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  Is this parking ticket valid? 20 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I drove a way before council warden placed ticket on car - what are the current rules? Is the ticket valid if sent in post, as it was not attached to windscreen...
• Speeding Fines for Profit 4 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  So here it is folks, prooof that entrapment of motorists for the speeding fines isn't just confined to the UK. At least we're well ahead of the US for a change having shifted the profiteering onto parking. http://start.zonealarm.com/news/read/category/Top%20News/article/the_associated_press-waldo_suspends_2_police_chiefs_after_quota_claims-ap
• Can private car parks trace your address 4 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  I got a parking ticket at a private car park yesterday (euro car parks) and I have been told my a friend that they have no way of tracing your address because they are a private company rather than a local authority, so they can't access police/dvla records.
• Vauxhall Astra - APCOA PARKING FINE AT LUTON AIRPORT 25 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I receied a Enforcement Notice from APCOA giving me the opportunity to pay a fine for stopping/dropping off in a non drop off area.  Actually it...
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  I've received a PCN and don't think it legal. 6 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I received a PCN at what I thought was a car park, but turns out to be a piece of private land adjacent to it separated by a few bits of broken fence....
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  Can I avoid parking fines by coving my number plate? 25 Apr 2015 (Ask HJ)
  Is it legal to avoid exorbitant parking penalties by removing or covering your number plate?
• Avis France rental exorbitant charges 20 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  Son hired a car in France for a couple of days while he went to one of the euro matches in Ma***illes. Came back and a few days later got a postal parking fine for 17 euros - annoying but fair do's. No indication of parking restrictions in the street concerned and tons of others parked there. Might be something to do with how he was parked (parallel).
• Volkswagen Polo III - Polo cutting out when parking 25 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  Bought a W reg VW polo approx 2 months ago and after a while, it cut out a couple of times when under load, i.e. hard steering. I had the alternator changed under warranty and all seemed fine until this morning, when i pulled in to a parking space and engine cut out again. Called RAC out and they ran diag tests on it and couldn't find anything wrong with it. The tested alternator and battery and said they were fine.
• VW Polo - Polo cutting out when parking 25 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  Bought a W reg VW polo approx 2 months ago and after a while, it cut out a couple of times when under load, i.e. hard steering. I had the alternator changed under warranty and all seemed fine until this morning, when i pulled in to a parking space and engine cut out again. Called RAC out and they ran diag tests on it and couldn't find anything wrong with it. The tested alternator and battery and said they were fine.
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  Please warn your disabled readers not to let their parking badges fade in sunlight. 11 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Those of us with disabled parking badges should beware of letting them fade through exposure to sunlight. I recently got a replacement badge and was told...
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  How do I appeal a parking fine because the pay machine wasn't working? 12 Jan 2021 (Ask HJ)
  The parking machine was not working. I have now received a fixed penalty. How do I appeal?
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  Parking ticket - can I appeal? 3 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I paid for a parking ticket at a ferry port, which was to be displayed on the dashboard (non-sticky). When I got back from a two day trip a parking charge...
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  Disc parking zones 15 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Are there any special rules regarding the signage to indicate where these zones are? A local market town has just set them up, as I have just found out....
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  Where can I report harassment from a car parking company? 5 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  A brief note to let you know that the parking gestapo has finally agreed to cease pursuing me for failing to display my valid ticket 'correctly'. It has...
• Shopping centre car park - legal advice 16 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  We are convinced something must be ilegal here. Local roads round the car park are now dangerious to drive to because of all the ilegal parking because people refuse to use the car park. The car park uses ANPR and is this an ilegal use of it? You enter then enter your neg number at the machine then if you enter in peedo code:- If number plate = entered then don't fine If no number plate entered send out fines for all drivers.
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  My car was towed while awaiting repairs - should the garage pay for the fine because they parked it on the road? 20 Apr 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My car has spent several weeks at the garage waiting to be repaired (parts coming from the US) in the mean time the tax and MoT had expired. I didn't think...
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  Parking fine issued incorrectly 12 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  We come from Cornwall. In february we went to Kent for my aunts funeral. My mother drove to Strood and parked in Netto car park. For ten minutes she...
• Any - Forgot to Display Tax Disc 9 Sep 2012 (Forum)
    I was in town and have gone past a camera that  I think checks for tax dodgers and I was also parked on street.  I read where traffic wardens can fine you the same as a parking fine and nothing has happened with that.  I was just wondering if anything could happen via the camera.  The new disc is safely in place now!
• Legacy Electrics Susceptible to Interference 1 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  We rolled the car about 1o metres away and it started fine. I replaced the battery and still the same problem. I've been parking there for over a year now with no problem. Any ideas on a solution? The car park is under a block of flats where everyone has a designated space so switching with someone else could be a real pain.
• Let off with parking fine - or not? 11 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Was given a penalty notice by Scarborough Borough Council for parking on the cliff tops at Filey without displaying a ticket. A valid ticket was actually...