BBC News Berkshire 20th July 2010 A council is set to fine drivers for parking on pavements and grass verges to make up for a drop in fines income. Reading Council said there had been a 17% fall in the number of parking tickets issued across the borough. It has warned drivers that a controlled parking zone could be created which would give traffic wardens new powers to issue fines. Drivers have al...

I hope that a Bromley Conservative Councillor is reading this, and will do something about it. I've just heard a lady on Radio 5 called Maureen Gibbett (I think). She received a parking fine of £80 even though she had paid for a ticket. Apparently it was a hot day and it peeled off her windscreen so the Parking Attendant couldn't see it. She appealed the ticket and was told to go t...

Hampshire County Council introduced new parking restrictions at Fleet in May 2006 and put up pairs of parking notices of their own invention which contradicted each other and confused drivers. So misleading were the signs that the local press immediately picked up the story after angry drivers complained ... New signs confuse motorists May 25, 2006 by Stephen Lloyd SHOCKED drivers were hit with fi...

... and the stock answer is 'Well, you can always appeal.' Crashed car gets £50 parking ticket Metro August 14, 2008 A stunned motorist was dealt a double blow when she found her parked car had been shunted into a tree – then given a £50 parking ticket. Joanne Billington's Ford Ka was hit by another motorist, then slapped with a ticket by an overzealous warden. �...

Allegations of 'parking ticket targets' are to be the subject of a Westminster City Council audit investigation, following concerns raised by Labour Councillors after the recent Channel 4 'Confessions of a Parking Warden' programme revealed that some parking wardens in Westminster said that they were under pressure to maximize the number of parking tickets they issue each day. ...

Cracking down on drivers who misuse disabled parking bays is the "right thing to do", MSPs were told yesterday.

£2bn parking bill By Tom Latchem, 19/12/2009 News of the World GREEDY councils are exploiting motorists by raking in almost £2 BILLION a year in parking fees and fines. Last year drivers paid a record £1.9bn to town halls in England - 8 per cent up on the previous year and TREBLE the £638m for 1997/98 when Labour came to power. That means around £60 a year is going st...

Many parking tickets 'unlawful' BBC News24 Thursday 11th June 2009 Thousands of drivers in London may be affected by the ruling Thousands of parking tickets paid by credit card could be cancelled after a council's charges were ruled unlawful. Camden Council has been charging 1.3% extra for tickets paid by credit card. But a firm claimed the extra charge is unfair - and the Parking a...

Road tolls and higher parking charges being considered by Scottish Government officials would "discriminate" against drivers north of the Border, a leading motoring bo

An admission that there was no legal authority to issue. Same applies when there is no lawful restriction or no valid paperwork ... the money must be refunded. Drivers to have parking fines reimbursed 28 June 2008 By Alexandra Wood HUNDREDS of motorists in Hull will get back money paid out in fines after Humberside Police admitted to wrongly issuing parking tickets over a two-year period. The forc...