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Parking wardens slap your car with a ticket after 12 MINUTES, undercover cameras reveal
QUICKFIRE parking wardens are patrolling UK cities and slapping fines on cars at record speed.
Spy cam footage at fine hotspots revealed it took officers just 12 minutes to find a motor that had overstayed its welcome.
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The investigation, carried out by comparethemarket.com, fitted hidden cameras to a car and left it parked over its time.
And it was in London where traffic wardens were hottest - issuing a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) in 12 minutes.
Speedy wardens then took just 21 minutes in Birmingham.
Drivers in Liverpool got off easily during the investigation with officers taking over four hours to ticket the car.
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A Freedom of Information request by comparethemarket.com also revealed where UK motorists were most likely to receive a fine - which on average is £70.
London was top - netting almost 10 times more fines than any other city - with 549,009 between July and September 2017 worth more than £24million.
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Edinburgh and Glasgow were second and third - with 58,994 and 33,693.
Birmingham, Leeds, Wolverhampton and Newcastle also featured in the top 10 worst areas.
The worst roads in the top 10 cities
- London: Shaftesbury Avenue and Great Windwill Street
- Edinburgh: George Street
- Glasgow: St Vincent Street
- Edinburgh: Alum Rock Road
- Leeds: South Parade, Central
- Wolverhampton: Victoria Square Bus Lane
- Newcastle: Dean Street Multistorey Car Park
- Liverpool: Prescot Street
- Bradford: Piccadilly, Bradford
- Sheffield: Ecclesall Road
The report also investigated which roads were most susceptible to parking wardens - with busy city centre roads most likely to net you a fine.
Simon McCulloch, director at said: "Our parking fines hotspots research has revealed that motorists need to be extra vigilant when it comes to something as simple as parking their vehicle correctly, if they want to avoid a hefty fine.
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"With Christmas on the horizon, a £70 parking fine would be a very unwelcome present.
"As we embark on the festive period and face unfamiliar roads to visit friends and family, we need to pay extra close attention.
"Street signs can often be discreet and easy to miss, but the information should be clearly stated, and parking payment meters never too far away."
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