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February 16, 2026
Why did I get a £100 parking fine when charging my electric car?
The charger firm claimed the site operated 24 hours a day, but the parking operator had different ideas
TL;DR
- An electric car owner was fined £100 for parking at a 24-hour charging station between 9 pm and 6 am, a period when parking was restricted.
- The electric vehicle charging company (Mer) advertised the station as 24-hour, but the car park operator (Ocean Parking) enforced nighttime parking restrictions not clearly displayed at the charger.
- Ocean Parking initially rejected the driver's appeal but later cancelled all outstanding charges for that location due to unclear signage.
- Another driver (CH) received two £100 fines from Euro Parking Services for stopping on double yellow lines/crosshatched bay to check a tiny, illegible sign.
- Euro Parking Services' own photos showed the sign was not conspicuous or legible, and the driver was only on site for 75 seconds, yet they initially refused to cancel the fines.
- Euro Parking Services relented on the second charge but upheld the first, despite their code of practice requiring legible signs and a five-minute grace period.
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