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Yesterday I got stuck at Clacket Lane services on the M25 as there was an accident and it was gridlocked. I stayed at the services for about three hours. Am I likely to get a penalty ticket and can I challenge...
I recently received a parking charge notice from Parking Eye for 21 minutes over their two hour time. I didn't realise there was a time limit. Do I need to pay?
My wife and daughter met at the Welcome Break services at Charnock Richard North on 22nd September so my daughter could pass over some of her belongings which we would take to her student house. My wife...
A word of warning to motorists filling up at automated filling stations in France. I've just returned from a 2-week trip, and on checking my credit card account on line I discovered evidence of (apparent)...
You may be interested in my experience with CP Plus when they fined me for overstaying my time at a service station on a motorway. They wrote that the DVLA had told them either I was the registered keeper...
I agree absolutely that no-one should be penalised for falling asleep in a motorway service area and overstaying their 'Welcome Break’. The practice of setting a time limit for parking and then imposing...
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 nine o'clock at night on 24 May 2013. I decided to...
My wife went for a meeting at a motorway service station off the M61. A week later she received a £100 penalty charge from Parking Eye. She had not noticed that a two-hour limit was advertised around the...
Apropos of one of your recent letters topics - see this from the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-21752893 “Motorists who were unable to leave Pease Pottage service station on the A23 on Monday...
I noticed a letter with regards to the 'fine' applied to parking in a service area on a night when the weather was exceedingly poor. I write to say that I admire the gentleman for refusing to pay. Unfortunately,...