Just How Many Penalty Charge Notices are Incorrectly Issued?
Almost 5 million Penalty Charge Notices were issued across London in 2016, a shocking statistic where there is more than 1 Penalty Charge Notice for every 2 people in the capital! At an average of £100 per notice that is £0.5 billion in fines! Penalty Charge Notices for parking made up the majority of these although PCN’s for contravening box junctions, prohibited turns and bus lanes were also a significant portion of offences. Approximately 1 in 4 PCN’s issued in London were contested and just under half of these were contested successfully, so over half a million tickets in London…