Countrywide CCTV parking laws come into operation

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Councils outside of London are now allowed to issue parking tickets on the basis of camera evidence and parking authorities everywhere can now issue tickets by post.

As revealed in our sister magazine BusinessCar in February, the amount of parking fines have been much higher in London, where cameras are already in use. Figures released by GE Fleet services showed that the top five fine-issuing authorities were based in the capital.

In addition, authorities will now have the ability to issue parking fines on a scale according to the severity of the infringement.

Despite the potential rise in tickets issued, transport minister Rosie Winterton said: “The new parking framework makes it clear that councils should not use parking enforcement as a means of raising revenue or set targets for the number of tickets issued.” So that's all right then, but the fact remains that motorists are deemed to be guilty, until proven innocent.

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