article_snippet: Attractive: Motorists will be given cut price parking on rainy days in summer .
article_snippet: Parking charges at a popular British seaside resort could soon be weather dependent after a council pledged to halve them when it rains.
article_snippet: Councillors in Brighton and Hove say Councillors in Brighton and Hove want to end 'rip-off' charges and are suggesting motorists pay 'significantly less' for street parking on rainy summer days.
article_snippet: The scheme, which would be the first of its kind in the UK, is modeled on flexible parking charges schemes in San Francisco and Madrid.
article_snippet: its says: 'We will examine flexible parking charges and the innovative use of technology
article_snippet: e.g. introduce significantly cheaper charges in winter, on rainy summer days etc. '
article_snippet: It is bizarre that summer parking rates begin on 1 March.
article_snippet: Under the Conservatives summer parking charges will only apply in summer.'
article_snippet: If it's a lovely, hot, summer day in June, July or August, the queues in Brighton will stretch up the A23 and every space in town is taken.
article_snippet: Every cloud: Conservative councillors in Brighton and Hove are promising to halve the cost of parking on rainy days in summer in a bid to boost tourist numbers .
article_snippet: : Visitors would be charged twice as much to park on sunny days under new proposals by councillors in Brighton .
article_snippet: The parking proposal would be based on weather forecasts so if heavy downpours were predicted for a particular weekend, the parking tariffs would be reduced.
article_snippet: Motoring organisations said it would confuse drivers and said both tariffs and clear instructions would need putting on street parking signs.
highlights_snippet: 'Significantly cheaper' charges promised during rainy summer days .
  