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Parking fines swell council coffers
Parking tickets are one of motorists’ biggest bugbears, but for councils, they are proving a tidy not-so-little earner. Local authorities in England made a staggering £549m ‘profit’ from parking...
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The trouble with traffic wardens
There are some jobs that just don’t seem like they’re worth the hassle – bouncers and bus drivers immediately spring to mind. But top of the pile must surely be the much-maligned traffic warden....
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Fine & dandy? Not if we’re cash cows, say drivers
If you had a parking ticket slapped on your windscreen at any point last year, you will have contributed to the record £353 million that UK motorists paid out in parking fines during 2012/13. As if...
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Ray of sunshine eases parking pressure
Parking the car, especially if it’s in a tight spot (and there are witnesses around), has to be one of my least favourite activities. So if a robot offered to do it on my behalf, I’d happily hand over...
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Are the police failing law-abiding drivers?
How many times have you spotted another motorist chatting or texting on a hand-held mobile phone while at the wheel? What about tailgating, hogging the middle lane of the motorway, or simply ignoring...
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Can social media stop selfish parking?
If there’s one word guaranteed to grind a driver’s gears it’s ‘parking’. Whether it’s parking fines, dangerous parking, selfish parking, or just an inability to park, there’s nothing quite like it to...
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Pickles’ parking plan to tackle double yellows
Drivers and business could soon have the power to challenge unfair parking charges and the ‘excessive’ use of double yellow lines. Eric Pickles MP, local government secretary, has announced plans for...
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Another fine mess – how to appeal a parking ticket on private land
Updated – February 21, 2015 Most of us have at some time or another returned to our car to find a parking ticket slapped on the windscreen. It’s annoying and it’s expensive, though if we have broken...
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10 minutes grace at council car parks – a good idea?
There’s nothing quite like the panic felt when rushing back to your car to try and beat the parking meter. And nothing quite like the anger felt when you arrive at your car a couple of minutes late...
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CCTV spy car takes to the streets
Spy cars just aren’t what they used to be. Once we had James Bond’s amphibious Lotus or fully-loaded Aston Martin. Now we’ve got runabouts with massive CCTV cameras sitting on top. The spy car has gone...
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