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Supermarket shoppers warned they still risk £100 parking fines despite rule change
Select Car Leasing warns that drivers can still face charges of up to £100 even with five-minute grace periods and appeal rights.
- Graham Conway, Managing Director at Select Car Leasing, warned that drivers face fines of up to £100 for parking at closed supermarkets, as operators frequently penalize motorists who leave vehicles outside retail hours.
- Private supermarket car parks operate on private land, using Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras to monitor vehicles and enforce rules through Parking Charge Notices ranging from £40 to £100.
- Under a new code of practice, drivers receive a guaranteed five minutes to decide whether to park and ten minutes to leave; however, Conway noted these grace periods do not change the rules set by car parks.
- If motorists believe they have been fined unfairly, Conway suggests it is always worth submitting appeals, as fines can be scrapped for honest mistakes if drivers carefully check signage.
- Across England, Scotland, and Wales, government rules designed to curb unfair charges have not stopped the £100 maximum penalty, as operators maintain these charges despite calls to cap parking fines at £50.
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