Not read all the replies so apologise for juming in......
But is there a legal requirement for you to pay such a fine, what happens if you didnt ?
Also I park in the family bays, yes, I will be honest about that, but there is no way Im parking in a normal bay for some tit to open his car door onto my 4k respray and have by body work scuffed and marked just cause someone else dont care. Was sat outide a mates house the other day waiting for him to grab something from inside, we were in his car, he pulled up along side a Corsa, pefectly adequate space to get in and out, anyway two people come out from another house the gf gets in the passenger side, opens her door right onto my mates Beamer, ok its a shed of a Beamer, but firstly there was no concern that she just twatted another car with her door, or concern over hers, and further more she wasnt even aware that there was two people sat in the car that she just twatted......my mate just looked at me and said "bet your glad that wasnt your Supra"......
And as for the family bays, I have my mate lodging with me, he doesnt pay rent and I feel like a parent to him, ok I didnt give birth natually to him but he is dependant upon me currently so Im sure they wouldnt fine a foster parent for using those bays so the way I see it is Im qualified to.....