http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Parking offence fines in England could be cut en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:57:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12019#post-139316 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:52:41 +0000 crowriver 139316@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does this have any effect on Scotland or is fixed penaly level setting a reserved matter?</p> <p>What was that about wanting more of Westminster, Dave? ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12019#post-139312 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:47:58 +0000 Dave 139312@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We'd expect parking fines to be (potentially) higher than speeding fines I think?</p> <p>There's no insurance cost or driving licence penalty attached to parking fines as there is to prosecutions for speeding. </p> <p>Neither is there any social stigma at all associated with getting a parking ticket, unlike a potential ban for speeding.</p> <p>These things make a parking ticket less of a deterrent than it otherwise might be. If it's only pocket change, why not just park illegally and pay the odd fine? </p> <p>I'm pretty liberal with parking and have had one ticket in the last decade, works out to roughly 5p per week surcharge - not much of a deterrent. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12019#post-139275 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:21:51 +0000 PS 139275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Solution: increase the fine for more serious offences to a level that reflects their serious nature. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12019#post-139274 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:12:42 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 139274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, but the £100 is mentioned as being a 'minumum' as well. The £130 is only if you don't pay your fine in 2 weeks, so the comparison with the 'minimums' for parking is probably fair, while the £130 and £70 charges for not paying quickly could be compared with higher speeding fines.</p> <p>Maybe.</p> <p>Still doesn't make sense if you ask me to come out with a statement like that, even if we look at £130. If that's really all that they mean then drop that particular fine in London and leave the rest alone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12019#post-139273 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:09:20 +0000 Instography 139273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The previous paragraph - Fixed-penalty charges currently range from £70 to £130 in London and from £40 to £70 elsewhere.</p> <p>So the £130 charges are substantially more than £100 and presumably that's what they find hard to justify. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12019#post-139270 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:45:13 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 139270@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25671980">Sigh</a></p> <p>"<em>In a recent report, the Commons Transport Committee said it was "<strong>hard to justify parking fines that are substantially more</strong> than the fines for more serious offences like speeding", for which the minimum penalty is <strong>£100 and three penalty points</strong> added to the offender's licence.</em>"</p> <p>"<em>This would be "an initial step to giving local authorities the scope to allow lower charges (<strong>than £70 in London and £40 in the rest of England</strong>) for minor parking variations", such as overstaying in car parks or on-street bays.</em>"</p> <p>In what world are fines of £70 and £40 <em>substantially more</em> than £100 and 3 penalty points? </p>