Compliance with parking rules depends on effective deterrence

Millions more parking charges could be issued under government proposals, warns the BPA's Andrew Pester

The RAC Foundation has estimated that almost 8 million parking charges may be issued on private land. This reflects the year-on-year increase in car ownership, with millions more cars parking every day and a shift away from the use of public transport given the impact of the pandemic – 33 million as in 2021 compared to 31.5 million in 2019, according to DVLA data.

As the number of car journeys return to pre-pandemic levels it is essential that we enable car parks to function as intended...

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