My daughter had a pay and display ticket that had run out buy 6 mins. She returned to her car to find that she was just clamped and had to pay £200. I have read somewhere you have at least 15 minnutes to return to your car when your ticket has run out, is this correct?
Mandy,
If you are not back to your car by the time your ticket expires, then you will be fined. There's no extra time given for pay and display tickets for parking purposes where it clearly states how long you've paid for parking. If you paid for 30mins of parking, then you need to move your car before that time elapses. Some (not all) councils will add an extra 3 minutes on top of the total time you've paid for parking as a measure to match up the time displayed on the warden's watch with yours. You can check with the council which fined your daughter but then again it was more than 3 minutes.
When you park in multi-storey car parks or certain other places, you are given some extra time (like 10-15mins) to remove your car from the parking lot after you've paid the parking ticket. However that's clearly stated either on the ticket or the machine where you make payment.
