Drivers were left feeling flat
Drivers in Leicester are being warned that their cars will be crushed if they do not pay parking fines, it has been reported.
Leicester City Council decided to clamp down after 3,926 fines were left unpaid in 2008. One debtor owed the council £10,000 in parking fines.
Now the council has told drivers that their vehicles will be towed to a compound and crushed after 90 days of a ticket not being paid.
Even if the car is crushed the owner will still have to pay the debt. Andy Thomas, the council's road traffic manager, said a small minority had to learn to pay their fines.
'We're talking about people who lie, who cheat, people who spoil it for everyone else, people who give false information and don't register a car whey actually live,’ he said. ‘You have got to pay or you will lose your car.’
Last year it is said that 50,000 parking tickets were handed out in Leicester and 250 drivers refused to pay.
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