Date published: 2006/06/22
The BBC says:
Parking enforcement is inconsistent, confused and a mess, MPs have said.
A Commons transport committee report branded it "absurd" that some parking offenders were dealt with by the police and others by local authorities.
And the committee's report said incentive regimes based on the number of tickets issued were "misguided".
The Conservatives said enforcement of fines was "over-zealous" in some areas. Transport minister Gillian Merron conceded the system could be fairer.
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Responding to the report, Ms Merron called for a "more open, fairer system that the motorist knows how to use and how to work within".She said: "Parking enforcement should not be about raising money but in fact should be about keeping traffic moving."
We hardly need a group of MPs to tell us this. It's all just part of ripoff Britain. As everyone knows, the government is the biggest ripoff artist of them all.
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