Residents on a street in South West London were recently shocked when they found out they’ve been fined for parking in their own driveways.
According to The Telegraph, residents of Cadogan Road in Surbiton were issued with parking fines last week on Friday, Saturday and Monday, by local traffic wardens, despite having their cars parked on their own property.
David Gilbert, who received three tickets, commented: “It is bemusing. After the first one I thought it was obviously some kind of mistake and would be easily sorted out. Then the fines just kept on coming. “I’m essentially being fined £110 a day for parking on my own driveway.”
The local council says that “parking enforcement activity” has changed in St Leonard’s Road, which the driveways of the residents back on to. However, it doesn’t appear that the council notified locals of the changes.