83% of motorists want to ditch parking apps

Drivers dislike the number of separate apps needed, says Autocar

83% of the 1,387 UK motorists surveyedby Autocar preferred to use contactless card payments or cash to park rather than downloading and creating accounts for different apps (Rami al Zayat/Unsplash)

More than four-in-five drivers dislike using the many parking apps available in the UK. A survey by motoring magazine Autocar found that 83% of the 1,387 UK motorists who were surveyed said they preferred to use contactless card payments or cash to park rather than downloading and creating accounts for different apps.

Autocar found some apps were regarded as overly complicated. The survey also revealed that drivers were concerned about online fraud. Only 14% of drivers preferred using parking...

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