How many other have become experts in car parks and the lonely life of waiting in one ? The only upside is that as a chauffeur there is something or somebody that you are waiting for whilst you while away the time in a car parking space.

It is an expensive hobby if you have to pay a fee for parking, especially at airports where the hourly rates match those of the city centre. The toll regime is daylight robbery if the system is set up in favour of the car park owner. A popular trick is to charge in bands of 30 minutes, this means that as soon as you go over the first 30 minutes you get charged for a further half hour, that is, even if your total stay is 32 minutes you will have paid for a total hour. Phone pay is also a tricky system, you have to guess how long you will stay when you begin and any credit remaining if you leave before your stated time will not be refunded. The owner can then resell the car parking space and get a double revenue sale as the same spot has been sold twice for thew same period. Not bad eh ?

I would like to own a car park !

Bye for now, happy driving

Joe