£80 Parking Fine (parking bay too small) - Page 2

lady zed · 20th February 2017, 21:29

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Originally Posted by mh007

Apologies if I misled.
The law did change in 2012 & the advice on ignoring a Parking Charge Notice was no longer recommended.

http://researchbriefings.files.parli...35/SN02235.pdf

That applies to England. It's different up here. I hope

Jim Jamieson · 20th February 2017, 22:31

I got done for being a few minutes over my time in an almost empty car park in Kilmarnock.

Under orders from the "boss" I paid up but asked for a receipt. I never got one.

I wrote to the Kilmarnock Standard who printed my letter Parasites invading Kilmarnock.
Ive never returned to the car park since.

SCP440 · 20th February 2017, 22:48

I parked in Sainsburys in my MWB Transit and of course it is the length of 1.5 cars nearly. Being considerate I parked at the end of the car where there were practically no cars so I did not annoy any other shoppers.

I came back to my van after a bit of shopping and a breakfast ( nearly and hour) with a ticket on the screen. Apparently I was parked across two bays

. I went to the customer service desks to be told they don't control the car park

and I must ring the number on the ticket. The person on the phone told me if I didn't pay it within 14 days I would have to pay double. I explained I was in a van so of course I was over two bays. After a few mins I realised the person I was speaking to was not going to help so I asked for his boss, luckily he understood and explained I need to park in the allocated bays not in the car spaces, I explained there were none and '' as a special favour '' he would void this ticket but in future I would have to park in the correct bays.

I now don't take my van shopping but if I do I will park on the double yellows and leave my hazards on.

topman · 21st February 2017, 00:58

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Originally Posted by SCP440

I now don't take my van shopping but if I do I will park on the double yellows and leave my hazards on.

Don't they issue a ticket for that as well?

Darcydog · 21st February 2017, 15:16

When we toured with a caravan and needed to park over two bays we bought two tickets - the motorhome guys would do the same. But where parking is free for a few hours - what do you do if you have a larger vehicle?

I had an altercation in a car park in Basingstoke when I parked my old Discovery in a bay (just! - but I was within the bay). The attendant moaned because of the overhang

but all it took was me pointing out that several cars actually had overhang greater than my vehicle.

So it seems to me that the vehicle type is the factor as much as anything else.

SCP440 · 21st February 2017, 16:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by topman

Don't they issue a ticket for that as well?

Nope not normally, as long as I don't leave it there for a prolonged period. I have a notice in the window that I am delivering and that seems to do the trick.

steve-45 · 21st February 2017, 17:20

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Originally Posted by Darcydog

When we toured with a caravan and needed to park over two bays we bought two tickets

That's exactly what I did in Torquay a couple of years ago, 2 tickets bought at the same time displayed in the windscreen of the car.
Got a ticket for the folding camper, when I appealed it they said that the ticket should have been stuck in the window of the "camper" being towed.

I had to explain that as the camper was folded down, there were no windows - they are all folded away - so stuck BOTH TICKETS to the car windscreen.

After some more back and forth letters it was eventually cancelled .....

20th February 2017, 22:31	#12
Jim Jamieson This is my second home Rover less ! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tarbolton Posts: 3,442 Thanks: 393 Thanked 888 Times in 542 Posts	I got done for being a few minutes over my time in an almost empty car park in Kilmarnock. Under orders from the "boss" I paid up but asked for a receipt. I never got one. I wrote to the Kilmarnock Standard who printed my letter Parasites invading Kilmarnock. Ive never returned to the car park since.

20th February 2017, 22:48	#13
SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	I parked in Sainsburys in my MWB Transit and of course it is the length of 1.5 cars nearly. Being considerate I parked at the end of the car where there were practically no cars so I did not annoy any other shoppers. I came back to my van after a bit of shopping and a breakfast ( nearly and hour) with a ticket on the screen. Apparently I was parked across two bays . I went to the customer service desks to be told they don't control the car park and I must ring the number on the ticket. The person on the phone told me if I didn't pay it within 14 days I would have to pay double. I explained I was in a van so of course I was over two bays. After a few mins I realised the person I was speaking to was not going to help so I asked for his boss, luckily he understood and explained I need to park in the allocated bays not in the car spaces, I explained there were none and '' as a special favour '' he would void this ticket but in future I would have to park in the correct bays. I now don't take my van shopping but if I do I will park on the double yellows and leave my hazards on.

21st February 2017, 15:16	#15
Darcydog This is my second home Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,428 Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 3,170 Times in 2,096 Posts	When we toured with a caravan and needed to park over two bays we bought two tickets - the motorhome guys would do the same. But where parking is free for a few hours - what do you do if you have a larger vehicle? I had an altercation in a car park in Basingstoke when I parked my old Discovery in a bay (just! - but I was within the bay). The attendant moaned because of the overhang but all it took was me pointing out that several cars actually had overhang greater than my vehicle. So it seems to me that the vehicle type is the factor as much as anything else.