A fish and chip shop owner from Chelmsford refused to pay an £85 penalty ticket given to him in 2013 by London-based parking company, ParkingEye Ltd. He had exceeded the maximum stay in Riverside Retail Park, Chelmsford, by 56 minutes. There were signs around the car park stating that the maximum stay was two hours, […]

Drivers in England will get 10 minutes’ grace before being fined if they stay too long in council-owned car parking spaces, the government has announced. The changes are expected to come in within weeks and will apply to all on-street and off-street council parking spots. Other measures in the Deregulation Bill include a right for […]

The Government is considering a proposal that would give motorists a five-minute grace period before a ticket is issued. Many councils already allow motorists a limited duration before writing a ticket but it is a grey area which would be cleared up by being written into law. This forms part of proposals that followed a […]

Portadown, Ireland has been revealed as one of the most ticketed towns in the province, having clocked up 2,506 parking tickets in 2011. One business owner in the area spoke out at how he is considering moving his business to a different area after being issued with more than 16 parking tickets which he feels […]

It is a pain when you receive a ticket but at the end of the day, you have to remember it is the law and you are only issued a ticket if you are illegally parked or not following specific guidelines. The parking restrictions that are in place are generally used to help the flow […]

A survey recently conducted, disclosed that a huge percentage of drivers find the parking apps to be a nuisance. The survey revealed that a staggering 83% of the 1387 people who partook, stated they would rather use a pay and display machine than downloading and creating an account for the many different apps used today. […]

Vanessa Price, the owner of a Smart car, was fined £50 for parking at a right angle to the kerb in an on-street parking bay. Although the ability of Smart cars, which are less than 9ft long, to fit into small spaces at right angles to the pavement is well known, and a unique selling […]

It has been found that more than half of motorists’ appeals against fines are found in their favour but few motorists do in fact appeal. Barrie Segal, owner of the campaigning website AppealNow, has reviewed roughly 60,000 parking tickets on behalf of motorists and has found a number of ‘scams’. One in particular is the […]

A lady from Southwark ended up in a parking ticket feud with the council when the online payment system acted more than a little sensitive! She was fined £40 when she was found lingering too long in a London car park. When she disputed the ticket and lost she decided to pay the fee and […]

Hundreds of parking fines issued at a motoring pageant last week will be wiped and Enfield Council has apologised for the error. The council stood to make £20,000 from the tickets after putting up several “no right turn” signs at the Donkey Lane exit of a playing field used for the Enfield Pageant of Motoring on […]