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My car is having running problems and has been parked on the road until I found the time to fix it. While it’s been parked up it has been taxed and insured, but the MoT had expired. It has not been driven...
I parked in a residential street with no parking restriction signs. I returned to my vehicle two days later and there was a 'warning letter' AND a PCN on my windscreen. The local authority had put up signs...
I reversed out of my drive in a small cul-de-sac and hit a parked car that was parked over the opposite driveway. They were causing an obstruction... am I still at fault?
I visit my shops in my car, but every time I go there someone is parked in the disabled bay without a badge and it’s the same person, which puts me off going to the shop because I need to get my wheelchair...
In your answer 'Is it legal to park on the pavement' you state "if he is wholly on the pavement it is less clear if he would be given a ticket or not." Can you elaborate on this, please? My understanding...
I recently moved into a property where my next door neighbour has a white line outside his house. That’s fine, but the problem I have is that his white line extends 4ft over my frontage making it hard...
We have had double yellow lines installed down our road but the double yellows do not go across the front of each dropped kerb. I realise that there could be an offence of obstruction for blocking a dropped...
My partner has received a parking charge from a private firm. This car park was free, but must now be owned by a private company. He took someone there to do some driving lessons. They did not park or...
My wife has come home with a yellow line parking ticket and has shown me images of a very badly maintained/broken up double line only part identifiable for some distance away and with no end bar. Would...
I received a parking fine whilst in a hospital car park, l have no idea why and all they have told me is I arrived at one time and left at a later time. No explanation as to what breach of regulation.