Many drivers say private parking firms are too quick to issue fines. Should these companies be better regulated and have you or a family member ever had an unfair parking charge?
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00:00Parking charges are verging on the punitive, and I guess all I can say about it is that it's working.
00:09I am being deterred from driving in cities, I start thinking about taking the train or the bus instead.
00:17It's not quite as convenient, but it does get you thinking.
00:20A friend of mine, he got clamps, and when he says, look, this is for theatrical purposes.
00:26I've got stuff in the van, I'm not parking here all night, and he managed to get away with it.
00:32But talking his way out of it, being an actor, he could talk a good talk.
00:36But all the same, it was unfairly clamped, so I guess there are some unfairly getting parking fines, yes.
00:43Until we have the revolution in transport, whereby we simply order up a car on a phone app,
00:52which automatically comes to us and then takes us to where we need to go.
00:56Unfortunately, this is the world we live in.