10 Minutes Extra For Drivers Late Back To Their Cars
The law change will come into effect in the next few weeks.
Drivers are to get 10 minutes' grace after a parking ticket runs out - before they can be hit with a fine. The change in the law will take effect within weeks. It's designed to bring an end to decades of drivers complaints about coming back to their car moments after a ticket expries - and finding they've already been slapped with a fine... It will apply to cars parked in pay and display bays or other spaces with time limits that belong to the council. CCTV Camera cars that automatically issue fines will also be made illegal - except in sensitive areas like near schools and in bus lanes, and there'll be no more fines at out of order parking meters when there's no other way to pay. However critics think drivers will take advantage of the new scheme.