East Midlands Airport use video control car to target dangerous parking
22.01.12
Drivers parking inappropriately at East Midlands Airport are being targeted by a new video patrol vehicle, the BBC reports. An airport spokesman said the vehicle would be used to deter the minority of people who cause a danger to other motorists. Bad drivers could be fined up to £100 under the scheme, but the spokesman said only drivers proved to have been acting unsafely will be charged.
Brad Miller, the airport's managing director, said: ‘Over the last year we have seen a number of quite dangerous incidents where people have been dropping off on roundabouts and on double yellow lines. If we don't do something we are rewarding poor behaviour, which is really not fair on the vast majority of people.'
Apcoa Services, who manage all on site car parks on behalf of East Midlands Airport, will be responsible for the vehicle monitoring and enforcement scheme. Mr Miller denied that the airport had introduced the system as a way of making money from motorists, or forcing them to use the on airport car parking. East Midlands Airport has a £1 charge for using its designated drop-off points.
To book east midlands airport hotels or east midlands airport parking at the lowest price, click on these links to two great east midlands airport car parking and east midlands airport hotel price comparison pages.
