Private parking firms issued 14.4 million tickets last year as the motorists urged the government to tighten the “bandit” practice.
The number of parking fine issued by private parking companies has touched the sky as they successfully challenged a conservative bill three years ago, which created a proper code of a proper practice to hand over the fine.
Over the years, these firms have been accused of removing misleading and misleading signals, as well as drivers have been denied a grace period if they do not return to their cars, even if it is not their fault.
Data provided by RAC suggests that the number of requests made by the parking management companies to the driver and vehicle licensing agency, which is more than three times since the passage of the Tory Bill for information about vehicles and is later watered. It rose 13 percent from 2023.
According to data, the firms released a record 1,640 tickets every hour last year. Since each ticket can be up to £ 100, the total daily cost for drivers can be close to £ 4 million.
Last year, five parking companies issuing 46 percent penalty charge notice (PCNS), Parkinge (2,300,360), Euro Car Park (1,7333,493), Aapkaa Parking (960,482), Horizon Parking (875,833) and Civil Enforcement LTD (684) and Civil Enforcement LTD (684) And Civil Enforcement Ltd
The British Parking Association (BPA), which represents the parking and traffic management sector, states that growth is a reflection of the increasing number of sites, as opposite to the increase in the number of tickets. He claims that only 0.3 percent of private land parking programs results in parking fee.
But RAC has disputed these claims and has called the Labor Government to resume the laws that break down on punishment practice.
RAC’s leading policy Simon Williams said: “A lot of unfair tickets are still being assigned by operators, who have not been forced to follow strict rules, and many drivers are still being hired by loan collection companies.
“And, we still have a single, not a really independent appeal service, which the drivers can go to if their initial appeal has been rejected to the concerned operator.
“We do not believe the argument of the parking industry that PCNs are only at record levels, as they are managing more car parks.
“We urge the government to ensure that the official code has been launched this year, with it all the security objectives so that we do not see that these figures are even more in the future.”
