Drivers face court and paying £1,906 fine over five-minute parking mistake

James Rodger
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Drivers face court and paying £1,906 fine over five-minute parking mistake
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Drivers face being taken to court and paying £1,906 for a five-minute parking mistake. A woman is being taken to court for £1,906 after she took more than five minutes to pay for her parking, she has claimed, after the incident unfolded in Derby, in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands, earlier this year.

Rosey Hudson says she took longer than five minutes to pay for her parking in a car park in Derby, due to poor phone signal. Excel Parking Ltd has sent her 10 Parking Charge Notices (PCNs) because Rosey had breached its terms and conditions and was "the author of her own misfortune".

Rosey fumed: "This has been going on for over a year now, and I'm just really hoping it can be resolved. I desperately don't want this to happen to anybody else, more than anything, because it gives you a lot of stress." In a statement, a spokesperson from Excel Parking said: "The signage at the car park made it clear that it was 'Pay on Entry' and that there was a maximum period of five minutes to purchase the parking tariff.

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"This is one of the specific terms and conditions for use of the car park. It is the driver's responsibility to read and understand the terms. It seems that Miss Hudson is the author of her own misfortune." The PCNs asked her to pay £100 within 28 days, reduced to £60 if she paid within 14 days.

"I rang the company and explained the situation, and they basically said 'you have to pay it'," said Miss Hudson. "So to keep them off my back I did pay the initial parking fine." Miss Hudson then received a further nine PCNs.

Although each of the nine outstanding PCNs was for £100, the amount has increased to £1,905.76 because Excel Parking has since added an extra £70 "debt recovery" charge to each one, interest of 8% per annum, a £115 court fee, and £80 costs for a legal representative.

Derek Millard-Smith, a specialist lawyer in the UK parking sector, says parking on private land is generally governed by contract law. "By entering that land and seeing the signage and parking there, you are deemed to have agreed to those terms, and if you then fail to adhere to those terms you can be issued with a Parking Charge Notice," he said.

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