Many drivers say private parking firms issue fines too quickly. We ask locals if these companies should be better regulated and whether they or a family member have ever received an unfair parking charge.
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00:00I don't know really. I feel like it's very circumstantial and a lot of the
00:05time it's not treated as being a circumstantial. I don't know much about
00:10it. I think them being regulated to prevent unfair treatment is definitely
00:16important. There are situations where it could definitely be more lenient.
00:22Oh yeah, my mum gets charged all the time for accidentally going in the bus lane.
00:26She sorted it out. My mum had to park somewhere closer to the hospital instead of in
00:35the actual parking space because it was more urgent and we've got tickets so it
00:38wasn't very fair. I've been a victim a couple of times. Literally, you know, it
00:43was just a minute stop waiting for my family to come on the, you know, and
00:48they issued a ticket for £100 and that was really a short notice so I
00:54had no option other than to pay. So I believe that if they do so, that
00:58will be a good thing.