Private parking industry is being urged that a driver is “cleaned” on the possibility of withdrawing inappropriate tickets.
The RAC said that promoting transparency will either show how bad the situation is or the drivers assure that complaints are dealt with due.
Both analyzed by motoring service company Appeal The bodies used by unhappy drivers publish only very limited data, some of which are old.
Parking on Private Land Appeal (POPLA) is yet to publish its annual report for the year by the end of September 2024, while the Independent Appeal Service (IAS) has released its 2024 report, but fails to explain how much appeal was allowed or denied.
The last time IAS published this information, it was in 2021/22, when according to RAC, 94 percent of cases were found in favor of parking operators.
Recent analysis found UK Drivers handed over a record 14.4 million parking tickets By the end of March by private companies in the year.
This was an increase of 12.8 million to 13 percent during the last 12 months, and more than 6.8 million in 2018/19.
Each ticket can be up to £ 100, which means that the total daily costs for drivers may be near £ 3.9 million at the current rate.
RAC’s leading policy Simon Williams said: “The industry claims that there is no issue with the wrongly issuance of tickets as the drivers can turn them out while appealing.
“But when the stories of poor behavior of drivers are very common, data and successful appeal on the correct number of complaints are not available.
“We believe that the industry should publish this information.
“Meanwhile, we urge them to come out voluntarily and publish the data of all their complaints.”
The government is consulting on a long-awaited law-supported practice code for private parking sector.
Local Development Minister Alex Noris said earlier this month that “many people are being punished wrongly”.
The IAS sector appeals against tickets issued by the members of the Body The International Parking community, stating that in a statement it is “committed to improving the transparency and accountability of private land parking practices”.
This urged RAC to “work creatively with us”, to detect “what can be achieved simultaneously”.
It moved forward: “It is worth reminding the public how many times they are capable of parking without any difficulty or disruption.
“This is the most obvious indication that this area is working, when the parking is smooth, accessible and uneven.”
Popala, which appeals against tickets assigned by members of the British Parking Association, has been approached for a comment.
