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Parking fine for taking up two spaces?

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  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Unfortunately there is no way to make sure the RK is not contacted. All you can do is to keep reassuring them, send them on here or tell them its safe yo just ignore.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    I dont get your reasoning about taking up two spaces.

    Will you forever take up two spaces in the future just in case you get your door knocked again.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • lynseymak
    lynseymak Posts: 18 Forumite
    Absolutely not, I literally just picked my car up and was probably still a little upset at having to pay over £100 to remove some careless driver's paint from my door :-)
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    Name of parking company please?
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • candygirl
    candygirl Posts: 29,455 Forumite
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    I often take up 2 spaces if I have my DGD with me, and there's no parent and child spaces.It's impossible to get her in and out of her car seat in the miniscule spaces they provide, and it cripples my back doing it anyway:mad::mad:
    "You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"

    (Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
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    I think that you may have bigger things to worry about than this.
    Why are you not the registered keeper of "your car"? Is it to keep insurance costs down?
    Do you know that, if that is the case, it would be classed as "fronting" and would be illegal?
  • Trebor16
    Trebor16 Posts: 3,061 Forumite
    JimmyTheWig wrote: »
    I think that you may have bigger things to worry about than this.
    Why are you not the registered keeper of "your car"? Is it to keep insurance costs down?
    Do you know that, if that is the case, it would be classed as "fronting" and would be illegal?

    You are taking a big leap and making some big assumptions here, especially as there is very little information to allow you to come to the conclusion you have reached. Perhaps it would be better to keep to the matter that the OP posted about.
    "You should know not to believe everything in media & polls by now !"


    John539 2-12-14 Post 15030
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
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    I agree that I was making assumptions - that's why I said "may".
    I'm not having a go at the OP, just pointing out something that some people don't realise.
  • cajef
    cajef Posts: 6,283 Forumite
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    edited 11 November 2011 at 2:32PM
    JimmyTheWig wrote: »
    IWhy are you not the registered keeper of "your car"? Is it to keep insurance costs down?
    Do you know that, if that is the case, it would be classed as "fronting" and would be illegal?

    How are they fronting they are a named driver not the main driver.
    lynseymak wrote: »
    Am still worried.....I am not the registered owner but a named driver and I dont want the registered owner to be contacted :-(

    Edit:- Having read the thread again I can see where you are coming from, the OP does keep referring to my car.
  • Kite2010
    Kite2010 Posts: 4,310 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Home Insurance Hacker! Car Insurance Carver!
    Is it Town and County Parking by any chance, those scammers are known to "manage" tesco car-parks?

    If so just ignore, landowner (Tesco) damages are zero.
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