Hard-up motorists have been hit with over £120,000 in parking fines in a year…on just one street alone.
The council raked in the colossal amount in the 12 months up to 31 August this year.
It comes as millions of Brit drivers are struggling amid the cost-of-living crisis.
Bristol City Council pulled in £120,177 for illegal parking and bus lane contraventions on Gloucester Road.
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The street – in the city’s student heartland – is lined with shops, pubs and restaurants.
Skint university undergraduates are likely to have been hit the most.
Tickets for illegal parking range from around £40 to £120 depending on where the offence is committed and how quickly the fine is paid.
According to the council’s website, drivers can get a 50 per cent discount if they pay their parking or bus lane fine within the timeframe shown on their penalty charge notice.
The information was gathered following Freedom of Information Act requests, as reported on Need To Know.
Meanwhile, drivers parking illegally on Madeira Drive, in Brighton and Hove, racked up £111,723.55 between August 2023 and August 2024.
The street stretches a mile-and-a-half along the seafront so it’s likely many tourists were slapped with fines.
Brighton and Hove City Council’s website states that a higher contravention fine or a bus lane fine costs £70 or £35 if paid within 14 days.
A lower contravention fine costs £50 or £25 if paid within two weeks.
Leeds City Council earned £85,165 in penalty charge notices in the same year on Great George Street, in the city centre.
Their website says that the most common reasons for receiving a PCN are parking without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket, parking without payment of the parking charge, parking for longer than permitted or driving in a bus lane during restricted hours.
Granby Street in Leicester’s city centre was the most prolific road for parking fines between August 2023 and August 2024.
Leicester City Council received £53,550 in fines from drivers.
Abbeydale Road, a long street with lots of shops and restaurants, in Sheffield’s antique’s quarter generated £32,789 in PCNs in the same year.
Finally, Coventry City Council earned £16,967 on Trinity Street between August 2023 and August 2024.
