Asda....parking Fine..

cannyscot_2

I take you did not have any children with you? but how would they know -sometimes my DH and I swap children at the supermarket to goto activities etc so I might come witha toddler but leave without or vice versa.

durain

maybe CCTV?

hjb123

If you didnt have children in the car and parked in one of the bays then yes you should pay up!

There have been other similar threads to this on here:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=115690
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=118495

humfer

kaan_is wrote:

Need Urgent guidence....received a parking fine(£60)...
parked in "parents & toddlers"bay.Stupid! I know....but was getting late to pick up kids from School....only i bay was being used 11 were vacant....was there literally 10mins....any help welomed..thanks.:mad:

Its not a public road/area so I would question whether they have a legal right to charge you

humfer

humfer wrote:

Its not a public road/area so I would question whether they have a legal right to charge you

Just read the rest of the threads and it appears they do have a right to charge. Therefore I'm afraid you will have to pay up. Its the first time I have heard of them doing it though

hjb123

Its all okay talking about the legal ins and outs of can they fine you - in the end they put parent and child spaces - as well as disabled spaces - there for these people to use so others shouldnt park in that and if they do they deserve to be fined!

xzibit

I park in the parent and child spaces lol. Got fed up with people opening their doors into my cars! So since I got my new car last october, I park in them when I go. Figure the odd £60 fine is cheaper than removing dents! Although haven't been fined.....yet!!

hjb123

xzibit wrote:

I park in the parent and child spaces lol. Got fed up with people opening their doors into my cars! So since I got my new car last october, I park in them when I go. Figure the odd £60 fine is cheaper than removing dents! Although haven't been fined.....yet!!

I think this is the sort of attitude that spoils it for others. There are people that need to use those spaces who do actaully have children with them - or in the case of disabled people are or have disabled with them.

So how many dents have you had in your car before you starting parking in the parent and child spaces?

If people park well enough and are considerate then the car doors wont scrape the cars next to them

kaan_is

As i said & agreed....it was a mistake, however they could have issued me with a warning or a smaller penalty fine as this was my 1st time! Some people here need to lighten....i just asked for advice/help.It costs nothing to be nice...i suppose everyone is different...

xzibit

hjb123 wrote:

I think this is the sort of attitude that spoils it for others. There are people that need to use those spaces who do actaully have children with them - or in the case of disabled people are or have disabled with them.

So how many dents have you had in your car before you starting parking in the parent and child spaces?

If people park well enough and are considerate then the car doors wont scrape the cars next to them

I wouldn't ever consider parking in a disabled space, that's a little different. I do generally go to the supermarket late evening, so not so many children about, but still. I have had approx. 20 "dings" and a few scrapes over the last 2 years. If people park well enough and are considerate, car doors will still hit the car next to them.
I was walking to my car about 3 weeks ago, and saw a lady about 60 get out of her car. She wasn't that able on her feet, so she purposely wedged her door against the car next to hers, and put her weight on it to help her up and out of the car. The result? A nice dent and a scrape where the door had risen as she got out of the car. When questioned, she didn't seem to wanna talk about it!!!! :mad:
Sorry, but if that was my car she had just done it too, well, she'd have more than a little dent!!!!

Sorry, but people AREN'T considerate nowadays, so I will park where my car has a little more protection.