As an alternative, some local authorities are suggesting that visitors set up payment with the council’s mobile phone cashless payment systems. Sometimes these are as fraught and as likely to land drivers with a parking fine as not having the right change: “ I parked in Newton Abbot on Mon...
** “I parked in Newton Abbot on Monday and assumed I could use the Ringgo app, but obviously had to re-register for the new service. Tried and failed to register by phone so went to get cash. Had a parking ticket by the time I got back to my car! Civil Enforcement Officer was ...