Parking mad

I received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) including photographs of my vehicle entering and leaving a carpark that alleges a parking contravention has occurred involving this vehicle due to a 72 minute extended...

Sitting on offence

Normally when I read the complaints of motorists fined for various minor speeding or parking offences on your page in the Motoring section of the Saturday Telegraph I adopt the view that if the rules are...

Mac, the strife

I've read stories before about McDonald's fining people for taking too long over their meal, but I've just found a new variation. I went to a McDonald's on February 4th; two days ago they sent me a £50...

Unusual circumstance

I am going away for 5 weeks from mid-February, and will leave my car on a friend's land, but in the open and uncovered, during that time. I plan to leave the handbrake off to avoid the brakes seizing,...

Dropping a clampsell

I help manage a small independent shop that has been trading for some thirty years it is in a small parade of shops in a larger shopping area. There is parking to the rear of the shops each having its...

Billet liar

I wonder if you can help. Today I received what I think is a parking fine for 70 Euros during holiday in France in July 2008 in a hired vehicle, which is obviously how they have tracked us down us. I’m...

Tarry waits

I recently asked the DfT for the legal definition of the terms "parking" and “waiting" and the surprising reply from their Traffic Management Division is that these two terms are not defined in legislation....

‘Restaurant’ of no return

My wife and I live in Worcester and left in the early hours to be at Gatwick airport at 08:30am. As we were a little early, we stopped at McDonalds for a coffee at Gatwick Airport South Terminal. We were...

Sid Slot

When we were visiting my son in the USA recently, he drove us to a local place of interest. He parked by a meter and put in a dollar. The meter rejected his dollar and proceeded to spew out a further...

Foot-wrath

Can you tell me whether it is legal to park with nearside wheels on the footpath or verge? I have always understood it was a No-No based on a fine to member of my family many years ago in Birmingham. Now...