Legislative News Two million drivers will have to get a permit to park outside their own homes during the Olympics
Are the "spy car" to be used to cite London residents who park without "permit" in front of their home, a scamera???
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/226075/Olympic-carnage-for-2m-drivers/
OLYMPIC CARNAGE FOR DRIVERS
By Jonathan Corke
18th December 2011
Two million drivers will have to get a permit to park outside their own homes during the Olympics The last thing we want is for people not to be able to get out of their drive or not be able to take deliveries Spokesman Adrian Bassett
MILLIONS of Brits face fines of £3,400 during the Olympics unless they have permits to park outside their own homes.
Huge “no-parking” zones are being thrown up around all Olympic venues during next year’s Games.
Anyone living or working within a 30-minute walk of an event will need a parking permit. If they don’t have one, they face fines of up to £200 a day during the 17-day event.
The permits will be free but part of the cost of producing them and enforcement will be picked up by the taxpayer.
Fleets of “spy cars” will help catch offenders.
The London Organising Committee of the Games insists that the measures will “protect residents” and “stop interlopers”.
Spokesman Adrian Bassett said: “The last thing we want is for people not to be able to get out of their drive or not be able to take deliveries.
“We are working with all the local councils to protect those people that live there and work there so people aren’t parking in front of someone’s house and blocking them in.”
There are 32 Olympic venues, including Hampden Park in Glasgow, Old Trafford in Manchester, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and the City of Coventry Stadium.
And insiders believe “up to two million” new permits will be required. The method of applying won’t be known until March.
A 30-minute walk from some venues could encompass a one-and-a-half mile radius. But the number of permits needed simply isn’t known yet, said a source.
Motorists’ campaigner Paul Pearson, who runs the website penalty chargenotice.co.uk http://penaltychargenotice.co.uk/ , said: “Why should a million or two million people have the hassle of getting permits to park outside their own properties?
“My big fear is councils will use this as a way of making these zones permanent.”
He slated the decision in London to increase the standard £130 fines to £200 for the Games and warned: “It’s to rake in extra revenue.”
Olympic bosses want the Games as “car-free” as possible and are encouraging visitors to use public transport.
Ministers are so worried they have suggested Londoners walk to work or change their hours to help ease congestion on the Tube, trains and buses.
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