Half of Brits overpaying for parking
Many UK drivers have overpaid by 20 minutes or more
More than half of UK motorists have overpaid for parking by 20 minutes or more, while almost one third are forced to park more than 20 minutes from their final destination.
A survey, conducted by YouGov for Easy Park, asked 1,033 Brits aged 18 or older about their parking habits in September 2017. It showed that 54 per cent had overpaid for parking by more than 20 minutes due to using parking meters.
However, the research found that 52 per cent of Brits believe an increase in electric vehicles will make parking worse.
Johan Birgersson, CEO of EasyPark Group, said: “In an age of smartphones and technology, it shouldn’t be this difficult to find parking or to only pay for the amount of time you actually need.
“Consumers are using their mobiles for everything, from transferring money to ordering food, and finding parking and settling the bill for it should be no different. Parking providers need to consider how to make parking as user friendly as possible, to ensure they remain relevant in the long run.”
“The rise of electric vehicles and smart cities provides a good impetus to overhaul and improve practices across the parking industry.
“By leveraging technology to make it easier for people to find parking in busy cities, the industry will not just help reduce congestion and pollution now, but do so in a way that can be adapted to help tackle issues that might arise in the future when our infrastructure and sector might look completely different.”
The research also discovered that the number of people overpaying for their parking by 20 minutes or more rose to 61 per cent in the south, but falls to just under half in London.
