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Two days ago I received a Parking Charge Notice from Excel Parking on my vehicle after parking at Meole Brace retail park in Shrewsbury. I am not the registered owner of this vehicle, it is my girlfriend's....
I received a 'Notice of Intention to prosecute' asking for the name & address of the driver of my car, due to a recording of excessive speed (38 in a 30 zone). The incident was 31/03/12 on a road near...
I recently hired a car in Munich, Germany and was staying in Mayrhofen Austria. I travelled 2,600km on Austrian/German/Italian roads in 7 days, I paid 8 euros for vignette into Austria. They have fined...
I overstayed the three hours parking allowed at our local car-park. It is clearly signposted and the mistake is all mine. I have received a parking enforcement notice from Civil enforcement ltd of Liverpool,...
I recently received a £60 parking fine in Grasmere Lake District. Having payed £5 parking charge and clearly payed and displayed i have no idea what the fine is for? They state how long i was there and...
I have today received through the post from CP Plus a CHARGE NOTICE. This is for parking at the Clacket Lane South Services for 39 mins over the allowed / free 2 hour time limit. The payment requested...
On a recent European motorcycle tour to Budapest, my friend and I got stopped on the German/Austrian border at Passau. We did not have the "Vignette" (autobahn toll sticker) on display so ASFNAG, the private...
Whilst motoring last month on hundreds of miles of excellent new and uncrowded roads in Spain, I was stopped by the Guardia Civil for going through a tunnel without putting my lights on. This was a very...
What are the repercussions of not paying an Italian fine?
Recently I was caught by a speed camera in Switzerland whilst driving a German hire car. The Swiss police tracked me through the hire company and sent me a ticket demanding 100 euro fine. I learnt that...