British motorists face the prospect of clocking up £283 in fines on average during their time behind the wheel, recent research has revealed. The total punishment for driving offences, including speeding and parking violations, works out at a staggering £10billion. Those in London rack up the highest lifetime tally, with an average of £680, while [...]
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Councils’ camera cars rake in £8 million a year in fines
Councils are gathering £8million a year in parking and motoring fines with a fleet of new camera cars. A study by Big Brother Watch found just 54 of the modified Smart cars have punished an astonishing 188,000 motorists. The survey found 31 councils across Britain have versions of the popular town car modified with a [...]
London drivers consulted about parking fines
From the BBC; Motorists in London are being consulted on how much they should pay for parking fines. Drivers will also be questioned about what levels of fines should be imposed for entering bus lanes and box junctions, and how much it should cost to be released from wheel clamps. It is part of a [...]
100 extra CCTV cameras mean more parking fines in Westminster
The number of motorists fined for parking offences in central London will rise from today as 100 CCTV “spy” cameras are switched on. The move follows a reprieve of nearly a year for drivers after the wireless cameras had to be switched off because they did not meet Department for Transport guidelines on image quality. [...]
Harrow Street is paved in gold and carpeted with traffic fines
Station Road in Harrow really is paved with gold – after generating more traffic and parking fines in a year than any other street in London. In the financial year 2008/09, 28,884 drivers were caught doing something illegal along the arterial route – raising at least £1.5million for the council. The road stretches for over [...]
Westminster to ban free parking in the evening
Free evening parking would be scrapped across much of the West End in plans being considered by a London council. The move, which has outraged motorist and tourism groups, would extend parking meter charges and single yellow line penalties until midnight from Monday to Saturday in Westminster’s central controlled zones. Currently, there is free parking [...]
Parking Fines To Be Hit With £15 Surcharge
Hard pressed motorists could be in line for more new year grief if new Government plans go ahead. Fines for motoring offences such as Parking tickets, speeding and having dirty windscreens are to rise by £15, under government plans to help victims of domestic violence or sexual assaults. Currently the ‘Victims’ Surcharge’ is only handed [...]
Boxing Day parking fines planned
BBC London reports that a number of London councils have been criticised for planning to impose standard parking fines on Boxing Day. Councils waive parking restrictions on public holidays but as 26 December falls on a Saturday this year some do not recognise it as a public holiday. One of those councils, Westminster City Council, [...]
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 [...]
