Evening Times
Evening Times
April 06
Almost 190,000 Glasgow motorists were hit with parking tickets last year - raising £5.5 million in fines. But the massive number is 52,000 lower than the total caught by city council parking attendants the previous year.
And its almost £1.5m less than Edinburgh raised in fines in 2004/5.
The Glasgow figure of 189,955 tickets issued compares with 249,022, parking fines handed out in Edinburgh, which raised £6.9m.
In 2003/04 Glasgow raised £6.1m through 252,000 parking tickets, while Edinburgh raised £7.1m.
Motorists who are caught parking illegally are fined £30, which increases to £60 if not paid within 14 days.
City council land services director Robert Booth said: "Traffic patrollers are there to ensure there is free-flowing traffic in the city and to avoid driver frustration."
But Neil Greig, head of policy in Scotland for motoring organisation the AA, said: "Are the thousands of tickets issued, and the millions of pounds raised, improving traffic management in towns and cities?
" I think the answer from most drivers would be 'no'.
"Most drivers think parking tickets are all about raising revenue."
Meanwhile, new figures from the Executive show in 2004/05 the average court fine imposed for a driving offence was £182, and the average driving ban was 20 months.
Police issued 280,900 fixed penalty fines, of which 69% were for speeding.
A police crackdown on people not wearing seatbelts saw 133 caught in Strathclyde in just one day.
More than a decade after the law was tightened to include back-seat passengers the law is still being ignored, officers said.
A Scotland-wide awareness day on Monday netted nearly 400 people not strapped in.
April 06
Almost 190,000 Glasgow motorists were hit with parking tickets last year - raising £5.5 million in fines. But the massive number is 52,000 lower than the total caught by city council parking attendants the previous year.
And its almost £1.5m less than Edinburgh raised in fines in 2004/5.
The Glasgow figure of 189,955 tickets issued compares with 249,022, parking fines handed out in Edinburgh, which raised £6.9m.
In 2003/04 Glasgow raised £6.1m through 252,000 parking tickets, while Edinburgh raised £7.1m.
Motorists who are caught parking illegally are fined £30, which increases to £60 if not paid within 14 days.
City council land services director Robert Booth said: "Traffic patrollers are there to ensure there is free-flowing traffic in the city and to avoid driver frustration."
But Neil Greig, head of policy in Scotland for motoring organisation the AA, said: "Are the thousands of tickets issued, and the millions of pounds raised, improving traffic management in towns and cities?
" I think the answer from most drivers would be 'no'.
"Most drivers think parking tickets are all about raising revenue."
Meanwhile, new figures from the Executive show in 2004/05 the average court fine imposed for a driving offence was £182, and the average driving ban was 20 months.
Police issued 280,900 fixed penalty fines, of which 69% were for speeding.
A police crackdown on people not wearing seatbelts saw 133 caught in Strathclyde in just one day.
More than a decade after the law was tightened to include back-seat passengers the law is still being ignored, officers said.
A Scotland-wide awareness day on Monday netted nearly 400 people not strapped in.
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