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Parking fines in the city set to rise to £80 in new two-tier system
"The council made £6.3 million from parking tickets last year, handing out 209,753 fines. However, the city pays contractor NSL £5.54m a year to enforce parking rules."
"There are currently more than 55,000 outstanding tickets, depriving the council of around £3m in revenue."
So that's a loss then?
The fines haven't gone up in nine years. Increasing some from £60 to £80 still makes it considerably cheaper to park illegally in 2010 than in 2001!
As the first commenter has it "As is always the case, there is a completely straightforward way to avoid being affected by these fines. Park legally." It is not before time.
"So that's a loss then? "
I read it that they made £0.76m and could have made £3.76m.
But... reading that agin, it's not clear what period the 55000 tickets covers. I guess some of them could go back a long way?
"I read it that they made £0.76m and could have made £3.76m."
You may well be right - though I doubt if the £3m is just from one year.
Although...
"I guess some of them could go back a long way?"
Even so, it seems a fairly high default rate.
Then there are all the ones that had to be refunded because they were issued incorrectly.
It would be so much easier if there weren't any cars to ticket...
I hate traffic wardens !!!! I think EVERYONE should make a point of always parking legally...... That would really F*** them up.!
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