Drivers lost almost £60 million last year by failing to appeal against unfair parking tickets, according to a survey.
53% of the people surveyed, who chose not to appeal, said they assumed they would lose. 8% did not know how to initiate a claim while 2% of drivers said parking attendants had fabricated evidence to support the issuing of a ticket.
The poll of 2,003 adults showed that the majority of unfair parking fines are issued in areas were parking signage is unclear.
49% of tickets issued unfairly are given out on public roads, while 10% are issued in car parks of public buildings managed by local councils, including libraries, hospitals and doctors’ surgeries.
The average cost paid by motorists given a ticket in unfair circumstances was £42.
MJP Motoring Solicitors
Mar, 14, 2011