Parking ticket debt firms often charge drivers £70 on top of the cost of their fine
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Parking ticket debt firms often charge drivers £70 on top of the cost of their fine
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Companies that charge drivers fees for recovering parking ticket debts are operating with an average profit margin of more than 60 per cent, a Government document has disclosed.
Even if motorists can provide evidence they’ve paid for parking, they are threatened with bailiffs and court
Analysis of Government data shows that private firms issued 4.3million parking tickets between April and June this year.
Drivers parking on the pavement could soon land themselves big fines
Drivers face a hike of up to 75 per cent in parking fines which would see them treated more harshly than shoplifters.
Ruthless private firms have already slapped drivers with 4.3 million tickets between April and June - an average of 2,000 every…
Ruthless firms issued 14.4million tickets to drivers in the 12 months to April this year - more than 27 every minute.
