![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-slapped-with-100-parking-fine-as-i-dropped-off-charity-donations/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1_JMP_MEN_140723CHORLEYPARKINGFINE_07JPG.jpg&description=A woman has received a parking fine after leaving her car for only two minutes with her mother inside. The Lancashire parking enforcement have made similar fines before. A woman who had been donating to a charity shop was hit with a £100 parking fine as she returned to her car after dropping off her wares. Rachel Woodward, 53, had been emptying out the contents of her garage earlier this month when she decided to donate some of her items to a charity shop in Lancashire. Rachel told Lancashire Live that she had barely been gone two minutes before parking officers handed out a penalty while she donated to her local Salvation Army, last Saturday, July, 1. Her mother, Linda, remained in the car keeping Rachel's engine running as she quickly visited the Salvation Army to enquire whether or not they accept donations. She was then asked by a member of staff where she had parked - and informed the adjacent car park did not belong to the charity and her car would need to be moved. Rachel said: "I jumped into the car and said to my mum, oh my goodness! 'Then, we saw the signs and I quickly drove off - it wasn't even two minutes.' 'I then pulled up on the actual pavement outside the charity shop and unloaded.' "The manager of the charity shop said that we should be absolutely fine, as we were only there for two minutes." After dropping off her items, Rachel noted that she had more belongings at home that she wanted to give to the charity and asked whether she could return. Within the hour, Rachel arrived back at the Salvation Army, but this time she parked in front of the shop straight away. She said: "As I was leaving, I reversed back onto that car park to get onto the main road. "Where I had parked, it was at a bus stop and it was also at traffic lights and I thought it was too dangerous to start making a manoeuvre. 'So, I reversed back onto the original car park, turned right, and drove off." However, Rachel then received a letter in the post from ES Parking Enforcement Ltd){kind=link}
A woman has received a parking fine after leaving her car for only two minutes with her mother inside. The Lancashire parking enforcement have made similar fines before.
A woman who had been donating to a charity shop was hit with a £100 parking fine as she returned to her car after dropping off her wares.
Rachel Woodward, 53, had been emptying out the contents of her garage earlier this month when she decided to donate some of her items to a charity shop in Lancashire.
Rachel told Lancashire Live that she had barely been gone two minutes before parking officers handed out a penalty while she donated to her local Salvation Army, last Saturday, July, 1.
Her mother, Linda, remained in the car keeping Rachel’s engine running as she quickly visited the Salvation Army to enquire whether or not they accept donations.