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What should I do with a PCN?

Two days ago I found a parking ticket on my windscreen from UKPC parking control at a TK Max store for not parking correctly within the markings of the parking space (my car was an inch or two over the line to allow my elderly wife room to exit the car). I really would appreciate some good advice about what I should do. The fine is £50 if paid within 14 days or £90 thereafter.

Asked on 15 September 2012 by JC, via email

Answered by Honest John
It's not a 'fine' and if it is described as a 'fine' on the notice you do not have to pay it at all because it is illegal. Of 1,800,000 penalty charges issued by members of the British Parking Association last year, 845 resulted in commencement of court action, 49 actually went to court and BPA members won 24. Those are the odds.
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