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Tracy allowed daughter, Elsie, to have a quick ride in the car park of the Green Parrot pub down the road from where they live. Tracy was dropping her van off for an MOT and thought nothing of stopping in the unused car park.
“It’s uncertain whether convictions are rising in line with local police clampdowns, or because drivers’ habits are becoming poorer over time, but we’d strongly urge all road users to wise up to the dangers.”
A recent survey from Select Car Leasing found 62 percent of 2,000 respondents admitted there were parking restrictions which they found “uncomfortable”.
On top of the list was parking on a bust street, followed by the dangers of parallel parking and stopping in a multi-storey car park.
The group found Birmingham was the parking hotspot with 543 endorsements recorded over the past four years.
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This eclipsed the second-highest offending region in London which recorded just 92 offences.