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  • Can I fight my parking fine? 23 Jul 2014 (Ask HJ)
    We recently received a ticket for parking on a beach pay & display car park. Prices were £1 for one hour and £1.30 for two hours. We paid for 2hrs using...
  • Parking ticket at motorway services - Can I appeal? 8 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I received a charge notice for being recorded as 'parked' in Norton Canes Services on the M6 toll for in excess of the permitted two hours. I am somewhat...
  • Parking fine in supermarket - why are the time limits inconsistent? 30 Dec 2016 (Ask HJ)
    My wife has received a £70 Parking Charge Notice from Parking Eye after parking for 1 hour 43 minutes in a supermarket car park. It was our Christmas food...
  • Parking Ticket Help Please! 12 May 2006 (Forum)
    and placed a notice on my dashboard stating the time of parking and that the machine was not working. Surprise, surprise I have an "Excess Charge Notice (Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984)" and a £50 fine. The 'notice' even states that I left a note and the parking attendants asked the receptionist who
  • Rover 400 - Rover 414i 1999 starting issue 1 Feb 2019 (Forum)
    Hi all, had an issue with my rover 414i 1999 model. I drove for about an hour no issues, I parked up for 10 mins, drove for another hour no issues, parked up for half hour and then drove 2 mins around the corner, went back to the car 20 mins later and nothing, just a click....tried bumping car
  • Experience leads me to now avoid TCP car parks entirely. 20 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
    Further to DO's letter, whatever the opposite of la creme de la creme of car park operators is, TCP is it. I am perfectly willing to pay parking fines...
  • Is it worth appealing a PCN when the parking app didn't work correctly? 29 Sep 2023 (Ask HJ)
    I received a PCN for not displaying a valid parking ticket but there was an issue encountered when attempting to pay using RingGo, their parking partner,...
  • Can I appeal a parking fine for not displaying my Blue Badge? 23 May 2022 (Ask HJ)
    I am a disabled person unable to walk more than a few yards at a time. I have been using my local supermarket's disabled parking bays for many years, always...
  • My parking sensors stop working in the rain, how can I fix this? 27 Jul 2023 (Ask HJ)
    I have a 2020 Nissan Qashqai, the front parking sensors would buzz on and off in the rain and show I was close to something even when on the road. Is...
  • I've been fined £100 for overstaying at a train station - can I contest this? 10 Jan 2018 (Ask HJ)
    I recently parked at Chippenham Station in a short 20 minute limit area to see off my daughter. This was just before 9pm and there were plenty of spare...
  • Park on your own land ?...NO! 4 Dec 2009 (Forum)
    Reported today in the Daily Wail.... A doctor in the Westminster Council area has been repeatedly fined for parking his Scooter on a piece of land, outside the windows of his surgery, which is his property. The matter has been taken all the way up to the Appeal Court and they have upheld
  • er... another Omega question!!! 16 Sep 2002 (Forum)
    problems though, and handbrake seems fine but it seemed at the time that it tried to jump out of the ratchet just as I released it. Could it have been the auto box settling into park lock? Simon _____________________________________ SVPworld (incorporating PSRworld) www.svpworld.com
  • VW Golf cabriolet year 2000 mk3 (mk4 front end) - Headlights 29 Sep 2014 (Forum)
    Hello there, got into my car last night and the dipped beam would not work. Everything else is fine, full beam, side lights, parking lights etc. Can anybody help?? All was fine the night before, this problem was sudden, no warning. Thanks.
  • Parking Enforcement Criminals 24 Jun 2006 (Forum)
    Disabled bay painted around car A council has apologised to a woman who was fined £60 after workmen painted a disabled bay around her car. When Shirley Hatcher, 67, parked her car in North Road, Southampton, Hampshire, there were no parking restrictions in place. Mrs Hatcher, of Priory Road
  • Why have I been given penalty points for a parking offence? 11 Feb 2015 (Ask HJ)
    I was parked outside a local shop and the back end of my car was over the zig zag markings of a traffic light area. As a result, I was given a ticket for...
  • Peugeot 106 - Peugeot 106 Cutting Out (Only After Being Parked). 20 Sep 2015 (Forum)
    My 1998 1.1 106 has started cutting out. After being parked for a while (Usually about half an hour). It starts up again fine, but cuts out within a mile or two. It happens on short and longer journeys, but never until after I've stopped. I drove it for about 25 miles the day
  • Kia Sportage - Is faulty Electronic Parking Brake an MOT fail? 10 Sep 2022 (Forum)
    Our 69 plate Sportage has a faulty Electronic Parking Brake (it doesnt seem to engage and not does the light come on). We took it in around June and the dealer has told us it's fine to drive but the parts may take some time to arrive ( as of today they still don't know). We also haven't noticed
  • Fines for untaxed car 14 Aug 2008 (Forum)
    My car was clamped at the beginning of July as it was untaxed. This was my fault and I have no problem with it, hadn't taxed it since April, had totally forgotten as it was parked in a garage as I was working away. Was the first time I'd driven it and ironically had driven to my parents house
  • Litter fine 30 Nov 2016 (Forum)
    behind her. As there were strong winds this morning, the winds blew the paper away without her noticing. This officer approached her and issued a fine. Where does she stand as she is has been brought up not to litter and she feels that a genuine mistake was made. Is there an redress as with parking
  • Penalised for "parking over two bays" - can I contest this? 19 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I have been issued with a penalty notice of £80 reduced to £50 for prompt payment by APCOA parking. The alleged offence was "parking over two bays" in...
 

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