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  Car park charges: Five min stop on private land, by non member of BPA. Fined £100. HELP! 9 Apr 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Stopped for 5 mins in private land car park thinking it was a post office car park. On return an envelope with penalty charge notice on it inside a parking...
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  Why was my daughter fined for falling asleep in a motorway rest area? 25 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Reading your many parking letters it seems that the original reason for motorway services - to provide a safe resting and refreshment place on motorways...
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  Out of order pay and display meter 21 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I received a parking ticket yesterday in a private car park. When I arrived the only pay-and-display machine was out of order, so I did not get a ticket....
• Parking in Portsmouth? 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  If so, keep well into the kerb. According to today's Telegraph, page 7, parking attendants will soon isssue tickets if the distance is over 50 cm. Admittedly, a lot of leeway but a local councillor asks "What about people with wheelchairs and Zimmer frames? And what next? Will we be fining
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  Parking fine in a hospital - do I need to pay? 11 Dec 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I received a parking ticket from Parking Eye for parking in a no parking area at a hospital Feb 2013. I had to take my daughter to A & E and did not see...
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  Should we appeal a car park fine? 19 Oct 2017 (Ask HJ)
  In September my wife parked in a Minster Baywatch controlled car park in Sheffield. The parking fee was payed, by telephone via an automated system, by...
• Don't park in front of my drive! 9 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  First that I had of this "new law" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7809206.stm A new law brought in last year means drivers in England could be fined £70 for obstructing a driveway, and the penalty in London is £120.
• HJ- Daily Telegraph, Ealing Parking Fines 5 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  that the fine was illegal- the person had been 'caught' I believe through the use of CCTV trained on a certain point of the road where there are yellow lines. There used to be a station car park where you could pull in to, but this has now been closed as far as I am aware. HJ, you mentioned a website
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  Vaux-haul Asda 30 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I recently visited the Asda supermarket at Shipley, which operates a two-hour parking limit policy, but unfortunately I was late in returning to my car...
• Parking Fine - worth appealing? 4 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  , send a Mr Angry letter with the cheque questioning the parentage of the Bath Parking Services representations Officer!) If I do appeal, it?s not so much the £30, it?s a matter of principle ? I paid for 2.8 hours but only used 2.5 yet they want to fine me. Your opinions please (if you can be bothered
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  What can I do about a parking charge issued by Excel Parking Services? 19 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I know you have written many times regarding private parking charges. My wife recently stopped on the Imperial War Museum North car park and remained in...
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  How can I appeal an unfair parking fine? 12 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  In December, I booked and paid for a long-stay parking spot at Liverpool Airport. When we arrived in the pitch dark at 5.45 in the morning there was a...
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  Should I pay this fine? 18 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I attended a wedding reception at the Marriott Hotel in Waltham Abbey last Saturday (8th September), On arrival we realised that the car park was pay...
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  Why is Parking Eye able to fine people for overstaying at service stations? 14 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  We recently received a demand in the form of a £90 fine imposed by ‘Parking Eye’ at the M40 Welcome Break Oxford service area because we overstayed by...
• All - speeding and parking 26 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  2008/9 697,000 parking fines, 2018 expected 6.4 million, private firms seeking details from DVLA apparently and catching people who use supermarkets, motorway services etc. Chief consatble of Birmingham wants to get rid of the 10% plus 2 mph leeway on speeding activation and bring the leeway
• Please endorse my licence 12 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  about how not only have they been fined, but have been given points on their licence. What is most amusing about the whole situation is that the only cars parked in the road, were those parked on the zigzags. The rest of the street was empty.
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  Why are drivers being fined for using motorway service areas in poor weather? 20 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I noticed a letter with regards to the 'fine' applied to parking in a service area on a night when the weather was exceedingly poor. I write to say that...
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  Malice a forecourt 15 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has just received a demand for £50 payment for parking on "our clients private property at Jempsons Store, Hawkhurst". The car is recorded by CCTV...
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  Can I dispute a parking notice issued because we overstayed whilst shopping at a retail park? 30 Jul 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I received a fixed fine parking notice (£40) for exceeding the free stay time in a retail car park in Gosport Hampshire. There was no facility to extend...
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  Can Honest John mount a campaign against private parking companies? 3 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Parasitical private parking companies are now making it almost impossible to visit retail parks, supermarkets, motorway services, McDonalds and even railway...