Drivers paying ‘more than £4,000,000 a day’ in fines to private parking firms

Drivers have claimed that some of the fines are ‘unfair’ (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)The UK drivers could be handed a record 14,500,000 parking fines by parking companies this year.
Forecast by the motoring expert RAC estimates that drivers pay around £4,100,000 each day in fines to private parking operators, issued at around £100 per fine.
Parking companies made 7,200,000 requests to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in the six months to the end of Sept