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  Why do supermarkets enforce car parking regulations when they put off customers? 18 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Some years ago I was "stung" for parking overtime in a Morrisons Supermarket car park run by another company. It was in the evening and the park was less...
• Pregnant woman fined 19 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  http://tinyurl.com/n5ylbd I don't think she has much of a case to complain. As has been pointed out on here many times, the Mother&Baby Space is there...
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  Can I sue over wrongly issued parking tickets? 15 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I regularly work in Salford, Manchester and leave my car in a public car park which has three hours free or £5 per day. I always pay full £5 and display...
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  Why has Parking Eye fined me for using a motorway services to sleep? 3 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst driving after a hard days work, I started to feel drowsy and decided to pull into the nearest service station, Welcome Break Gordano, at around...
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  More parking penalties 23 Jul 2011 (Ask HJ)
  On 13/07/2011 I parked in an almost empty retail park carpark at 19:12 hours while attending a nearby theatre, returning at 23:02 hours. Unknown to...
• Apcoa - Incorrect car parking fine 23 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  I have an annual car parking permit for my cars at our local train station (from April 12 to April 13.  A week ago I got a "Parking Contravention Charge Notice" stating "No Valid payment". with the usual threats of £75 fine or £50 if within 14 days, othewise they will contact DVLA blah blah blah.
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  How can I dispute a parking ticket I received due to a faulty machine? 16 Nov 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I recently used a local multi story car park and the pay machine touch screen did not recognise any part of my registration number after several attempts,...
• Friend sort of wrongly given parking ticket 24 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  He parked in a car park but bought a ticket but left the sunroof slightly open, the wind must have blown the ticket of the dashboard. When he got to the car the ticket was on the drivers seat and not the windscreen.
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  Is this a valid parking appeal? 15 Sep 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I recently appealed a parking ticket in a hospital staff car park as a correct ticket was displayed in the windscreen. The reason for the rejection...
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  My wife overstayed in a shopper's car park - should she pay the fine? 4 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  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...
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 02 1.9tdi PD130 starting problems when parked 29 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  Had the car from new,estate sport, 110k miles, last 2 years had problems starting when parked nose up ( only a few inches and progressively getting worse ), turns over fine after several mins cranking it starts, runs rough, feels like fuel starvation, fine after 10 seconds of running. ( has worn the starter motor out over time ) When parked nose down starts perfect every time. since problem fuel filter and fuel pipe to PD pump changed ( Known rubbing point under the main air intake tube at the back of the head ) Can not find any air or fuel leaks.
• Impounding law? 5 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I parked my car in front of my house in Nottingham last night, where a one hour stay policy is in use. I woke up this morning at 11am to find my car had been towed away! I have to admit that I have had about 14 tickets for parking my car on that same spot, but being on foreign plates I thought I would never receive the fines back home (which is still the case).
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  Can I be charged £130 by PPS for parking in my son's private parking space? 24 Dec 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My son owns one of a block of flats, each with its own parking space requiring a displayed permit and administered by PPS (a member of BPA). I parked in...
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  Why was my daughter fined for falling asleep in a motorway rest area? 25 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Reading your many parking letters it seems that the original reason for motorway services - to provide a safe resting and refreshment place on motorways...
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  Car park charges: Five min stop on private land, by non member of BPA. Fined £100. HELP! 9 Apr 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Stopped for 5 mins in private land car park thinking it was a post office car park. On return an envelope with penalty charge notice on it inside a parking...
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  Out of order pay and display meter 21 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I received a parking ticket yesterday in a private car park. When I arrived the only pay-and-display machine was out of order, so I did not get a ticket....
• Parking in Portsmouth? 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Will we be fining people who can't park straight?" A neigbour of mine got a ticket for parking 6" over the edge of marked bay (although it seems to be OK to park partly over the pavement) and an Edinburgh friend for only 2", the streets being wide in both cases.
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  Should we appeal a car park fine? 19 Oct 2017 (Ask HJ)
  In September my wife parked in a Minster Baywatch controlled car park in Sheffield. The parking fee was payed, by telephone via an automated system, by...
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  Parking fine in a hospital - do I need to pay? 11 Dec 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I received a parking ticket from Parking Eye for parking in a no parking area at a hospital Feb 2013. I had to take my daughter to A & E and did not see...
• HJ- Daily Telegraph, Ealing Parking Fines 5 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  There used to be a station car park where you could pull in to, but this has now been closed as far as I am aware. HJ, you mentioned a website that was worth a look to see whether the fine could be challenged, and unfortunately I have been unable to find the paper to find that website.