Studying in the UK: How to charge and fine for parking in London?

Paying parking fees by phone and SMS London's parking fees are notoriously expensive, especially in the city center. But in London, parking fees in busy areas and residential areas are different. Residents and car owners in this city can buy long-term dedicated parking spaces near their homes, which costs only 100 a year. These London residents who have cars usually rely on buses, subways and trains to go to work and school, and only drive when the whole family goes out on weekends or holidays, so their personal parking lots are usually highly utilized.

Since the beginning of 2008, the service telephone line has been piloted in Britain, where car owners can provide their credit card accounts by phone and SMS to recharge their meters. The newly opened telephone parking areas are concentrated in central London, the Thames and the London Bridge. It only takes 30 seconds to make such a pay phone call, and the service fee is only 20p, and the SMS fee is 10p. Car owners no longer have to worry about having no change, and they don't have to hurry to get tickets.

Booking a parking space online is no longer wandering around.

The city government of London has set up a website of urban paid parking lots, which lists important information such as the location, charging quantity, flow rate and so on of open-air parking lots and underground and internal parking lots in the urban area.

Car owners can book the parking place and time they need on this website before going out, and enter the credit card number, so they don't have to wander around to find a parking space. This not only saves the owner's time, but also reduces the traffic flow on the street and ensures the smooth traffic.

Parking fines in London, England

In Southampton Street in central London, England, an average of 50 drivers receive tickets here every day, or are photographed by closed-circuit cameras and receive parking fines in Britain. This street is located in Camden town. 20 1 1 * *, issued 19335 tickets, which made the government receive a fine of 1 198870 (about RMB 1200 yuan), ranking 201. This list * * * received a fine of 6.7 million pounds (about 67 million yuan). The second largest street on the blacklist is Bounds Green Street in the north of London.14,000 drivers were fined1002,360 (about RMB 1 1 ten thousand yuan). The third is clapham Park Road in southwest London, where14,442 drivers were fined 875,658 pounds (about 8.8 million yuan).

Cities outside London such as Birmingham, Brighton, Liverpool and Leeds are also on the list. Last year, they brought 654.38+03 billion pounds (about 654.38+03 billion RMB) to British finance.

A spokesman for the Automobile Association said that some drivers would risk parking on busy streets where parking is forbidden for a short time, while others were misled or didn't notice the signs. He added that as the parliamentary budget was cut, they were (probably) happy to use fines to get income.

A spokesman for Camden Council said that Southampton Street is a busy downtown street. It is necessary to ensure that drivers obey traffic laws, roads are smooth and citizens are safe. He also said that all traffic fines will be reinvested in Londoners' public transport services, including free rides for the elderly and telephone booking services. Although fines are definitely unpopular, the absence of traffic laws and regulations will definitely lead to traffic chaos.