A man was sent a £255 parking charge after stopping his car to read a sign at an airport. Andy Smith said he stopped to read a sign in what was a 'No Stopping' zone earlier this year.
Mr Smith had driven two friends East Midlands Airport the night before they were due to fly in January this year. They planned to check in their baggage and stay in the Leonardo Hotel to save time.
He said the entered the drop-off zone at around 5pm and paid the £5 drop-off fee so that his friend Derek Sleath, 75, could drop the luggage off. Mr Smith, also 75, then drove to the hotel in the airport grounds to drop off Mr Sleath's wife, reports Nottinghamshire Live.
