I parked in an Asda car park today which had a 3 hour limit and then a "civil" penalty charge of £60.
I know that in most cases these are not enforceable, but in the back of my mind I seem to remember that if they were allowed to put penalty charge rather than parking charge on the sign, that it was an indication that they could enforce it.
My gut told me that the "civil" parking charge was probably akin to the unenforcible "parking" charge, so I just left it there.
I didn't get a ticket anyway, but was I correct to think that it would be unenforcible? Does the parking/penalty wording actually have the relevance that I assigned to it, and does the "civil" bit make any difference?
The signs said that the car park was patrolled by what appeared to be a private company (something like Town & City Parking) rather than the council.
Any thoughts appreciated.
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"Civil" penalty charge 
"Civil" penalty charge 
