Privatised Parking Regimes
By David Soo,WNS Transport Correspondent
JACOB - Linapore's parking restrictions have become the bane of every motorist's life. Running parking regimes has become a big business, with private companies operating the system across the country, but is it right to make money out of enforcing the law? It's surely one of the most infuriating things in modern life - returning to your car only to find a parking ticket tucked under the windscreen, and sometimes just because you overran the meter by a couple of minutes. With fines of up to L$300, it can be expensive as well as annoying.
Many local authorities around Linapore have taken charge of running street parking, and some have contracted out the operation to one of a number of private firms. It's becoming a multi-million pound business - last year alone more than L$1bn was collected from Linapore's motorists. The public image of these privatised parking regimes has not been helped by a series of tabloid stories. For many people, coping with parking restrictions and avoiding the wardens is like a constant game of cat and mouse.
Courier driver Colin Renee does about 10 delivery drops a day in Longman city, and often he has to park on single and double yellow lines. Each time he has to watch out for parking attendants, and he also has to get to grips with the ticketing rules, which can vary from borough to borough. "Just got to take a chance really," he says. But he and his fellow drivers at "On-Line Couriers" aren't always successful.
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