Parking laws, fines and signs

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...

Clamped in company car park - is release fine legal?

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...

Parking enforcement company are threatening me with debt collection - what should I do?

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...

As a former police officer, this is how we used to deal with erring motorists.

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'....

Received a PCN for parking over two bays - is this enforceable?

I received a Parking Charge Notice whilst parked in our local Sainsburys car park last week. You do not have to pay to use this car park, but they set a two-hour limit. However I was penalised for being...

Do I have to disclose information for parking fines?

As the registered keeper, my wife recently received a Parking Charge Notice demanding money for transgressing the "contractual" terms and conditions of a car park; namely "vehicle not registered as using...

Penalty charge notice (PCN) has incorrect details

I recently received a PCN but in the vehicle registration details, the make was shown correctly as an Audi, the colour was shown correctly as Silver BUT there were no details shown under Tax Disc or Expiry....

Supermarket fines

I entered an Asda Carpark twice in one day first time for about 5 min, the carpark was very busy and later in the afternoon. Town and City Parking sent a notice that stated they believe that a parking...

Ridiculous parking charge

I pulled up at Doncaster Airport when my satnav fell from my windscreen. I literally stopped long enough to refix it and now I've recd a Parking Charge Notice from Vehicle Control Systems Ltd with a charge...

My wife overstayed in a shopper's car park - should she pay the fine?

On 21 December 2010 my wife was shopping at a local retail outlet and unknowingly exceeded the allowed parking time by 32 minutes. She was Christmas shopping in the stores on site during this time with...