Most drivers prefer using bank cards or cash to pay for parking

RAC: Three-quarters of drivers have run into difficulties when paying to park by mobile app

Three-quarters of UK drivers (73%) who have used a mobile app to pay for parking in the last 12 months experienced difficulties doing so.

Most drivers appear to prefer the reliability that comes from using bank cards or cash, new RAC research has found.

A nationally representative sample of 1,709 UK drivers were surveyed for the RAC by Online95 between June and July 2025

Of those that ran into problems, top of the list of frustrations by a considerable margin is a lack of reliable mobile phone...

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