article_snippet: The new rules will apply to cars parked in a pay-and-display bays or other spaces with time limits.
article_snippet: Broader guidance will also be issued, saying that councils cannot use parking to make a profit.
article_snippet: The new rules are aimed at curbing draconian parking fines used by town halls to raise extra cash from motorists.
article_snippet: Without reform, the amount of money collected in parking charges and fines will soon hit £650million a year.
article_snippet: Critics say concerns about parking fines are prompting many motorists to shun high streets for out-of-town complexes.
article_snippet: Local Government is also promising new restrictions against heavy-handed action by bailiffs chasing fines, and clearer rules to prevent penalties being issued at out-of-order parking meters when there is no alternative way to pay.
article_snippet: For too long parking rules have made law-abiding motorists feel like criminals, and caused enormous damage to shops and businesses.
article_snippet: too long parking rules will apply to cars parked in a pay-and-display bays or free spaces with time limits (file picture) 'Over-zealous parking enforcement undermines our town centres and costs councils more in the long term.
article_snippet: But years of crazy parking rules have made many law-abiding shoppers and drivers feel like criminals, and caused enormous damage to local shops and businesses.
article_snippet: Or maybe you run a local shop, and customers have dried up because what you sell costs less than the parking fee.
article_snippet: spy cars’ to enforce on-street parking.
article_snippet: all these parking rules will end the plague of parking tickets in the post, but ensure public safety as CCTV will still be used to protect schools, bus lanes and red routes.
article_snippet: As a result it will no longer possible to use parking to generate profit and we’re cracking down on the use of aggressive bailiffs.
highlights_snippet: Rules will apply to cars in pay-and-display bays or spaces with time limits .
  