Private car park operators have said they will update their policy after a driver was hit with legal action for taking more than five minutes to pay for using a car park.
In November last year, Rosey Hudson was taken to court by a private parking company for £1,906 after she repeatedly took more than five minutes to pay after entering a car park in Derby because of poor mobile phone signal.
At the same time it emerged that drivers in Britain had been hit by an average of more than 41,000 parking tickets a day by private companies.
Each ticket can be up to £100, meaning the total cost to drivers may be near £4.1m A day.
Now private parking companies have pledged to update their code of conduct.
Two industry bodies representing the sector announced they have established a panel to revise the code to ensure it “protects genuine motorists who have difficulty making prompt payment on entry”.
The British Parking Association and the International Parking Community said the panel will also “fast-track updates to the code to reflect technological advancements”.
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