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Five-Minute Fine Prompts Private Car Parks Review
//Private parking firms have pledged to update their rules to ensure motorists are not penalised if they do not pay to park within five minutes.
It comes after motorist Rosey Hudson was taken to court last year after accumulating £1,906 in fines for taking more than five minutes to pay for parking in Derby.
Ms Hudson was given 10 Parking Charge Notices in the space of several days after walking away from her car in order to find phone reception so she could use an app to pay for a space.
Now two industry bodies say they will revise their code of conduct to "protect genuine motorists" and "reflect technological advancements".//
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Not before time that the lucrative cash cow is coming under at least some scrutiny - but should that scrutiny go further?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes, that scrutiny should go further. Nobody should have to go through what Ms Hudson went through. This is yet another example of somebody not doing their job properly, and there is a lot of that about nowadays. I was once sent a demand for £70 by a car park company, simply because of somebody not doing their job properly. The mistake was rectified when I complained, but it should not have happened at all.
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