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20 TAXI |12 JUNE 2012 www.ltda.co.uk
More readers than the rest put together! 12 JUNE 2012 | TAXI 21 Driver fined every 4.6 seconds Motoring London has topped the parking ticket league after the number of fines issued reached 6.8 million. The city was joint top of the table with Liverpool, where wardens hand out an average 2,616 fines each. The number of parking tickets issued in 2011 saw an increase of 4% on the previous year, according to the latest figures. The rise comes despite a drop in 6.8 million fines issued in London GB CAB the number of wardens from 3,882 to 3,693, which means a fine was issued every 4.6 seconds, raising more than £234m. One in four tickets was disputed by the motorist, who have a 39% success rate, the figures show. Local government minister Bob Neill said: "There is no excuse for town halls using parking fines and motorists as cash cows. There are plenty of other ways for councils to raise extra income or make savings like Taxi Services Ltd RENTAL M.O.T. STATION SERVICING OVERHAULS RUNNING REPAIRS CRASH REPAIRS INSURANCE APPROVED BODY SHOP GB Taxi Services Ltd Unit 22 Redburn Ind Est Woodall Road, Enfield EN3 4LE CALL AND GET YOUR VEHICLE TODAY 020 8912 2351 Image: ronfromyork / Shutterstock.com better procurement and sharing backoffice services. "We want to see councils use parking to support the high street and help their local shops prosper. That's why we have ended the last government's requirements to limit spaces, push up parking charges and encourage aggressive parking enforcement." Outside the capital, the largest number of fines handed out last year was by Liverpool City Council, with more than 146,000, ahead of Manchester City Council with more than 138,000 and Birmingham City Council nearly 133,000). Higher numbers of fines prompted an increased number of disputes by motorists. In 2010, 1,677,043 parking ticket disputes were lodged with local councils and Transport for London, while in 2011 the figure rose to 1,758,571 – or 146,547 each month. The success rate of these challenges fell from 47% (780,710 tickets overturned) in 2010 to 39% (683,218 tickets overturned) in 2011. NORTH LONDON’S ONE STOP TAXI WORKSHOP GET YOUR NEW TX4 ELEGANCE AT £220 PW Vito's from £250 PW Also Available: TX4’S FROM £190PW TXII FROM £160PW NEWS News in brief ‘Dispute parking tickets’ Drivers are winning their appeals against parking fines by taking the process to the final stage, official figures reveal. The City of London has been backing out of appeals, which has cost it more than £100,000 in the past year. The corporation has though raised more than £3.3 million from fines. And only 1,465 people who received some of the 59,000 tickets it issued bothered to appeal. Nigel Wise, of the NoToMob campaign group, said: “It means that if you receive a penalty charge notice in the City and send your representations to the Corporation of London you will get them rejected first. “But if you take it to the final appeal stage, these figures show that the City hasn’t bothered to fight its appeals since 2010.” 24HR SUPPORT With AA & RAC SPARE CABS AVAILABLE NEW DRIVERS WELCOME
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