Parking Tickets increase recently has been almost four times, so much so that one in every ten motorists are getting parking tickets. The government is also in talks to increase the amount charged in the parking fines. Are these only done to promote road safety and good traffic management? One tends to doubt it. A record 3,402,860 parking tickets were issued in 2005, 19 percent up on 2004. Yet only 794,851 parking tickets were issued in 2000-2001. Around the same time a lot of Councils have taken over parking enforcement from the police leaving many people to believe that...

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With the power of issuing a parking ticket being transferred to the Local Councils from that of the police, the number of tickets issued to motorists has seen a steady increase leading to many people taking course to appealing for a parking ticket. Certain people claim the fact that the reason for huge increase in parking ticket appeals is because of the Local Authorities and the subcontractors collect the parking fines for getting more and more revenues rather than in reality collecting the parking fines for increasing transport revenues. Thus this is the theory behind spontaneous increase in parking...

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The abolition of criminal penalties since 1990′s gave parking control to local police council. Since then there has been a sharp increase in the parking tickets issued to motorists and henceforth it has lead to increase in demand of common people for the issue of parking tickets. There are more than a few that believe the city is truly using this for funding, and with the growth of the city and increase in traffic tickets, it is becoming apparent that it’s truly happening. There are many reasons why we now want to appeal a parking fine. Parking fines have...

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Getting a parking ticket is always an annoying affair. And the fines are not cheap too. If you have received a parking ticket, there are two things you can do. You can either pay the fine or go ahead with an appeal. But it is advised that whatever you do, do not ignore a parking ticket because doing so might cost you dear. The Council sends Bailiffs from door to door to collect fines and the cause of your ignorance may be penalized to an extortionate amount. What with the economic crunch surrounding us in recent times, you must...

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Upon returning back to your car it is never a nice feeling to get a parking ticket especially since the fine costs so much. But the only options you have are those of paying the fine or appealing the ticket as ignoring the ticket altogether will make the council send bailiffs around to you for collecting the fine. With each ticket you ignore, the fine amount will include the bailiff charges and hence will go up in amount more and more costing a fortune. With the financial hardship all around you need to save as much money as you...

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If you are looking for the answer to the question why does a parking ticket fine cost so much? The answer should be started with the mention of the Road Traffic Act of 1991 where the parking regulations and parking ticket issuance as an activity was handed over to the local councils. As a matter of fact, the traffic wardens now work under the council and not the police. The Traffic management Act of 2004 which was put to effect on 31st March, 2008 grouped parking tickets into higher offence and lower offences groups. Thus, you will pay more...

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The abolition of criminal penalties since 1990′s gave parking control to the local council rather than the police. Since then there has been a sharp increase in the amount parking tickets issued to motorists and it has led to an increase in appeals against these. It can be said that in the aftermath of decriminalization, it is a common belief amidst people that the local councils are using parking tickets as a tool to generate revenue from parking fines. There are so many reasons for issuing parking tickets to a person. The latest increase of parking fine has shot...

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While many amazing things happened in the 1990′s, there are a few things that we would rather forget. One of these of course is the decriminalization of traffic tickets which sounds like a decent concept, but it has led to the city using parking tickets and other violations to receive funding. The public needs to be aware of what is happening here, and they need to know that they can appeal. There are more than a few people out there right now who firmly believe that these parking tickets are a clear violation of their rights, and as a...

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Parking Tickets increase recently has been almost four times, so much so that one in every ten motorists are getting parking tickets. The government is also in talks to increase the amount charged in the parking fines. Are these only done to promote road safety and good traffic management? One tends to doubt it. 3,402,860 was the record number of parking tickets issued in 2005, 19% higher than 2004 and following an immense growth trajectory since 2000-2011, when it used to belong to the 794,851 range. Infact that was the time when the parking regulations as a function became...

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If you are looking for the answer to the question why does a parking ticket fine cost so much? The answer should be started with the mention of the Road Traffic Act of 1991 where the parking regulations and parking ticket issuance as an activity was handed over to the local councils. As a matter of fact, the traffic wardens now work under the council and not the police. The Traffic management Act of 2004 which was put to effect on 31st March, 2008 grouped parking tickets into higher offence and lower offences groups. Thus, you will pay more...

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