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Parking Fine At Airport Mcdonalds
Collecting people from the airport, we parked late at night at the nearby McDonald's. It being very dark, husband got out of the car to read parking sign - 60 minutes free if using the facilities - then went into McDonalds to get coffee. Fifteen minutes later we departed. Today he has received a £100 parking fine.
Can someone please make sense of this - in particular the reference to getting out of the car and walking:
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A fine or a bill charge ?
Discussions on this sort of thing suggest the difference is important.
The following seems to clearly suggest you aren't liable.
"Parking Prices
Free parking is provided for customers using the facilities only. Owing to the proximity of the airport, rules are very strictly enforced and you should check the signs before leaving your vehicle.
Parking and use of the bp forecourt is limited to 30 minutes maximum stay from entry to exit, whilst parking within the McDonald's and Starbucks car parks are limited to 60 minutes maximum stay. Parking and then walking elsewhere (including walking between Starbucks and McDonald's), or parking outside of a marked bay, will result in a charge ("fine") being issued.
In the Starbucks car park, customers are required to pay for parking after 60 minutes, charged at £4.50 for up to 2 hours or £9 for up to 3 hours, with a maximum stay of 3 hours. Fees can be paid via the RingGo app using location code 50025."
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Parking Issues
Despite looking like one piece of land, the McDonald's and Starbucks are legally regarded as separate premises. They have separate landowners, but share a common entrance and are enforced by the same company, who insist that they are totally separate car parks and are notorious for charging people for walking between the two.//
Did your "pickups" walk to your car from somewhere else?
Someone got fined and challenged it, (seen in Daily Mirror), the signs are very confusing.
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"Despite looking like one piece of land, the McDonald's and Starbucks are legally regarded as separate premises. They have separate landowners, but share a common entrance and are enforced by the same company, who insist that they are totally separate car parks and are notorious for charging people for walking between the two."
That would suggest you may have been in the Starbucks car park, or they are trying to say you were at least.
That link states, "Parking and then walking elsewhere (including walking between Starbucks and McDonald's), or parking outside of a marked bay, will result in a charge ("fine") being issued."
Did you know before parking that Starbucks was closed or did he walk to Starbucks?
The wording suggests that once parked in the car park, you must not leave it.
roadman, he's always careful about parking. He wasn't over any lines. I can only think we'd inadvertently parked in a Starbucks space but there's nothing to distinguish the two sets of parking bays. The fine is £60 if paid within 15 days, but it's not the money. It's the principle. That company must be earning a fortune from this. I might suggest they paint the names of the specific restaurants in all the bays. That would help the customer enormously - but would doubtless deprive the company of a lucrative business.
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