{"id":82909,"date":"2018-03-16T20:53:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T13:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stick-to-the-letter-of-car-parking-rules-or-get-a-fine\/"},"modified":"2018-03-16T22:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T15:03:22","slug":"stick-to-the-letter-of-car-parking-rules-or-get-a-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/stick-to-the-letter-of-car-parking-rules-or-get-a-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to the letter of car-parking rules \u2013 or get a fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMost motorists can\u2019t tell the difference between n O and 0, but that counts for nothing when it comes to chargesI received a fine at a hospital car park in October despite having paid \u00a310 for a week\u2019s parking. I appealed to POPLA (the parking on private land appeals process), which found against me because it was claimed I had entered my car number plate with a K instead of a J. My number plate does, in fact, include a K. The J is a figment of their imagination. When I pointed out their statement was factually incorrect they refused to reconsider. MR, Tyne &amp; Wear Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/mar\/16\/parking-fines-number-plate-recognition-0-o\" target=\"_blank\">Stick to the letter of car-parking rules \u2013 or get a fine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Most motorists can\u2019t tell the difference between n O and 0, but that counts for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-lzf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60306,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/driver-complaints-about-car-park-fine-policies-hit-unprecedented-levels\/","url_meta":{"origin":82909,"position":0},"title":"Driver complaints about car park fine policies hit unprecedented levels","date":"July 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r From 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. 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