A private car park company is offering 10 pounds to users who take photos of illegally parked cars on private property through a new app.
UK Car Park Management, which runs car parks for Tesco and McDonalds, has launched an app that automatically produces parking tickets of up to 100 pounds.
Users will have to download the app and simply upload the picture of the wrongly parked car and its number plate if it has been parked on private property.
The app is designed for businesses that cannot pay to patrol their own car parks, and want to ward freeloaders off their property around town centres or other busy locations.
The company describes the services as completely confidential and states it offers “complete privacy”. However, it has raised concerns about private companies finding it even easier to issue large fines for minor offences.
Parking enforcement has increasingly embraced technology in recent years by using devices such as automatic license plate readers.
