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  Drivers should get five minutes grace on parking, say MPs 24 Oct 2013 (News)
  the money is spent. It has challenged councils to prove to the public that parking fines are not being used as a “cash cow” to support financial cut backs. “Parking enforcement is necessary for managing demand on the roads, however, the use of parking charges and fines
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  Government considering 15 minutes grace on double yellow line parking 30 Jul 2013 (News)
  to a fine. Parking and waiting on double yellow lines is currently prohibited for most vehicles, with exceptions for commercial deliveries and blue badge holders. The 15 minute parking idea has been suggested by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, who feels that parking fees and fines are deterring
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  Three out of four Blue Badge holders prevented from parking by inconsiderate drivers 23 Oct 2020 (News)
  their car in a designated bay because it was filled by a driver that didn’t qualify to park there. Anyone caught parking in a disabled bay without a Blue Badge or misusing one could get a £1000 fine and have the Blue Badge confiscated
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  MPs call for nationwide ban on pavement parking 9 Sep 2019 (News)
  MPs are calling on the Government to introduce a nationwide ban on pavement parking. A general ban on pavement parking in London was introduced in the 1970s, but the transport committee has called on the Government to ban "anti-social parking
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  IAM Lobbies For Christmas Carpark Overnight Amnesty 7 Dec 2009 (News)
  commuters that their car will not be clamped or fined when they retrieve it the next morning will help avoid risk-taking behaviour." “An amnesty will allow commuters a chance to get to the station and pay for the next day’s parking before getting a fine. Transport bosses should make
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  Rental car fines fall 17 Mar 2008 (News)
  A car rental company has revealed that the number of fines issued by police to its customers fell over the last three months of the year. Statistics from National Car Rental show a 108 per cent drop in speeding fines in quarter four 2007, while notices given to motorists for driving in bus
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  Councils to use CCTV to issue PCNs to drivers who park in cycle lanes 18 Jun 2020 (News)
  by legislation, with two charging bands: higher and lower. Parking in a cycle lane is considered a higher contravension, meaning the charge is £70, which is reduced by 50 per cent if paid within 14 days. Fines  for motorists parking their cars in cycle lanes are set to be a maximum of £130
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  Government to crackdown on idling drivers 6 Jul 2019 (News)
  Drivers that leave their engines running while parked could face higher fines, under new proposals from the Department for Transport (DfT). Local authorities already have the power to issue £20 - £80 penalties to drivers
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  Germans Hit Harder Than Brits by Euro Penalty Culture 29 Jul 2010 (News)
  chances to fine Germans for driving offences in Austria, Switzerland, Italy and co. There are many reasons for the fines - sometimes tourists can't read the Italian-language sign for "Quiet Street", hidden in a parking area next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, which means 194,50
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  Drivers warned: you could be fined for running your engine 9 Aug 2018 (News)
  Drivers in UK city centres could be hit with on-the-spot fines if they leave their engine running unnecessarily. Nottingham City Council is the latest to announce plans to dish out £20 penalties if drivers are caught running their car's engine when parked or stopped
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  Five years of Ask on HonestJohn.co.uk 3 Jan 2014 (News)
  from the UK, though, and they cover every aspect of motoring from parking fines in supermarket car parks to finding the very best Ferrari for summer driving. We’ve looked back at the archives to show you how the Ask HJ section has evolved since January 3 2009. Click through the pages below
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  Mallory Park goes into administration 1 Oct 2013 (News)
  it was unable to agree on the amount of days per year that the circuit is allowed to operate. The circuit has also been in dispute with its local council over noise for the past two years, which resulted in Mallory Park Motorsport Limited (MPML) being fined in Court over five breaches of its
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  DVLA 'should protect drivers' details' 16 Mar 2009 (News)
  The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) should not be able to sell motorists details to parking enforcement companies, it has been claimed. According to the Association of British Drivers (ABD), car owners should not have to worry about their personal information being passed
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  Drivers can now appeal against parking tickets with Government website 14 Mar 2016 (News)
  The Government has launched a new Traffic Penalty Tribunal website, allowing drivers to appeal against parking tickets easily online. The website also allows drivers to appeal against penalty charge notices issued for driving in bus lanes and box junctions, or for failing to pay the Dart
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  Seriously Cheap VAG Offers From UK New Cars 9 Apr 2009 (News)
  digital radio, Aluminium hologram inlays, Interior light pack: £32,571.50 OTR 09 Audi TTC-2 2.0T Man, Phantom Black, pearl effect, JN Fine Nappa leather, rear acoustic parking system, 9Jx18 10-spoke 2 colour alloys, BOSE Surround Sound system, CD changer, Extended black leather package
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  Drivers paid £41 million in bus lane fines last year 16 Nov 2018 (News)
  Councils are being called on to clear up confusion around bus lanes - after it emerged that a whopping 888,760 fines were handed out to drivers in 2017. A freedom of information investigation by Confused.com has discovered that Scotland has the highest number of drivers
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  The STING in the tail of the new Parking Laws 17 Feb 2008 (News)
  never receives the parking ticket because it is lost in the post or mis-addressed (or actually never sent!) the first they will hear of the parking ticket is when they receive a document called a Charge Certificate, increasing the original fine by 50% and threatening that unless payment is made the debt
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  New Classics Event in Essex 4 Apr 2013 (News)
  genre spanning ten decades, through to the might of contemporary supercars.   Interest in participating in the Concours has been exceptional, providing a tough task for the Warren Concours selection committee to whittle numbers down to the eventual fine selection of 100 vehicles across ten
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  New Classics Event in Essex 4 Apr 2013 (News)
  genre spanning ten decades, through to the might of contemporary supercars.   Interest in participating in the Concours has been exceptional, providing a tough task for the Warren Concours selection committee to whittle numbers down to the eventual fine selection of 100 vehicles across ten
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  Government to Crack Down on Blue Badge Fraud 30 Dec 2011 (News)
  – not just on roads but in public and private car parks too – and very heavy fines are levied on offenders. There must be much greater emphasis on enforcement by police and local authorities if this parking fraud is to be stopped." 1. The address to access the online form