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What drivers feel about machine removals

Drivers are concerned about councils scrapping parking payment machines in favour of mobile apps, RAC survey reveals

Mark Moran
26 June 2023

 

Nearly one-in-five drivers (19%) say their local authority has either scrapped parking payment machines or is consulting on doing so, forcing them to use mobile phones to pay instead, new RAC research reveals.

The survey of 1,900 UK drivers found that one-in-10 (11%) reported some or all parking payment machines had already been removed by their local councils with an extra 8% saying their local authority was consulting on doing so. Drivers in London were most likely to say payment machines had...

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