Parking

  • NewsAOL

    World's worst parking! Driver hits reverse and smashes through 50ft high concrete wall

    A hapless driver has given a masterclass in bad parking after hitting reverse instead of accelerate and smashing through a 50ft-high concrete wall. The woman behind the wheel had just arrived to work at a government office and was trying to

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  • ScienceAOL

    Why we should be paying more for parking

    Charging more for parking could save the environment, ease congestion and inject energy back into the high street. But how? The Guardian's Peter Walker explains that we've been thinking about parking all wrong: it's not a right,

  • LifestyleAOL

    Shopper comes a cropper in Asda car park

    It you arrive at one of the busiest times of the day, finding a spot in a supermarket car park can be something of a challenge. The unknown driver of this vehicle took the challenge to the other extreme, somehow running their car up a security

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    Salisbury to make parking free to help local businesses recover from Skripal incident

    Wiltshire Council has suspended all parking charges in Salisbury, to encourage shoppers to return to the city. Local businesses have reported a drop in visitor numbers following a major incident in the city earlier in the month. Former Russian

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  • NewsAOL

    Parking supervisor altered records and cancelled her own tickets

    A civil enforcement supervisor in charge of parking in Reading has admitted charges of fraud, after magistrates were told that she abused her power to alter records and to cancel her own parking fines. Melissa Holloway reportedly worked her way

  • TechnologyAOL

    Watch as parallel parking effort results in two separate crashes

    Footage shows a driver crashing into two different cars while attempting to parallel park. The clip, which appears to be from a CCTV camera, joins the driver in the midst of her parking attempts, mounted on the kerb and seemingly plotting her

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    Teaching staff could be forced to pay to park at school

    Swansea council is in discussions over whether to allow schools to introduce staff car parking charges. If passed, the fees would be introduced from April 1, and would be decided on a school-by-school basis. The parking charges would be linked to