Less is Best
A friend of mine had a terrible shock recently when she went to renew her car-parking permit. These permits are a license for local authorities to print money! We already pay council tax, so why on earth should we have to cough up even more money to our local councils for the right to park outside our doors or even round the corner?
However much I might moan about this system, it is pretty much here to stay, so me and the thousands like me who resent having to pay to park our cars in our own neighbourhoods will just have to put up with it.
Back to the story: my friend Jane said she thought her parking permit cost was not unreasonable at about £50 for the year. It cost more if you paid by the month, quarter, or half-year, but on the whole she thought it was not too much to pay.
Imagine her horror, then, when she went to renew her permit to find that fees had risen, not just twice, but by about three times. This year, she was being charged nearly £150, a rise of nearly £100.
Completely incredulous, Jane demanded to know why her local council were charging so much more. The official told her that instead of a flat fee for all cars, the parking permits were now determined on the amount of emissions and the size of the car engine. She drove a two-door Nissan Micra, a small car, and as someone who has squeezed into it on a regular basis, I can assure you that is indeed SMALL.
Jane pointed this out. “What on earth can be less polluting than my tiny Micra,” she demanded. And she was outraged when the official snootily said, “You could have an electric car, or one of the really low emission cars!”
We all know that low emission cars are better for the environment, but we can’t all afford to switch over at the touch of a council’s permit rise. They should be more sympathetic towards drivers, and not consider us as simply a way to make money.
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