Driveways are the most expensive parking spaces in the country, according to Europcar. Motorists are spending 11% of their monthly income on motoring and ownership costs, but 66% of them are using their vehicles for less than an hour a day, trying to cut down their usage as much as they can. The results show […]

238 You MUST NOT wait or park on yellow lines during the times of operation shown on nearby time plates (or zone entry signs if in a Controlled Parking Zone) – see ‘Information signs’ and ‘Road markings’. Double yellow lines indicate a prohibition of waiting at any time even if there are no upright signs. […]

Nissan are experimenting with an adapted Nissan Leaf to see whether the car can park itself and even find the parking space to begin with. The car has sensors which detect reflective white lines on the floor. It then uses cameras to guide the car into the space. At present the car only works with […]

Car parking spaces on supermarket car parks seem so small. Especially when you drive anything bigger than a Peugeot 206. Getting in and out of these tight parking spaces can seem like a complete nightmare. Especially when the car park is particularly busy and you have someone waiting for you to come out so that […]

Portadown, Ireland has been revealed as one of the most ticketed towns in the province, having clocked up 2,506 parking tickets in 2011. One business owner in the area spoke out at how he is considering moving his business to a different area after being issued with more than 16 parking tickets which he feels […]

The stormy debate as to which sex is the better driver will never be fully resolved as there is no clear way to establish whether men or women are better drivers. Men have always been thought to be the better driver however; one study has found that women take the lead when it comes to […]

Local authorities outside London want the right to increase their car parking fines from £70 to £120, to match those issued in the capital, the Telegraph has reported. The British Parking Association (BPA) is backing a campaign led by local authorities, proposing that current fines are not enough of a deterrent to motorists committing parking […]

A lady from Southwark ended up in a parking ticket feud with the council when the online payment system acted more than a little sensitive! She was fined £40 when she was found lingering too long in a London car park. When she disputed the ticket and lost she decided to pay the fee and […]

Visiting hospitals can be stressful enough without paying high parking fees and queuing for spaces. Even those who are visiting people on a semi-permanent basis are required to pay these high rates. Scotland already has free parking for the majority of their hospital car parks and Wales is heading the same way with charges being […]

Hundreds of parking fines issued at a motoring pageant last week will be wiped and Enfield Council has apologised for the error. The council stood to make £20,000 from the tickets after putting up several “no right turn” signs at the Donkey Lane exit of a playing field used for the Enfield Pageant of Motoring on […]