Drivers hit with parking penalties while filling up at petrol stations
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Euro Car Parks over potential consumer law breaches regarding parking fines at petrol stations. Drivers have reported receiving penalties while queuing for fuel or using forecourt services.
Why it matters
The investigation addresses the fairness of automated parking enforcement systems and their impact on consumer rights in retail environments.
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Drivers have been hit with parking charges while queueing for petrol pumps in a possible breach of consumer law, the competition watchdog has said.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating Euro Car Parks over whether its practices at petrol stations and its handling of appeals may have broken the law.
The watchdog said it would consider whether it was "fair" for drivers to receive parking charge notices while "queuing for, or using, petrol pumps", as well as other services at forecourts such as car washes and EV chargers.
As part of its investigation into " suspected infringements ", the CMA will also look at the company's appeals process spanning car parks and petrol stations.
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