Fine for shopper who parked over white line in free car park
"At first I was confused and thought there must have been a mistake because it's a free car park."
Natasha Davies
Bronte Howard
Stacey Mulamba has been fined after parking her car over the white line in a free car park. (Image: Stacey Mulamba/Wales Online)
A shopper has been given a £100 fine for parking over the white line of a parking bay.
Stacey Mulamba, from Cardiff, visited Cardiff Bay Retail Park on Friday afternoon and parked her car in the free car park, reports Wales Online.
When she returned to her car she found a yellow parking ticket on her windscreen because she had parked over the white line and into the next bay.
The 39-year-old said: "I went shopping in Poundstretcher in Cardiff Retail Park and when I came out ten minutes I saw the ticket.
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Ms Mulamba had been issued a £100 fine for the parking offence but is eligible for a reduced fine of £60 if she pays within 14 days.
"I read the signs [displayed in the car park] and it said parking was free but you would be fined if you parked in a disabled space without a badge or took up more than one space and that's when I realised," she continued.
"I went back into the shop and asked if they knew anything about it and they said it happens a lot."
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Ms Mulamba believes the parking attendant for UK Parking Control had been too harsh when issuing the ticket, saying: "If I had parked in a disabled spot or had taken up two spaces, I would understand but I was barely over the line.
"I was shocked when I saw it. A lot of other drivers weren't parked properly in the bays and they hadn't been fined. It's not on."
UK Parking Control - which monitors the car park - has been contacted for comment.