parking in a car park off a Leeds suburban...
A guy in the office parked in our office car park. He parked in the correct place but failed to display his permit. He was clamped. He went out whilst the guy doing the clamping was photographing the...
I recently challenged a parking fine by writing to the enforcement company offering £10 to cover the fee, plus admin. This was returned with a letter that did not seem relevant to my circumstances so I...
Back in the 1950/60/70s I served in the Traffic Division of Kent Police at various ranks, retiring as a Senior Officer. During my time we dealt with erring motorist in three ways: (1) 'Verbal advice'....