Drivers were hit by £1.2million in parking fines in single street last year. Fifty motorists a DAY were clobbered by wardens or CCTV cameras in busy Southampton Row, central London. The road in the borough of Camden saw 19,335 tickets issued to net authorities £1,198,870. It headed a list of ten roads in the capital [...]
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£1.5m fines on 100-yard stretch of road
Motorists have been fined £1.5 million in a year for parking on a 100-yard stretch of road. Many claim to be baffled by no fewer than eight signs. A total of 11,880 drivers have been penalised at Harben Parade in Swiss Cottage, raising £1,544,400 for Transport for London. The ticket tally accounts for three quarters [...]
Camden parking tickets may be illegal as wardens ‘flee immigration checks’
Camden Council could be forced to repay millions of pounds worth of parking fines following accusations that around 20 parking wardens have been patrolling the borough illegally for years. A tradesman is challenging the legality of hundreds of parking tickets after it emerged that many long-serving wardens fled the service after an immigration check on [...]
Councils under fire for high parking charges
A Government minister has rounded on councils who use motorists as a cash cow by levying sky-high parking fees to fill town hall coffers during times of austerity. Norman Baker, the local transport minister, intervened as town halls across the country impose steep rises as their budgets come under pressure. Drivers are facing inflation-busting rises, [...]
Camden faces £10million bill for illegal parking tickets
A high court judge has upheld a ruling that tens of thousands of parking fines issued by Camden Council in the first half of 2009 are illegal. The judgment relates to a policy the council launched in January 2009 of charging an administration fee when drivers paid parking tickets by credit cards. The charges were [...]
Another parking fine for Hare Krishna charity food run
Parking wardens have been accused of waging a campaign against homeless people after claims that a van that gives food handouts was ticketed for the fifth time in two months. The Food for All Hare Krishna van has been a fixture in Camden for more than 25 years, serving free vegetarian food to the area’s [...]
Half of blue badge holders ‘aren’t disabled’
They are meant to make life easier for those with disabilities, allowing them to park for free or nearest to the supermarket entrance. But more than half of blue parking badges may actually be used by able bodied motorists who simply want to monopolise the best parking spaces or dodge charges, officials warn. Badges are [...]
Camden Council Introduce Cash Free Ticketing
Fifty years since parking meters were introduced in London, motorists in Camden are set to benefit from new cash-free machines. The new meters will make it much quicker and easier for people to park safely and legally in the borough. Motorists need not risk getting a ticket if they can’t find any change, as the [...]
Parking on private land in Camden is banned
A doctor has lost a court battle over parking tickets issued to a scooter parked on his land – because a judge ruled he only owns the subsoil. Dr Richard Dawood, parks his scooter outside his surgery in Camden, north London, so he can react to emergencies. He was left with £10,000 legal costs and [...]
Motorists set to recoup parking fines after credit card challenge
Motorists who have paid millions of pounds in parking fines are in line for refunds after a test case ruled that town hall surcharges imposed for paying by credit card are unlawful. An estimated eight million drivers, around one in four of the total number on the roads, receive a parking ticket every year, paying [...]