How can I stop a parking company from harassing me over an unpaid parking ticket?

In your columns in the Daily Telegraph Motoring Supplement a while ago you referred a correspondent who was being harassed by a firm called Premier over parking charges. I am in the position of being similarly...

How can we prevent the handbrake failing on my daughter's Suzuki Swift?

My daughter’s Suzuki Swift was recalled for a handbrake problem but was deemed OK. Recently, when parked at work, the car rolled back into a wall scuffing the bumper. The handbrake was completely inoperative...

Thanks to Town and City Parking for returning our penalty notice charge.

Four weeks ago my wife parked at Asda in Newton Abbot. She forgot to display her Blue Disabled Parking Badge, and when she returned after a couple of hours there was a Penalty Charge Notice asking for...

Is a car 'parked' if it has its wheels on the pavement?

I wonder if you can throw any light on the definition of 'parked'? I recently pulled off the road and had my two nearside wheels on the paving area outside a factory in Perivale, whilst I consulted a map...

Is this a way of avoiding paying parking charge penalties?

If you get a fixed penalty notice through the post that also carries penalty points, the computer system first sends you a demand for the cash. When you have paid, it then sends a demand to return your...

Is the Protection of Freedoms Bill likely to become a major political issue?

Thank you for your reply to my e-mail about Clause 56 of the Protection of Freedoms Bill concerning private parking penalties and for your comments on the letter sent to me by Eric Pickles that I copied...

Thanks to NCP for cancelling my parking charge when I picked up the receipt instead of the ticket.

On a recent day out to London with a friend, as he parked his car at Hillingdon Tube Station, I paid the daily £5 charge at the appropriate machine. On our return later in the day, we found a parking ticket...

Will the British Parking Association Code of Practice really help with disputing against parking enforcement companies?

I find it ironic that on the day you print two letters presenting a balanced view on Clause 56 of the Protection of Freedom Bill, it was widely reported that a wheel clamper had been fined £750. From what...

Would you like to see the reply from my MP regarding the Protection of Freedoms Bill?

As suggested in your column in the Daily Telegraph, I emailed my MP to express concern about Clause 56 in the Protection of Freedoms Bill. She contacted the minister and I thought you might be interested...

I complained to a supermarket after receiving a parking ticket and had it waived.

Whilst away on a regular weekend break in Wales, we parked our vehicle in the car park of a well-known supermarket chain. Two hours is the free time at this site, but we arrived to find a parking ticket...