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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Donald Turvill

Edinburgh electric car owners fined over 4,000 times for parking in charging bays

More than 4,000 fines have been handed to drivers in Edinburgh who have exceeded the maximum stay in electric vehicle charging bays.

The city council has issued an average of 462 overstay penalties every month since charges were introduced last May, figures showed.

Transport convener Scott Arthur said he was keen to raise awareness about the maximum stay rules and even explore the possibility of sending notifications to driver's phones when their time is almost up.

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