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...

My car was cloned and driven in a bus lane while I was away - how can I fight this?

My wife and I arrived back in Southampton from an extended cruise on 20 December 2011, having left Southampton on 14 November 2011). Earlier this week I received a fixed penalty notice, with photos, alleging...

How can I be given a PCN when I'd already paid to park my car?

I ate dinner at the Swan Hotel, Bedford on 19 December 2011. I arrived in darkness and left in darkness. The hotel charged me a £5 fee for the service of car parking (I have the invoice), thus a contract...

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...

Is undertaking illegal when passing a slow moving vehicle on the motorway?

I noted your reply to JA, Peacehaven and was a bit concerned that your readers may not have understood your point. The Highway Code and the Road Traffic Act are quite clear and that is that passing on...

Can I pass a car on the inside lane on a motorway?

Last week I was on the M25 at the M3 section. I was driving in the inside lane, the next two lanes were empty and there was a car in lane four. The only way to pass was to "under pass", for which I believe...

Has the original proposal for the Protection of Freedoms Bill altered?

Regarding Clause 56 of the Protection of Freedoms Bill which allows Parking Enforcement outfits to pursue Registered Keepers of cars for parking penalties, a change to the bill will allow the rental and...

My friend was prosecuted for undertaking - is this entrapment?

A friend was recently prosecuted for dangerous driving, for undertaking an unmarked police car. The A23 is, at that point, a two-lane dual carriageway. With no traffic in sight my friend followed an Audi...

I've made reference to your comments on the Protection of Freedoms Act in reply to a column in Country Life.

Carla Carlisle, a columnist with Country Life, wrote a harrowing piece about an A14 accident in the Travel Section of the DT on Saturday 24 March. I wrote to her this week and had a very positive email...

How can I prove to Parking Eye that their penalty charge notice is invalid?

I received a Parking Charge from Parking Eye. Parking Eye claimed that my car entered the Associated British Ports Town Quay (Short stay) Car Park in Southampton at 12:39:07 on 7 March and left at 17:32:59...