Locals 'frightened' to stop off and donate to charity shop on road
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Angry: Joseph Gibney, 68, said: 'It is a money-making scam. There are six different signs there'
Traffic wardens have taken almost £50,000 in parking fines on a side street in just 12 months.
Lorne Road, a quiet street in Crosby, near Liverpool, has become a parking ticket hotspot, with 1,343 fines issued to drivers in 12 months.
The figures show around 26 tickets are given to motorists each week on the street.
The road is split into different parking zones for residents, permit holders, disabled people and visitors, but motorists have complained that signs are 'confusing'.
Joseph Gibney, 68, was hit with a £35 fine after parking his van on the street for ten minutes while he gave donations to a charity shop.
He said: 'It is a money-making scam.'
With a £35 charge per ticket, or a £70 fee if the fine is not paid within 14 days, it means wardens earned the council £47,000 on the street within a year.
Emily Wildman, assistant manager of the Crosby Housing Association charity shop, said the wardens had made people 'frightened' of making donations.
She said: 'They either have to rush in or we stand outside to make sure there are no traffic wardens.'
Nice little earner: A street in Merseyside (not the one pictured) has become a parking ticket hotspot, with 1,343 fines issued to drivers in 12 months (file image)
Confusing: A parking sign on Lorne Road. Mr Gibney complained that there are six different signs on the street
Other kind-hearted people now have to dump their gifts outside the shop, but Miss Wildman fears the donations are being stolen at night and over the weekend.
Mr Gibney told the Crosby Herald: 'There are six different signs there.
'While I was there, three other people parked and were told to move on. Four of us were confused [by the signs] in five to ten minutes.'
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