New parking regulations

Having read your replies re motorists being billed for overstaying supermarket carparks etc, you refer to new parking regulation from November which you say gives private companies almost unlimited rights...

Hooked, line and cheater

I recently parked in a NCP car park in Bolton in a bay marked for vehicles with young children. My child was not with me at the time, although I was collecting him in the area later in the day. The child...

Red fazed

Last October 18th I drove my registered technically blind daughter to Sutton so that she could buy a mobile phone suitable for use with her impaired sight. The store was based in the High Street but I...

Clause 56 Protection of Freedoms Bill

Clause 56 of the Protection of Freedoms Bill states: "Recovery of unpaid parking charges Schedule 4 (which makes provision for the recovery of unpaid parking charges from the keeper of a vehicle in cases...

Appealing or appalling?

I have looked at the British Parking Association website and examined the appeal. As far as I can see the process is simply decorative, designed to show BPA’s 'caring' side, which we all know it does not...

Burger off

I live in a quiet residential road. 3 weeks ago a neighbour parked a burger bar caravan in the road outside his house. It is dilapidated, unroadworthy and unsightly. He speaks little English but when asked...

Parking "Fine" for broken down car

I have been issued with a charge of £80 by CP Plus for overstaying my welcome at Forton services on the M6 (3 hous 8 mins). In fact, we had broken down (or at least the vehicle was undriveable) due to...

Parking Fines

I Parked on car park which serves a number of shops and is free for 2 hrs,I walked off the car park to a shop round the corner and after 30min returned and visited two of the shops on sight. On returning...

Slotting in

Reading the options in the BMW F10 5-Series brochure (which include 4 wheel steering), I came upon Park Assist. At low speeds, this feature measures any parallel parking space then if the car is put into...

How do i deter non-customers from using a private car park?

My business (a doctor's surgery) is very close to a busy town centre and has its own car park for staff and patients. However we get numerous complaints from patients saying that parking is always a problem...