What are your thoughts on the new BPA Independent Appeals Service?

As things stand The British Parking Association fully expects to have an Independent Appeals Service in place for October 2012. Meanwhile, if you come across a reader complaint that you feel is justified,...

Should my elderly in-laws pay this parking fine?

My in-laws are an ageing couple in their 80s. They do a weekly shop at Aldi in Stourbridge using the car park in front of the store. The store recently introduced a system of recording the registration...

Why is UKPC now threatening to take me to court over an unpaid parking charge?

Thank you for publishing my complaint about the parking charge made by UKPC. Following months of harassment made by this company, and despite the email and letters I have made in response, they are still...

Why are the general public so apathetic about fuel prices and the Protection of Freedoms bill?

Instead of motorists rejoicing that a debate over road fuel prices was triggered by a petition signed by just over 100,000 people, we should be looking upon this as the greatest show of public apathy ever....

Does the attached correspondence regarding the new Protection of Freedoms bill help at all?

I thought that the attached correspondence from Norman Baker would add to the debate. I had raised the points discussed in your letters column directly with my MP and he has followed this through: it would...

Is there anything further we can do to prevent the Protection of Freedoms bill being passed?

Further to your recent columns regarding the relationship between the BPA and the DVLA, and the Protection of Freedoms Bill, I have received the attached letter from Norman Baker via my local MP (Gregory...

I enclose a letter from Vince Cable regarding the Protection of Freedoms bill.

Vince Cable wrote to me: “The Protection of Freedom Act will make it illegal to clamp vehicles on Private Land. It should end the activities of "cowboys" who have exploited people who have parked on Private...

I have written to the Transport Secretary to ask about the release of data by the DVLA.

Letter from Julian Huppert, MP for Cambridge to reader PT of Cambridge): "Thank you for writing to me and drawing my attention to the loophole which exists as a result of the Data Protection Act and...

Is my partner's parking charge notice legally enforceable despite her Blue Badge status?

My pensioner partner has recently been issued with a PCN by Civil Enforcement Ltd. by post, for failing to display her Blue Badge whilst parking in a disabled bay on a Tesco car park in Leigh Lancs. No...

Why is my insurance company settling a minor damage claim 50/50?

In September my wife was involved in an accident in our local supermarket car park. She was waiting to reverse out of a space until a van had passed her. The van cleared her car and she began to reverse....