More than 5000 motorists in North Ayrshire have been fined since the introduction of DPE Parking (Decimalised Parking Enforcement helping the local authority pocket more than £200,000.
And parking on the pavement was by far the most common offence, with more than 1,300 drivers falling foul of this.
Following a freedom of Information request by the Local Democracy Reporting Service it was revealed that some 5,689 fines were issued from April to November.
The car parks in West Road and High Street, Irvine and Main Street, Largs were recorded as having the most number of offences.
The number of people who paid early at £50 was 3,964, bringing in around £200,000, while 303 paid £100, securing £30,000 and 464 were referred to sheriffs for debt recovery.
The breakdown of offences is, as follows:
- No waiting 900
- Loading/unloading 138
- Parked on a pavement 1,374
- Parking adjacent to dropped kerb 9
- Parked further than 50cm from carriageway 8
- Parked in electric vehicles charging place 1
- Parked without displaying a valid permit 1
- Loading gap 4
- Parking in a suspended bay/space 9
- Parking area not designated for vehicle 168
- Not parked correctly within bay 12
- Parked in a loading bay during restricted hours 275
- Parked for longer than permitted 411
- Parked in disc bay without valid disc 3
- Parked in disabled bay without badge 194
- Parked on a taxi rank 45
- Parked on restricted bus stop/stand 31
- Stopped in restricted area 6
- Parked in loading bay during restricted hours 1
- Parked in an electric vehicle’s place 7
- Parked without pavement 14
- Overstay 122
- Restricted area 4
- Parked after the expiry of paid time 15
- No P&D ticket 403
- Parked in in bay without displaying valid parking permit 9
- Using parking spaces for the wrong purpose 17
- No Pay & Display ticket 2
- Out of bay 5
- Parked in a disabled bay without valid badge 4
- Using a parking space for the wrong purpose 3
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