I didn't mention car parks ?

Still the ones you mention are useful and I use them all except the park and ride, if that helps.

Tesco's on Town lane how busy do you think it would be if they charged a £1.80 to park and only gave you an hour,
with parking attendants constantly looking at your car,

12 minutes over and a £35 fine ?

£1.80 is not a lot of money taken in isolation.

It won't change anytime soon because a skint council is hooked on the money and the calibre of people running it do not have the ability to see the bigger pictures which is why they work for the council.

Its our fault.