A TRANSPORT boss has written a sarcastic reply to a parking fine company - demanding they pay HIM £100 for wasting his time.

Pete White, Transport Manager at Whites Transport Services, sent a letter back to Parking Eye after they slapped his firm with penalties.

His reply claimed they had wasted his time and should pay him a £100 fine - reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.

Pete, 41, disputed Parking Eye's claim that his lorries were resting at Membury West MSA for around 16 hours.

Mimicking an official notice, he wrote to them: "Failure to pay will result in legal actions starting against you, which could result in a County Court Judgement which may affect your credit.

"I have also attached a fleet list of all my vehicles to save you future embarrassment, maybe you can remove them all from your database.

"Also, as I spend so much time and enjoyment thinking about how I'm going to reply to your letters maybe a more personal reply than the last 4 would be a good idea. The generic letter is getting a bit boring and our 51,000 Facebook followers need a bit more excitement.

"Anyway, I have to go now, I'm an essential worker trying to organise food deliveries across the country to keep your family fed during these tough times so please stay safe and remember, everything you wear, drive, eat, drink, sit on, pay with, listen to, basically everything you do has been delivered at some point by a truck driver, the same people you are trying to persecute.

"We stand up for all truck drivers and hauliers against companies like you. Most of whom would just roll over and pay up because you bully them."

On his parking fine reply, Pete, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, said: “Us lorry drivers are constantly dealing with people that want to knock us back.

“These parking people are bullies – but they don’t frighten me at all. And if they did want to I’m fine with going to court.”