How can I dispute a parking charge notice I received due to a faulty machine?

Yesterday I received a Parking Charge Notice. I put the money in the machine and did not receive a ticket. I put a notice in the windscreen to that effect. I have written a letter protesting my innocence...

Can I dispute a parking ticket issued for parking slightly over the parking bay lines?

I visited St Ives in Cornwall last week. I entered a privately run car park (not council). The site was very busy. Only a relatively small space was free. Other cars had parked over the lines. I parked...

How can I dispute a parking ticket I received due to a faulty machine?

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, and eventually the screen in question displayed...

I've been issued with a parking ticket due to short-changing the machine - can I appeal?

During holiday in Cornwall we visited Falmouth, where the car park charge was £1 for one hour or £2.20 for two hours. I witnessed my wife put £2.20 in to the machine, which produced ticket that I placed...

Why won't the government stand up for motorists over unfair parking charges?

Nick Smith MP for Blaenau Gwent says the Government should do more to defend the motorist from predatory private parking operators. In August local authority parking charges were in the news as it was...

Should I inform my insurers of a minor accident in a car park?

While parked in a supermarket car park my car was run into by another car reversing out of a parking space. The woman driver apologised, admitted liability and offered to pay my repair costs rather than...

Why don't more drivers car-share when going to work?

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...

Thank you for making readers aware of vehicles being towed away at Stansted Airport.

Thank you for publishing my letter about vehicles being towed away at Stansted airport. I hope this alerts your readers to this scam. I have written to the airport MD, Essex police and others about this...

I got my PCN from a supermarket cancelled after speaking to the store manager.

I received a PCN charge from Parking Eye for overstay at Morrisons, which gives two hours free but no return within three hours. I had to re-visit the store to do more shopping within the 2-hour time limit,...

I parked in a car park for a closed shopping centre and have been charged - can I appeal?

On Saturday evening between 7pm and 10pm I parked in the Rishworth Centre Retail Park in Dewsbury. As all the stores were closed and the parking notices did not refer to any restrictions other than two...