Getting a parking ticket is the worst, right? Wrong. If you’ve ever come back to your parked car to find it’s been clamped, you’ll know this instantly feels worse than getting a parking ticket, and there are plenty more hoops you have to jump through to get your car back. In some cases, your car could be impounded instantly – before you even get a chance to find it clamped! Between April 2022 … [Read more...]
Tourists taking a hit with tickets and fines
As thousands of Brits travelled to explore new corners of the UK this summer, research shows a worrying correlation between driving on unfamiliar roads and motoring offences. A survey of 2,007 British motorists, carried out by motoring solicitor specialists, Kenway Miller, has exposed the nation’s poor road knowledge, with the rise in staycations meaning 67% of people are driving on unfamiliar … [Read more...]
Historic parking “offences” rising, say Citizens Advice
Being fined for overstaying by seconds or getting chased about an unpaid parking penalty charge issued several years ago are some of the parking problems catching out drivers, said Citizens Advice. The Citizens Advice service helped with 12,500 parking problems on public and private land between April and June 2016. An analysis of over 1,300 private parking cases reported to the charity’s … [Read more...]