How can I defend myself against a wrongly-issued parking ticket?

I paid £9 at Oxford station ticket office for a car parking ticket and the receipt was timed at 9.25am. I travelled to London by train and, on my return, found that I had a Civil Parking Notice from APCOA...

How can I stop speed humps being installed in my street?

A couple of weeks ago the council of Harrow had a consultation regarding building speed humps on our road. We made a petition against their proposals which now has signatories from 72 households out of...

Is evidence from dashcams acceptable to courts and insurance companies?

Many drivers now are fixing cameras in their cars to record their journeys. Are the insurance companies and courts accepting film from these cameras as evidence? Can you recommend one for less than £200?

Is it fair to penalise me for parking a large van across two car parking spaces?

I was out in my employer's van the other day and had to pop into my local shopping mall. The area in which I wished to park had no spaces big enough for me. Realising I was going to have to straddle two...

I successfully sued Tesco for not labelling fuel pumps properly.

I poured unleaded petrol into my diesel Hyundai iLoad van a few months ago at Tesco, but luckily realised before starting the engine. I looked at the pump handles that were mostly covered in advertisements...

Why is the BPA publishing misleading figures about the number of court cases its members bring?

The BPA provided information to the Ministry of Justice last year that its members actually take between 36,000 and 90,000 people to civil court each year. They did this for the 'Impact Assessment' on...

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...

Has there been a conclusive ruling covering undertaking on multi-lane roads?

In your column on Saturday, under "Left right, left right" you covered the topic of undertaking on multi-lane roads. I recall this being discussed some time ago in the press and reference was made to a...

Wrongly issued with parking fine because of faulty machine - how can I respond to this?

On 19 March 2012 the ticket machine in our station car park was not accepting cards. I had no cash on me so advised the car park attendant who noted my registration and said that he was aware of this and...

Can I move through a red light to allow an emergency vehicle past me?

I recently stopped at a red light and saw in my mirror an emergency vehicle with flashing lights approaching in my lane. I knew that I should move out of his path but that would entail crossing the stop...