EXCLUSIVEPensioner, 75, slammed with £240 parking 罰金 for placing his blue badge 'upside 負かす／撃墜する'
A pensioner was slammed with £240 価値（がある） of parking 罰金s にもかかわらず placing his car in a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す that was 解放する／自由な for blue badge 支えるもの／所有者s.??
John, 75, from Powys, had been visiting his grandchildren just ahead of the festive period when he parked his car on Lode 小道／航路 in?Birmingham.?
Unaware parking was 解放する／自由な in the multi-storey ran by Solihull Borough 会議 for blue badge 支えるもの／所有者s like himself, the grandfather went to the machine to 支払う／賃金 only to find the machine was not working.?
In a 企て，努力，提案 to 避ける any parking 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 notices (PCNs), the retiree spent half an hour downloading a car parking app to 支払う／賃金 a £9.40 for 24 hours in 中央の-December.?
にもかかわらず going to 広大な／多数の／重要な lengths, 陳列する，発揮するing his blue badge 同様に as a ticket he didn't need to 支払う／賃金 for, he returned to find a 罰金 had been slapped on his car.?
The 年輩の man, who isn't tech savvy, believed this was because his 支払い（額） hadn't gone through yet, so was shocked to find another PCN on the car the next day.?
However when he read the ticket, it was because he hadn't 陳列する，発揮するd his blue badge '明確に' enough, even though he left it in the centre of the windscreen.?
He told MailOnline: 'It is ridiculous because you やめる easily know I photographed it in situ.?It wasn't upside 負かす／撃墜する or anything.
John, 75, from Powys,?was slammed with £240 価値（がある） of parking 罰金s にもかかわらず placing his car in a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す that was 解放する／自由な for blue badge 支えるもの／所有者s
In a 企て，努力，提案 to 避ける any parking 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 notices (PCNs), the retiree spent half an hour downloading a car parking app to 支払う／賃金 a £9.40 for 24 hours in 中央の-December
'It was 権利 way up in the centre of the windscreen, and easily readable. There's nothing on the signage that says where on the 審査する you should 陳列する，発揮する it.'
When the second ticket landed on the car, the 75-year-old thought it was a 'joke', 説: 'Surely the second warden must have seen that. 井戸／弁護士席, there's already a ticket on there. I 推定する he's just doing it to keep the 人物／姿／数字s up.'?
'It just makes you sort of やめる angry, really, that, you know you're there in a 無能にするd 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.?
He 追加するd: 'The badge is there, and they've been so pernickety and pedantic about how it's 陳列する，発揮するd.
'It was almost as if [the 会議] were 説, 'oh, 井戸／弁護士席, our parking warden was 権利'.'
In total, it took John an hour to fill out his 控訴，上告 forms contesting the parking tickets for the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す that should have been 解放する／自由な for him as a blue badge 支えるもの／所有者.?
The 75-year-old was made to wait a month before the 会議 agreed to 'overlook' the 罰金s on this 出来事/事件, but （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the pensioner had 陳列する，発揮するd it upside 負かす／撃墜する.?
'I would have taken it all the way to 法廷，裁判所 because I had a photograph of how it was 陳列する，発揮するd. It wasn't upside 負かす／撃墜する,' he said.?
'I've never had the problem before. I've passed in other car parks and left my badge in the same place.'
The 年輩の man, who isn't tech savvy, believed this was because his 支払い（額） hadn't gone through yet, so was shocked to find another PCN on the car the next day
にもかかわらず waving his 罰金s, John （人命などを）奪う，主張するs Solihull 会議 never 問題／発行するd him a refund for the £9.40 he paid for the parking 位置／汚点／見つけ出す that should have been 解放する／自由な.?
They didn't 申し込む／申し出 a refund for it even though I paid for it. he 追加するd: 'They didn't について言及する.
'I put it on my 控訴，上告 form but that's my fault I didn't read the signage parking 適切に 最高の，を越す say it was 解放する／自由な.'
Although the pensioner has been able to get most of his money 支援する, he believes car parking companies should take into consideration that the 年輩の aren't as tech literate when it comes to 支払う／賃金ing for parking online or 経由で apps.??
'They don't seem to realise that not everybody in this day and age has a smartphone you know I think my wife would have 設立する やめる difficult.
'A lot of 年輩の people don't have smartphones. people I know they are still using Nokia Bricks, and it's やめる daunting- and every car park is different.'
He 追加するd: 'Everything today is geared up to have the internet, but its very overpowering and technical having to jump through these hoops for 安全 just to 支払う／賃金 for a ticket.?
'They want you to do their work for them. It's like the supermarket checkout. They want you to ざっと目を通す it all and 支払う／賃金 for it, so they don't have to 支払う／賃金 the staff to man the 道具s.??
'Everything is going 負かす／撃墜する this line of automation but then when the system 衝突，墜落s it doesn't work and then people are 存在 penalised for it.'
Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK, said: 'Cashless car parks can be very 失望させるing for older people who don't have a smartphone and find themselves unable to park when and where they want to.?
However when he read the ticket, it was because he hadn't 陳列する，発揮するd his blue badge '明確に' enough, even though he left it in the centre of the windscreen
'We hear from many people who are negatively 衝撃d and unable to get out and about and 接近 必須の services.?
'It's really important that an offline 選択 is always 利用できる for those who cannot or choose not to go online, to 避ける people 存在 除外するd.
'While getting online can make life easier in many ways, it also comes with the 危険 of scams and 詐欺 and so it's 必須の for people to know how to 保護する themselves and what to do if they 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う a scam.?
'Fraudsters continue to be ますます sophisticated in taking advantage of the digitalisation of 必須の services, and we must do all we can to 確実にする older people can use the internet 安全に.?
'Age UK publishes 解放する／自由な i nformation and advice which is 利用できる to download 解放する／自由な of 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 from www.ageuk.org.uk or by calling its advice line on freephone 0800 169 65 65.'
A spokesperson from Solihull 会議 said: 'Solihull 会議 供給するs 解放する／自由な all-day parking across all of our car parks for blue badge 支えるもの／所有者s.?
'In this 事例／患者, the 初期の 罰金s were 問題／発行するd as the blue badge was not 正確に 陳列する，発揮するd.?
'After the 罰金s were queried by John both 罰金s were cancelled. We believe the 支払い（額） for parking was made by the PayByPhone 使用／適用.?
'If this is the 事例／患者, as a gesture of good will, we will refund the unnecessary 支払い（額） to John'
