Parking wardens are slapping drivers with £100 charges

A little out of line! Overzealous parking wardens are hitting drivers with £100 fines for leaving cars over-hanging spaces by just inches at retail park

• Julian Griffiths, 59, parked his Renault Clio at Parc Tawe Retail Park in Swansea
• The civil servant was there buying knee-supports for his son at SportsDirect
• He received a £100 fine from Eternity Fire and Security Ltd two weeks later
• It comes less than week after Craig Court was also fined in the same car park

Overzealous parking wardens have been slapping drivers with £100 charges for leaving cars over-hanging the white lines by just inches at a retail park. 

Julian Griffiths, 59, parked his Renault Clio at Parc Tawe Retail Park in Swansea for 10 minutes to buy knee-supports for his son at SportsDirect.

The civil servant received a £100 fine from Eternity Fire and Security Ltd two weeks later saying he had breached parking rules by 7cm.

‘I thought, “Bloody hell — they’re having a laugh”. Never realised it had to be perfectly square and perfectly within the confines of the bay,’ Mr Griffiths told The Sun.

Father-of-two Craig Court, from North Hill, was slapped with a £100 fine for not parking within the bay markings at the car park

The civil servant received a £100 fine from Eternity Fire and Security Ltd two weeks later saying he had breached parking rules by 7cm. Pictured: Parc Tawe Retail Park in Swansea

‘I would understand if it was halfway in one bay and half across another bay, but they are penalising me for wonky parking — it’s mad.’

He added: ‘It’s clearly another example of car parking companies abusing their position to generate income.’

It comes less than week after father-of-two Craig Court, from North Hill, was also slapped with a £100 fine for not parking within the bay markings at the same car park.

Mr Court parked at the notorious retail park on September 6 to enjoy the Ninja Warrior Adventure Park with his children but received a letter a week later.

The letter, alongside two photos, said his Ford Focus was ‘not parked correctly within the markings of a bay or space’.

He told WalesOnline: ‘I was considering appealing as my wheels are not fully out of the lines – some people have given some good advice. 

‘At the end of the day, I was only taking my kids to Ninja Warrior – so using their facilities [the Parc Tawe carpark] – now [I] feel penalised for it.

‘I have paid as I don’t feel an appeal would help in any way, just drag the situation out further. 

‘I have never been fined there before, I am usually quite strict in where I park and how I park. Turned out to be an expensive day!’

MailOnline has contacted Eternity Fire and Security Ltd for comment and to clarify their parking rules. 

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