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SHOCKING: Parkingeye | Mind Blowing Facts

Drivers handed 48,000 parking tickets every day by private firms

Figures show parking management businesses issued 13.1 million tickets between April and December last year.

Evening Standard

London couple hit with £100 parking fine at NHS surgery despite spending just five minutes there

Parkingeye noted the couple’s car had arrived at the hospital just after 6.50pm and was there for just five minutes before the couple left

Evening Standard

Private car parks: UK drivers seek justice as penalties hit record

Recent cases in which charges have spiralled have reignited the row about how companies treat motorists

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Couple feel ‘mugged’ on holiday after £100 fine for breaking strict car park rule

When they returned from their holiday, Steve was shocked to find a letter from Parkingeye waiting for him

The Independent UK

I was fined £100 for queuing up at a carwash queue

The forecourt cameras only monitor the time a car arrives and departs rather than what the owner does on site

The Guardian - UK

'We were fined £70 while waiting to use Asda car wash - we won't be going back'

Danielle Tucker waited to use a self-service jet wash at the 24-hour garage on June 4 at the Asda petrol station in Northfield Avenue, Kettering, Northants, before receiving a fine days later

Daily Mirror

'I got locked inside an underground car park - then slapped with £100 fine'

"I thought I faced a 12 and a half hour wait to get out"

Manchester Evening News

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Taxi driver hit with parking ticket while delivering emergency bloods to hospital

Gary has even had his appeal against his ticket rejected

Wales Online

Imperial Retail Park shopper outraged by £100 parking fine for 'no return' policy

The fee has since been cancelled

Bristol Post

Taxi driver delivering emergency blood left fuming after being hit with parking fine

Delivery driver Gary was given a parking fine as he delivered emergency supplies to Manchester Royal Infirmary, in partnership with the North West Ambulance Service

Daily Mirror

Taxi driver slapped with parking fine as he delivered emergency bloods to hospital

Gary from Liverpool was delivering bloods to Manchester Royal Infirmary and even appealed the fine but lost

Liverpool Echo

Taxi driver delivering emergency bloods hit with parking fine at Manchester Royal Infirmary

'I'm just trying to do my job'

Manchester Evening News

Dad 'disgusted' by £100 fine during daughter's birthday party at McDonalds

Nick Forrester and his mum were charged for exceeding the 90-minute parking restriction outside the fast food branch.

Daily Record

Dad fined £100 after daughter's birthday party at McDonald's

His mum was also hit with a fine at the same time

Wales Online

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Liverpool Echo

Dad's fury as family fined £200 after trip to McDonald's

Nick Forrester and his mum dropped into McDonald's after a day out for his daughter's birthday

Manchester Evening News

'McDonald's slapped me with a £107 charge when I took my daughter for a birthday meal - it's disgusting'

"Sadie lost her mother to cancer in 2019 and now she can't go out for a meal with her friends."

Daily Mirror

McDonald's fines dad £100 after kids 'took too long to eat' at daughter's birthday party

Nick Forrester, 45, says he shouldn't be punished for the fact the children took a long while selecting and eating their food and says McDonald's are showing a lack of compassion for families

Wales Online

'Disgusted' McDonald's customer lands £100 fine after daughter's birthday party

The dad said there has been 'no compassion' and has boycotted his local branch

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The Independent UK

Private parking firms ‘raked in £50m profit in last three years’

Number of fines handed out by private companies has surged to record number this year

Daily Mirror

Pensioner left fuming after receiving £70 fine for visiting Asda twice in one day

Rob Clark, 66, claims he left the car park before returning that afternoon - but was stunned to receive a parking fine saying he had remained there for six hours

Irish Mirror

Pensioner issued fine after visiting local supermarket twice in one day

Rob Clark, 66, said he visited the store twice in one day but was accused of parking in the car park for six hours and fined

Daily Mirror

Man hit with 'despicable' £35 hospital parking fine while visiting dying wife

Brian Foote, 47, was hit with a fine from Parkingeye just days after his wife passed away after he had left his car to go and visit her while she was dying

Manchester Evening News

"I haven't done anything wrong": Husband visiting dying wife hit with £35 parking fine - despite having a valid parking pass

Brian Foote, 47, went to see Nahruma Ahmed, 46, at Manchester Royal Infirmary after she collapsed while waiting for blood tests

Wales Online

Man who parked his car while he went to be with dying wife hit with £70 fine

Brian, 47, had a valid parking permit but was sent multiple letters demanding payment days after his wife died

Wales Online

Wales' worst-rated car parks and why people despise them so much

According to Google Reviews, these are the worst rated car parks in your area

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