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Originally Posted by Russ
Spoken like a true non-driver 
We don't object to parking tickets/fines, just the underhanded tactics used by the authorities. If it was a level playing field then that would be one thing but councils often make parking expensive and/or too far from where you actually want to get to. All in a warped and over-enthusiastic effort to force us on to sub-standard public transport.
I moaned about this on Facebook earlier: I haven't taken a bus in many years but seeing as the weather was bad and I didn't feel like driving I looked in to getting a bus in to Swansea yesterday. The bus stop is about 150 yards from my house so I checked the times etc and was about to decide on it when I saw the price - £4.50 for a single therefore £9 round-trip. Petrol costs would be about £2.50.
In parts of Swansea I can park for free for 3 hours.
As such I have zero incentive to use the council's public transport. |
I do around 25,000 miles a year, I don't have a problem with fines etc
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As for parking charges it's mixed some are just too expensive and public transport just seems to be completely unrealistic.
J