{"id":671,"date":"2013-10-25T09:34:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T09:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=671"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:21:12","slug":"parking-grace-period-called-for-perhaps-uk-can-learn-from-auckland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/parking-grace-period-called-for-perhaps-uk-can-learn-from-auckland\/","title":{"rendered":"Parking grace period called for &#8211; perhaps the UK can learn from Auckland?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-672\" alt=\"parking sign\" src=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/parking-sign-300x297.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/parking-sign-300x297.gif 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/parking-sign-150x150.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Currently if you overstay your parking by any time at all you can be fined. This contributes to a deep-rooted public perception that parking enforcement is just a good way of making money by local authorities, and doesn&#8217;t take into consideration that people may be unexpectedly delayed for reasons outside their control. It also doesn&#8217;t allow for disparities in the times on people&#8217;s watches.<\/p>\n<p>A number of MPs serving on the Commons Transport Committee have suggested a &#8216;grace and favour&#8217; period of five minutes after a parking ticket expires before a fine is issued.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps authorities can learn from <a href=\"http:\/\/transportblog.co.nz\/2012\/09\/19\/at-confirms-city-centre-parking-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\">parking rules introduced in Auckland, New Zealand in October 2012<\/a>. After receiving 718 public submissions on parking in the central city, Auckland Council made significant changes, including reducing the maximum charge for a day&#8217;s parking. While private car park operators give grace periods of between 5 and 15 minutes before fining motorists up to $65 (around\u00a0\u00a333), if drivers are parked on city streets they are given a 10-minute grace period and after that, fines can be as low as NZ$12 (\u00a36). Sounds like parking utopia, right?<\/p>\n<p>Here are Auckland Council&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz\/parking\/RulesAboutParking\/Pages\/Types-of-parking-infringements.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">published prices for overstaying parking on the city&#8217;s streets<\/a>. Divide by two to get the rough amount in pounds sterling:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Person parked a vehicle on a road where the maximum time a vehicle may park there was restricted by a traffic sign.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Overstaying infringements are subject to incremental fines as follows:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Not more than 30 minutes &#8211; $12.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>More than 30 minutes but not more than 1 hour &#8211; $15.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>More than 1 hour but not more than 2 hours &#8211; $21.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>More than 2 hours but not more than 4 hours &#8211; $30.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>More than 4 hours but not more than 6 hours &#8211; $42.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>More than 6 hours &#8211; $57.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current parking fines in London are\u00a0\u00a3130, and \u00a370 elsewhere in the UK. The MPs also called for ministers to freeze parking fines at these rates.\u00a0The Local Government Association has calculated a surplus from on and off-street parking of \u00a3411 million in 2011\/12, while the RAC Foundation believes the figure could be \u00a3565 million.<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone else think these figures seem obscene?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently if you overstay your parking by any time at all you can be fined. This contributes to a deep-rooted public perception that parking enforcement is just a good way of making money by local authorities, and doesn&#8217;t take into<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/parking-grace-period-called-for-perhaps-uk-can-learn-from-auckland\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,144],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-fines","tag-parking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}