{"id":60796,"date":"2017-07-15T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cant-pay-or-display-as-parking-meters-dont-take-new-1-coin\/"},"modified":"2017-07-15T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T06:11:50","slug":"cant-pay-or-display-as-parking-meters-dont-take-new-1-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cant-pay-or-display-as-parking-meters-dont-take-new-1-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t pay or display as parking meters don\u2019t take new \u00a31 coin"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMore than a fifth of local authorities have still not converted all their machines, leaving motorists facing finesOne in five local councils have failed to convert all their parking meters to accept the new \u00a31 coin. With the old \u00a31 coins fast disappearing (and not legal tender from 15 October), some motorists have resorted to desperate measures, such as leaving coins on the dashboard with a note about the meter to avoid being ticketed.A freedom of information request by the AA found that 74 of 340 UK councils \u2013 21.8% \u2013 with responsibility for car parks with coin-operated ticket machines, still haven\u2019t converted all of them. The AA has warned that a day trip to some of the UK\u2019s major cities during the summer holidays may leave visitors struggling to pay for parking and at the mercy of local authority enforcement. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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