http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...period-when-parking-tickets-run-out.html

Pathetic nonsense, so instead of buying a ticket for (say) 60 minutes now, you buy a ticket for 70 minutes but it says 60 minutes on it.

This will be exceptionally obvious on car parks that are pay on exit.

So if you don't buy a ticket at all do you get 10 mins free "grace" parking?

Why don't the council let you purchase annual passes?

Just Podgy Pickles trying to look good before the election.

"We are ending the war on drivers who simply want to go about their daily business. For too long parking rules have made law-abiding motorists feel like criminals, and caused enormous damage to shops and businesses.
“Over-zealous parking enforcement undermines our town centres and costs councils more in the long term. Our measures not only bring big benefits for high streets, motorists and local authorities – they put common sense back into parking."

If its a choice between controlled parking and leaving it up to many peoples idea of common sense, I know which I'd choose. If you could trust people you would need laws.

Councils biggest problem is over-zealous purchasing of yellow paint and using it where it is not needed other than to try and force people into pay-for car parks. Yellow lines are supposed to be used for safety and preventing congestion not revenue generation.

Can't trust drivers nor the council to use common sense.