Thursday, November 25, 2010
Possible peak in parking penalty payment prices
It is sometimes difficult to distinguish sarcasm in written language, so to give you fair warning the following sentence should be read in a sarcastic tone of voice.
Councils want to raise parking penalties to £120 – Yey! (Sarcasm finished.)
As if young drivers didn’t have to fork out enough money already on car insurance, there’s a possibility that parking tickets in many areas of the UK will increase because councils are starved of money after the coalition government’s cuts.
They aren’t saying that of course. Instead they are arguing that the increase in car park prices calls for an increase in the penalties too, otherwise motorists won’t be deterred enough.
I think that if car park meters are charging more, surely having to pay any extra amount of money in the form of a penalty is enough of a deterrent for most drivers.
I personally am loath to hand over even one pound more than I need to – but maybe that’s just me.
As if young drivers didn’t have to fork out enough money already on car insurance, there’s a possibility that parking tickets in many areas of the UK will increase because councils are starved of money after the coalition government’s cuts.
They aren’t saying that of course. Instead they are arguing that the increase in car park prices calls for an increase in the penalties too, otherwise motorists won’t be deterred enough.
I think that if car park meters are charging more, surely having to pay any extra amount of money in the form of a penalty is enough of a deterrent for most drivers.
I personally am loath to hand over even one pound more than I need to – but maybe that’s just me.
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Labels: car insurance, young drivers
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posted by Fuse @ 4:07 AM 
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