Overview
- Smart Parking, which issued the £270 demand, said Wednesday the cash machines and the RingGo phone app were working and that the driver’s appeal failed.
- Krystyna Allen, 81, says the Stratford-upon-Avon meter would not take cash or card in July 2025 and that she left after about 11 minutes.
- The initial £100 notice arrived about 10 days later, then letters from debt collectors pushed the total to £270 with threats of court action.
- Allen says she does not use a mobile phone, which can make app-based payment systems hard to use for older drivers when a machine will not accept cash or card.
- Coverage in the Mirror and Daily Mail focuses on Allen’s account, while GB News includes Smart Parking’s denial, cites IPC oversight of its appeals process, and notes the firm’s low Trustpilot rating.