File photo dated 01/08/13 of a parking ticket on a car windscreen as councils dished out parking fines at the rate of one every four seconds last year, it has been revealed. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday April 14, 2014. Local authorities issued around 7.8 million parking penalty charge notices (PNCs) in 2013. amounting to �255 million in fines, according to research by Churchill Car Insurance. And the figures could be even higher, as Churchill's statistics relate to responses from only 187 of the 435 UK councils contacted for data under the Freedom of Information Act. See PA story TRANSPORT Parking. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Councils dished out parking fines at the rate of one every four seconds last year, it has been revealed.
Local authorities issued around 7.8 million parking penalty charge notices (PNCs) in 2013. amounting to £255 million in fines, according to research by Churchill Car Insurance.
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