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  • Parking question: Not displaying ticket 12 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I have been served with with a APCOA – PCN - City Council Parking Ticket. They are demanding the full amount £50, as the original fine from a parking ticket...
  • What can I do to protect my number plate from cloning? 27 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I have just received a letter from a car parking enforcement company, telling me that a car with my plate had overstayed at a Sainsbury's car park (no...
  • All makes, all models - Coved-19, Overstaying parking limits in managed ca 9 Jun 2020 (Forum)
    that the car park is managed by a parking management company and any stay over 2 hours would be subject to a fine. Members of staff were occasionally walking up and down the que, I asked two of them separately if the 2 hour limit was still being enforced and both were unable to give me a definite answer. So
  • debt and ccj's-mainly parking 16 Sep 2016 (Forum)
    are connected to when moving house, it keeps your records up to date and should avoid this situation. But I would make it incumbent upon the plaintiff (parking sharks) to establish the correct address beyond doubt, otherwise they are fined heavily and pay redress to the defendant (joe public). Cheers
  • Happy Christmas from Bromley Council 18 Jan 2006 (Forum)
    parking ticket at my local supermarket's pay and display car park. First, that Penalty Charge was either never issued or never presented to me or left on my car. Apparently though, since I did not respond to it within 14 days of its issue, I have lost my right to a 50% discount, and I am now being fined
  • VW Golf 2ltr cabriolet year 2000 (MK4 front end) - Headlights 28 Sep 2014 (Forum)
    My dipped headlights have suddenly stopped working. Everything else is fine, side lights, full beam and parking lights.Can anybody help?? Thanks.
  • Hooked, line and cheater 28 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
    I recently parked in a NCP car park in Bolton in a bay marked for vehicles with young children. My child was not with me at the time, although I was collecting...
  • Parking fine quashed 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
    ' No apology, of course, and a final insult..'Should you receive a similar ticket in the future, we may not be able to cancel.' So that's all right then, if I park my legal car with my legal badge in a legal bay then I might get a fine because some half-wit attendant thinks he has forensic training ! I've
  • Bmw 320i - Smoke from bonnet 21 Dec 2017 (Forum)
    I have a bmw 320i 2006 year when I got the car there was oil dripping on exhaust manifold from rocker cover so had this done the car was fine for 3 days after this  I left the car parked on drive for 3 days and tonight when driving to shop there was smoke coming from under bonnet
  • Peugeot 307 SW 2 lt turbo diesel - Car will not start 17 Nov 2011 (Forum)
    my peugeot 307sw 2lt turbo diesil will not start? was working fine no warning lights, parked it up went out next day turns over fine but does not start. so i have put new battery in nothing checked fuel lines all pumping diesil up to injectors and now i am stuck. only thing i did do the day before
  • Parking Firm Doctor Photo Evidence 2 Mar 2004 (Forum)
    to see photo evidence, no matter whether for speeding or other offences. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-974970,00.html A MOTORIST has won his appeal against a £60 parking fine after an independent adjudicator concluded that NCP, the car parking company, had faked a photograph to prove its
  • MkII DCi - Scenic - Parking brake fault after pads changed! 20 Jan 2012 (Forum)
    a "Parking Brake Fault" warning, red stop indicator flashing on dash, parking brake lever LED flashing, and car beeps when first entering. Parking brake functioning perfectly, as always. Will hold fine on a hill, will auto-release etc, and apply automatically when engine turned off The garage
  • Querying a parking ticket 1 Sep 2005 (Forum)
    ? Why do they need a copy of my Tax Disc? and surely I would be breaking the law if I were to make a copy of it anyway? I know lots of people will always try and wriggle out of fines etc, but this really did come out of the blue and I havn't parked my car anywhere other than outside my office. Any
  • People who think they own the street - Parking 9 Mar 2023 (Forum)
    , that and the lines are the only parking restrictions that is law, for those who understand the highway code or have in fact bothered to read/update themselves with it, there are 2 sections, must and must not is law which is punishable by a fine, jail, points or any combination of the three
  • Vauxhall Corsa - Parking Eye Parking Charge Notice 15 Nov 2014 (Forum)
    is for hotel clientele only and if not you will be fined £100 and there are cameras recording activity.    So, guess what we received a £100 (discounted to £60 if paid in 14 days) Parking Charge Notice.   I have read loads of threads and discussions
  • Want to contest a parking ticket, but employer won’t let me – what should I do? 31 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
    I recently received a parking charge notice from parking eye for over staying my break at Corley services on the M6. I have appealed and got a reply saying...
  • Parking at an airport - will the alarm cause trouble? 18 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
    I will be leaving my car in a airport car park for a few weeks shortly and am worried about how the alarm works on this model (Ford Focus 1.6 Titanium,...
  • Mercedes e320 - PCN notice 9 Oct 2012 (Forum)
    through a few days later, and there were a couple of mistakes:   1) He was given a fine for parking, where he wasnt parking just turning round.   2) The reg number of the car was right, but the make of the car was wrong, he was in a Mercedes and the make of car
  • Fines for idling engines 11 Jul 2006 (Forum)
    One of the councils up here are running adverts on the radio saying the usual, how bad it is for the environment etc if you leave your car engine running whilst parked up, so you will now be fined if caught doing this. But how bad exactly is it? If you are sitting stationery at side of road
  • £100 fine at Liverpool Airport 23 Apr 2006 (Forum)
    Got back off hols late last night. Picked up car from car park, left wife and v tired kids with bags at arivals. Pulled into a layby outside where they were waiting, jobsworth arrives and says 'you've just been fined £100, it will arrive within 7 days we'll get your details off DVLA'. Lay-by had
 

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