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• Blue badge abuse. Some serious action. BBC item 18 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Longer report at 7:30 on BBC's Inside Out in the West Midlands. Illegal blue badges cost £500,000 Anyone caught parking illegally could face fines of up to £1,000 Drivers parking illegally in spaces for disabled motorists are costing Birmingham £500,000 in lost parking fees each year, council chiefs said. The city council has vowed to take tough action against those caught, threatening fines of up to £1,000.
• SORN and INSURANCE 13 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  I got a £50 fine from the DVLA for it. My car had been parked up for 3 months during a full engine rebuild and i got the fine the day after the tax was due form came through the post, happy christmas DVLA and may all your tickets be big ones.
• APCOA - Parking Charge Notice 17 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Returned from shopping today to find the above stuck to my windscreen. There were no free parking spaces so, like others i the same position we parked partly pavement/partly road , no yellow lines at all. *Not a designated parking area* is what it says on the invoice for £60 My friend has told us 'just ignore it' (the invoice) what would you advise ?
• Gold Parking Service Gatwick 15 May 2014 (Forum)
  Your car could well end up damaged, used for their own amusement, stolen or incur parking fines. As was reported by other viewers. Their website is still live even after being highlighted on WD tonight. I parked on the airport at Gatwick last summer. The car was in a secure car park, monitored and the car was in the spot I left it.
• Speeding fine exclusions 26 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  May have been caught doing 36 in a 30 zone this morning. But what is annoying is the speed camera van is parked  alongside the private entrance...
• Gatwick warning. 17 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Further to the risk of a parking fine in the airport filling stations. In case you missed this Item from HJ's Saturday pages "Cameras have been fitted on both the upper and lower decks outside Gatwick Airport. Any vehicle pausing for more than three minutes is flashed and a penalty fine will arrive through the post."
• Renault Scenic - parking in council car park 22 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  I was late for an appointment - dashed into the dentist and asked the junior to put 2 hours parking on my car and gave her £1 coin.  She came back with my car keys and had put ticket on.  When I had returned to the car (after dentist and shopping) I had a parking ticket - because the amount for 2 hours should have been £1.10p  -  as the machine did not give  change (it said this on the meter) the girl did not realise the ticket was only for l hour not  2  hours  as I wasn't given change I didn't realise it either.
• Parking ticket - need help quickly!!!!!! 10 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  2) If the illegal parking was on 23-Dec-2005, surely I have upto 14 days from 23-Dec-2005 to pay the fine (which that day have been passed), is this correct? Why would they start counting the 14-day grace period from 30-Dec-2005?
• £100 insurance fine for you all 25 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Read the Times in a coffee place this morning. In a small column it stated that if you don't renew your insurance you will get a £100 "fine. Even if it was only a day "late" and it was parked on private property the whole time. It was written as a fact rather than a new government proposal. But I now can't find it in the on-line version.
• 2014 Audi A1 1.6 TDI - Rear Brakes Sticking? 22 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  I park my car in a garage, with the handbrake off. When it has been parked for a few days, the rear brakes seem to be stuck on and it requires some effort to get the car to move, as if something is sticking on the rear wheels, despite me parking it with the handbrake off.
• Advice with a Parking Fine/ Magistrates Court 30 Jul 2018 (Forum)
    I am faced with 2 charges of £182 now or facing the Magistrates court with potential fine of £1000.   This feels like extortion, but I dont want to risk having to pay £1000. I've tried contacting solicitors in the towns nearby and none cover parking litigation, so any helpful advice is highly appreciated.
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 97 2.1 diesel wont start 23 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  i have a r reg 2.1 diesel. it started fine this morning and run well. i parked up for about 30 mins and now it will not start turns over fine. has anyone got any ideas please
• Parking fine when no ticket was issued 28 May 2003 (Forum)
  A few weeks ago I stopped for a few minutes on a meter without paying and returned to find a traffic warden taking down the car's details. I drove off...
• Residential parking ticket 6 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I forgot to put the pass in my window last night when i parked up been greeted this morning by a £120 "Civil Penalty charge notice" what does this mean? i'm fine so long as i ignore all coraspondense or i have to pay up? Never mind i've been parking on the estate for the last 2 months in this car everytight with a pass....
• Fines gone MAD 14 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  The penalty for improper use is £1000 - yes, I have put the right number of noughts, one thousand pounds for parking your car in a taxi bay. I guess this represents over a month's take-home pay for many people. Sounds scandalous to me. What other outrageous fines have people come across?
• March 2007 15 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  From that date the EU countries start sharing vehicle registration information;so your parking/speeding fines etc. will catch up with you.
• Parking Ticket Help Please! 12 May 2006 (Forum)
  I informed the receptionist at the local authority gym and placed a notice on my dashboard stating the time of parking and that the machine was not working. Surprise, surprise I have an "Excess Charge Notice (Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984)" and a £50 fine. The 'notice' even states that I left a note and the parking attendants asked the receptionist who confirmed what I reported; the attendant states on the notice that the machine was checked and was working ok (about 2 minutes after I parked).
• Honda Jazz - Parking sign 10 Dec 2024 (Forum)
  Hi all.  I never been good at all those parking signs on the road so I just wanted to clarify something and I need your help.  So the sign on one of the street was free and saying: Mon-Sat 8am to 4pm 1h, no return for 2h. And I parked at 3.40pm.
• Rover 400 - Rover 414i 1999 starting issue 1 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  Hi all, had an issue with my rover 414i 1999 model. I drove for about an hour no issues, I parked up for 10 mins, drove for another hour no issues, parked up for half hour and then drove 2 mins around the corner, went back to the car 20 mins later and nothing, just a click....tried bumping car and nothing, tried jump leads, nothing, all lights were on and fine, moved car to safe area and decided to see if I could find a solution, went back to car after a few hours and after a click, a second of struggling it started and drove me home fine, checked it this morning and slight struggle(maybe due to cold weather) it started and has had no problems since....only thing I noticed was water tank seemed to have gone low but can see no leaks anywhere, all temps were fine but could something have over heated causing the issue?
• Park on your own land ?...NO! 4 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  I parked the Condor on double yellows in Cheadle a few years ago with my blue badge on. Arriving back, there was a young lady warden looking at it. I asked if all was ok......' Fine,' she said ' I've just never seen a blue badge on a bike before '.