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  • Parking Fine £200 per HOUR 6 Nov 2010 (Forum)
    I haven't incurred this but thought I would ask for opinion here. In Cheddar last week I saw a sign that said that the fine for parking there without permission or paying (sorry didn't notice whether it was private or local authority) would be £200 per HOUR
  • Incorrect Car Parking Fine 5 Nov 2012 (Forum)
    I received a letter from Town and City parking saying that i was being fined for car parking in Scotland. This is clearly incorrect as i have never been to Scotland. Is this a scam by the company or an indivdual in the organisation to get a bonus? Or has my car registration
  • Parking Fine Defaulters Cars to be Crushed 19 Mar 2009 (Forum)
    It was on BBC news this morning that, in Leicester, people who don't pay their parking fines may have their cars taken to a pound and crushed, after 90 days. The worst offender there owes £10,000 in unpaid fines. Why aren't normal methods be used to collect this money (Bailiffs, sequestration
  • Parking fine for buying petrol 24 Nov 2006 (Forum)
    http://tinyurl.com/yxs9hh {Shortened link to http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/ - DD}
  • Private car parks - fines 3 Dec 2007 (Forum)
    Someone I know has been lumped with a £75 fine for overstaying in the car park for his local swimming pool, because the disabled swimming class closed the pool for an hour at midday. http://www.paulobrien.net/what-0#comments He was fuming about it on his blog (and rightly so!) and I was wondering
  • What a way to avoid a parking fine! 26 Sep 2008 (Forum)
    The driver who avoided parking ticket by refusing to get out of his towed-away car for TWO HOURS tinyurl.com/44cz3x So if you are inside car, it can't be towed away :o)
  • n/a - Parking charge notice 22 Nov 2013 (Forum)
    My wife received a parking charge notice for parking in a free car park owned by a council. The fine is £85 from Brittania Parking.  The parking charge was for not displaying a valid ticket, she didn't realise that although parking is free she had to obtain a ticket
  • Volvo - Parking fine from TPS 16 Apr 2012 (Forum)
    , popped across the road to the post office to collect a parcel and then went to Dunelm.... I didnt buy anything as I was browsing for curtains but havent got the authority to make such purchases without the "Senior Manager" with me... When I returned, I have been issued with a parking fine
  • Council loss on fines! 26 Aug 2006 (Forum)
    Our local council has revealed this week that they made a loss of £41k on parking enforcement last financial year. http://tinyurl.com/o6wnm Enforcement expenditure was £1.16m, fine income was £1.12m. According to the council this is because the level of fines haven't been increased
  • New Parking Fine Regs 16 Jan 2008 (Forum)
    Reported on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7184510.stm For me, the most concerning new law is "For the first time, councils outside London will be able to issue fines by post using CCTV evidence. "
  • Excessive Parking Fine 28 Apr 2002 (Forum)
    Last year I parked in what I was told was a restaurant car park. When I returned to my vehicle I found that I had been issued with a £50 fine from a private car parking company. When I left the vehicle I couldn't see any signs on the enterance or in the car park stating that it was private. I
  • Peugot 206 - Excel Parking fine Crown Point Leeds 28 Jun 2012 (Forum)
    I recently parked on Crown Point in Leeds - where I parked for three hours. I left the site initially to go into town and then came back and shopped on the site.   I was issued with a parking fine of £60 for leaving the site - this was issued 15 minutes after I arrived
  • Watchdog Tonight - Parking Fines/Fees 28 Feb 2006 (Forum)
    I've just been watching an item on Watchdog regarding fines (if fine is a correct term) for parking on private property. As is typical with this programme, the item was superficially presented and poorly researched, raising more questions than it answered. Briefly, it featured several people
  • Parking fines set to rocket !! 15 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    Hi - According to our local rag, not only is Ken apparently keen on extending congestion charging to the outer London boroughs in the not too distant future, drivers in London should be aware that parking fines are set to rocket from £20 to £100 minimum from April ! Three questions
  • Car Park fine 31 Dec 2001 (Forum)
    On Christmas eve, I was given a parking ticket demanding payment for inconsiderate parking in a supermaket car park. I happened to park on the end of a row of cars and left plenty of room for vehicles to pass. I didn't notice that I wasn't parked on a marked bay.Outside the supermarket itself
  • Yellow Line Parking Fine 2 Oct 2006 (Forum)
    A driver was shocked when he got a parking ticket - and that yellow lines under his car had been painted while he was parked. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/224/224503_gotcha_yellow_line_is_painted_under_parked_car.html {Small amount of text added from the news report, so
  • 8 in 10 parking fines quashed on appeal 30 Oct 2007 (Forum)
    Always worth a try it would seem. http://tinyurl.com/2b6bml
  • ALL - Private car parks and the DVLA 7 Dec 2020 (Forum)
    Reading today of a BP petrol station in GTR Manchester.  It has additional facilities such as a car wash and shop.  Customers are given !5 minutes to visit the forecourt for whatever and thereafter risk a fine for PARKING on private land.  Short of not using the BP station
  • parking fine appeal 14 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    Recently received a parking fine and appealed against it as there were no visible road markings. This was also confirmed by the TW's photgraph. They have replied saying that although there were no markings, there was a sign on a lampost locally. Therefore they are rejecting my appeal, though
  • Beeware - Parking fine scam that looks official 10 Mar 2014 (Forum)
    http://www.tinyurl.com/ntbn3x3 Dont get caught some have? dvd
 

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