Cheaper to park illegally

[admin]

This is insane, it's cheaper to park illegally and chance getting a ticket than it is to buy a full day ticket!

The difference is not just a little either - the illegal parking ticket will save you about half the cost of the usual fee!

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/a...w-CHEAPER-buying-42-day-ticket-Cambridge.html

Would you pay the fee or take a chance?

 

[McCrash]

£25 to park v £42 to park? No contest really. Seems to be a very flawed system which actually does nothing to address the problem it's supposed to be fixing.

 

[st24]

It might work in Cambridge but no so good in places where you will be clamped or towed away

 

[old-git]

If you read the story properly, it paints a biased picture.

Headline says fine is £25 but article states £35. The author can't even get that right.

Parking is £26 9am -5pm then £1 per hour. To pay £42 you have to park for 24 hours.

Leave the car for 25 hours and it could cost £70.

If you are working in Cambridge you are not likely to park for longer than 8-6 which would cost £28 in the car park.

If you are shopping you won't be there for more than a few hours and no mention is made of how much that would cost.

A fabricated story designed to have a go at the highway authority - very lazy journalism.