UK drivers handed more than 41,000 parking tickets a day by private firms

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Drivers are being handed an average of more than 41,000 parking tickets a day by private companies in Britain, figures show.

The staggering number has sparked calls for major reforms to how the private parking sector is managed. Some 3.8 million tickets were handed out between July and September, according to analysis of Government data by the PA news agency and motoring research charity the RAC Foundation.

That represents a record daily average of 41,052. The total is up 14% from 3.3 million during the same period in 2023 and more than double the 1.7 million in 2018.

Each ticket can be up to £100, meaning the total cost to drivers may be near £4.1 million per day at the current rate. Private parking businesses have been accused of using misleading and confusing signs, aggressive debt collection and unreasonable fees. READ MORE: Hospital patients and visitors fork out £146 million on car parking, new figures show A Bill to enable the introduction of a legislation-backed code of conduct received royal assent in March 2019.