Stoke-on-Trent City Council's 'spy' cars are causing controversy amongst drivers as figures have shown that they have raked in £457,000 in parking fines in the last four years. The news has prompted outcry from residents and civil liberties group Big Brother Watch who believe the vehicles serve merely as cash cows for the council. The car has caught 2,467 illegally parked vehicles and 13,807 moving vehicles breaking traffic regulations, and the council has now bought a second car. Some...
Reported by The Sentinel Stoke 13 hours ago.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's 'spy' cars are causing controversy amongst drivers as figures have shown that they have raked in £457,000 in parking fines in the last four years. The news has prompted outcry from residents and civil liberties group Big Brother Watch who believe the vehicles serve merely as cash cows for the council. The car has caught 2,467 illegally parked vehicles and 13,807 moving vehicles breaking traffic regulations, and the council has now bought a second car. Some...
Reported by The Sentinel Stoke 13 hours ago.