Motorists who break parking restrictions are being warned they risk being fined as part of a new crackdown on irresponsible drivers.

Oxfordshire County Council’s civil parking enforcement officers will be targeting more areas, including the market towns, where repeated incidents of rule breaking have been identified.

More officers will be seen in areas where new controlled parking zones and restrictions have recently been implemented. They will also be patrolling in response to a perceived increase in dangerous and inconsiderate parking. This includes on double yellow lines, outside schools during drop-off and pick-up times, and by non-residents parking in residents’ bays.

Councillor Andrew Gant, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport Management, said: 

“This focused crackdown will allow residents to see a greater presence by our officers in their neighbourhoods, enforcing the parking restrictions to make our streets safer and keep the transport network running for all users.”

The council enforces permit holder parking and on-street pay and display parking. It also enforces parking on double and single yellow lines; limited waiting bays; loading bays; zig-zag markings at schools (if restrictions apply); pedestrian crossings; double parking (parking too far from the kerb); blue badge bays; taxi ranks; bus lanes and stops; and across dropped kerbs where there’s a crossing point.

Drivers caught breaking the rules can receive a penalty charge notice for £70 or £50, depending on the offence.

The police are responsible for dealing with dangerously parked vehicles, including where there are no parking restrictions in place, such as on bends, brows of hills, and junctions, or obstruction offences – such as on a pavement with no parking restrictions.

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