Private parking firms urged to ‘come clean’ on drivers’ ticket appeals
Calls for private parking firms to become more transparent
- The RAC is urging the private parking industry to increase transparency regarding the likelihood of drivers getting unfair tickets withdrawn.
- This call follows RAC analysis revealing that appeals bodies, Popla and IAS, publish limited or outdated data on appeal outcomes.
- The last comprehensive data from the IAS in 2021/22 showed that 94 per cent of cases were found in favour of parking operators.
- UK drivers received a record 14.4 million private parking tickets in the year to March, a 13 per cent increase from the previous year.
- The government is consulting on new legislation for the private parking sector, with a minister acknowledging that "too many people are being unfairly penalised."