{"id":60306,"date":"2017-07-10T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/driver-complaints-about-car-park-fine-policies-hit-unprecedented-levels\/"},"modified":"2017-07-10T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T06:09:11","slug":"driver-complaints-about-car-park-fine-policies-hit-unprecedented-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/driver-complaints-about-car-park-fine-policies-hit-unprecedented-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver complaints about car park fine policies hit unprecedented levels"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom disputes over ticketing times to mis-typed number plates, thousands of motorists say they are unfairly targetedWhen Dorothea Matheson parked at a town centre car park, in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, she typed her number plate into the ticket machine and paid the required fee. Two weeks later she received a demand for \u00a360. Her offence was to enter her registration number with a letter O instead of a numeric 0. Despite the fact the two look almost indistinguishable, the parking operator, Smart Parking, declared that the ticket she had bought was invalid. It refused her appeal and she has now received a letter from a debt collection agency threatening court action unless she pays \u00a3160. \u201cI wasn\u2019t trying to evade payment. I simply made a genuine error,\u201d says the retired receptionist. \u201cThis company acts as judge, jury and executioner.\u201dMatheson is among thousands of drivers who believe they have been unfairly targeted by companies which patrol privately owned car parks. Visitors to supermarkets, hospitals, airports and shopping malls have received demands for sums of up to three figures despite paying, because of misleading signs or a minor typo. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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