The Parking Machine Debacle: Highway Robberies?

Across England, drivers are hit with absurd parking fines due to malfunctioning payment machines. Lamentably, these tech terrors demand payments over typos, with some being slapped with fines reaching £170. Despite providing photographic proof, appeals often fall flat, leaving motorists bewildered. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander seeks reform with @TheRAC calling for a regulatory code, yet the government languishes in bureaucratic inertia. Until then, drivers remain prey to dodgy machines and sketchy private parking firms, a veritable Wild West of automotive extortion!