A fuming Scots Asda shopper has warned motorists after he was fined £40 after a major parking blunder.
Neil Knox was handed the hefty bill after 'popping' into an Asda store in Dunbar, East Lothian on January 26.
The customer, who also hails from the town, entered the car park via the Spott Road entrance at around 11.40am, reports Edinburgh Live.
Shortly afterwards he left taking the exit that leads to the A1.
At around 3.30pm Neil nipped back to Asda to buy a snack for his son who was due to finish school.
This time he entered via the A1 entrance and exited onto Spott Road.
It's since been discovered that cameras on site only captured Neil at the Spott Road end.
This meant he was only caught on camera entering the car park upon his first visit, and leaving from his second visit.
Meanwhile the A1 exit and entrance did not pick up the vehicle's movements at all.
As a result, Parkingeye, which operates the car park on behalf of Asda, registered the vehicle as staying in the car park for a whopping three hours and 44 minutes.
Neil was then handed an eye-watering £40 fine on January 31 by the company but said he was adamant he could prove his innocence.
He said: “It appears I've nipped to the store via Spott Road entrance at around 11.40am.
"I popped in and left at the A1 exit where there is no camera monitoring the cars.
“I've then popped in just before 3.30pm to grab some dinner for my son before he returned home from school.
"I was on my way back from work at the time and I came in from A1 and went home exiting onto Spott Road.
“The images appear to show that I've been there for three hours 44 minutes but I sent an appeal with a screenshot of my Google timeline proving I was at work in nearby Whittinghame between the times shown on the charge notice.
“Hopefully this will suffice for them as I have no intention of paying this and told them so in my appeal.”
The fine was waived on Thursday afternoon after he lodged his appeal and spoke to Edinburgh Live.
A spokesperson for Parkingeye said: “The motorist’s parking charge notice was cancelled following an appeal.
“Parkingeye operates a BPA (British Parking Association) audited appeals process, which motorists can use to appeal their Parking Charge Notice.
"If anyone has mitigating circumstances, we would encourage them to highlight this by appealing to Parkingeye.”
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