article_snippet.sent: Councils are pocketing thousands in change by forcing drivers to overpay for parking because drivers meters  do not accept five or 10 pence coins brought in three years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Town halls   have failed to recalibrate some of the 100,000 ticket machines in the UK - making it impossible for drivers to pay the exact cost of parking.
article_snippet.sent: In Manchester, where 240 machines are still not upgraded, motorists without old-style coins must use £1 and two 20p pieces for a typical £1.25 hour's parking - handing the council a 15p profit.
article_snippet.sent: Town hall bosses in Manchester have been accused of pocketing thousands of pounds extra from 240 parking ticket machines in Manchester because pocketing thousands of pounds extra from 240 parking ticket machines in the city still do not accept new 5p and 10p pieces .
article_snippet.sent: the council also charges £1.85 for an hour and a half and £3.10 for two hours and 30 minutes, meaning that drivers without the right coins must overpay for drivers without the right coins too.
article_snippet.sent: Nationwide there are 100,000 parking meters yet several councils are still yet to upgrade several councils to accept the three-year-old 5p and 10p coins.
article_snippet.sent: This is because Experts hourly charges often end in 5p and 10p yet 240 parking ticket machines in the city do not accept new five or 10p coins, making it impossible for drivers to pay the exact fee.
article_snippet.sent: Darren Edwards, 42, was forced to overpay for his parking as the machine could not take the correct change.
article_snippet.sent: but if you think how often those parking spots are used, and if everyone is over paying that soon adds up.'
article_snippet.sent: The parking machine he used currently charges of £1.25 for an hour's parking, £1.85 for an hour and a half and £3.10 for two hours and 30 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: A Freedom of Information request to Manchester council revealed the town hall made £14.8m from car parking in 2013/14.
highlights_snippet.sent: A typical £1.25 hour's parking is costing many £1.40 - a 15p profit per ticket .
  