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‘Councils dependent on driver income’

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17 December 2018
 

Too many councils are more interested in imposing charges on drivers than giving them alternatives to using cars, AA president Edmund King has said.

“Sadly, too many councils seem more keen on the money they can get out of motorists than coming up with viable alternatives that fit in with daily routines,” he said. “The term ‘car dependency’ used to describe people’s reliance on cars, now it defines council reliance on parking charges and fines, income from...

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