Nearly half of all parking tickets could have been issued incorrectly

Simon Davis
File photo dated 31/10/16 of a penalty charge notice (PCN) parking ticket issued on the windscreen of a car, as motorists are being hit with unnecessary fines because councils are failing to explain their right to challenge parking tickets, the local government watchdog has warned.
File photo dated 31/10/16 of a penalty charge notice (PCN) parking ticket issued on the windscreen of a car, as motorists are being hit with unnecessary fines because councils are failing to explain their right to challenge parking tickets, the local government watchdog has warned.



Close to half of all parking tickets distributed in the UK last year could have been issued incorrectly, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

An investigation by The Sun found that Brits won 44 per cent of their parking fine appeals last year, after FOI requests were sent out to more than 100 councils around the country.

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