A TAXI driver has complained of “daylight robbery” after being fined £170 for briefly stopping in a parking bay, saying he is being threatened with debt collectors.
Nerinder Singh claims that he only stopped on the quiet residential road in Nottingham for the “three or four minutes” he needed to read the “essay” length parking signs.
Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham PostNerinder Singh claims he was fined £170 for ‘turning around’ in a parking bay[/caption]
Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham PostThe bays outside the Glow tanning studio are managed by Nforce Parking Management[/caption]
The cabbie, from nearby Radcliffe-on-Trent, has slammed Nforce Parking Management, which manages the site, as “unscrupulous”.
He alleges that he used one of the parking spaces in front of a local tanning salon to perform a U-turn.
The salon has a small number of bays set back from the road on its driveway, which are administered by Nforce.
Mr Singh claims that he got out of his motor for a matter of minutes to read the signs outlining the parking rules, which he says were around ten paragraphs long.
He says that he has previously used the spaces as a stop-off between jobs, but found that cameras and restrictions had since been installed.
After reading the sign, he claims he left the space immediately to avoid a fine when he realised no parking was allowed.
But he still received a penalty notice from Nforce demanding £100.
The 55-year-old said: “Excuse my language but I’m well ****** off.
“These are unscrupulous parking companies.
“They’ve got to be to be doing this.
“It’s daylight robbery.”
Mr Singh says he has since appealed the fine, but that his claim was rejected by Nforce
Even worse, he claims that the charge increased to £170 as he refused to pay while the appeal was processed.
He also alleges that the firm has threatened him with debt collectors if he doesn’t pay up.
Nforce Parking Management has been contacted for comment.
It comes after another driver was slapped with thousands in fines from another country entirely amid a growing “hidden scandal”.
Meanwhile, Martin Lewis has warned that Brits could miss out on car finance compensation claims worth millions due to a simple error.
Mr Singh said he had to spend time reading the detailed parking signJoseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post
Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham PostThe 55-year-old cabbie alleges that he stopped for no more than ‘three or four minutes’ to read parking signs[/caption]