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I have received a notice from Athena ANPR Ltd., PO Box 306, Chertsey, KT16 6ED, issued 12/01/11 for a "reduced charge" of £45.00 if I pay by within two weeks [otherwise £90.00] for an overstay of 13 minutes,...
Last year I stayed 17 minutes longer than the free two hours at a shopping complex car park in Kidderminster. I duly received notice of a £40 fine from Excel Parking of Sheffield to which I replied with...
My wife has just received a demand for £50 payment for parking on "our clients private property at Jempsons Store, Hawkhurst". The car is recorded by CCTV showing the correct vehicle date and time. Is...
My wife, who is 79, regularly takes our neighbour, who is 93, to Tesco. Recently he forgot to display his blue badge and in spite of his showing it to the warden on return to the car, I have received a...
Your correspondent who was fined in a car park owned by a Tesco store for apparently not displaying a 'blue badge' should perhaps refer to the main branch of the one of the three Tesco stores in Dumfries,...
Regarding the letter about a Penalty Charge Notice for a vehicle not parking according to the required order. What is not mentioned is that selfishly parking over another bay removes that bay from use...
Further to your reader's letter regarding a £50 penalty at MacDonalds near Heathrow, I too suffered in the same way, this time because my order was forgotten and by the time I had received and eaten it,...
Your correspondent who was fined for overstaying at McDonalds is quite justifiably angry. I parked in my local Tesco in a handicapped bay and was fined £50. I was distracted by an incident in the car park...
I'm just dropping you a line to let you know that I have put up a webpage on my website to help people understand what to do if they get a so called "Parking Ticket" for parking on private land. The URL...
On July 25 2009, you answered a letter by P.M. of Kineton who had received a "penalty" for overstaying while parking to eat at McDonalds. You advised the person to pay the "penalty" and then sue. I disagree...