Poor reporting

[johnjordan]

Poor reporting by the BBC.

 

he number of parking tickets issued by car park management firms in Britain hit a record 5.65m last year, analysis of government driver data suggests.

 

The RAC Foundation says the number rose by almost a fifth in a year and was far above levels of a decade ago.

 

Motorists face charges of as much as £100 for contraventions such as overstaying, it said.

 

The government is backing a bill to introduce a new code of practice for the private parking industry.

 

The motoring research group said the number of tickets issued in the 2017-18 financial year rose from 4.71m - a year-on-year increase of nearly 20%. A decade ago 499,000 tickets were issued.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43912327

[silverfox1961]

I read that too and the word that hit me was of course 'PENALTY'. I don't know if the BBC are dumbing this down so that some uneducated person who wouldn't know the difference would get it.

 

At least they haven't said 'FINE' in the version I read.