๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง London handed UAE-registered cars 13,423 parking tickets and managed to collect only about 1% of them.
The figure covers 2018 through 2022 in Westminster, home to some of Londonโs biggest luxury-car hotspots.
Every summer, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens, Bentleys and high-end SUVs carrying Gulf plates pack areas around Harrods, with some reportedly parking in bus stops, loading zones, taxi stands and on double yellow lines.
One recent example involved a roughly $400,000 Ferrari Purosangue with Qatari plates getting ticketed near Harrods.
The fines themselves typically run around $150โ$215, which looks tiny when some owners reportedly spend roughly $34,000 each way just to transport their cars to London.
The real problem is enforcement, because UK authorities can issue the ticket but vehicle-keeper information generally cannot be shared internationally for civil-debt enforcement once the car leaves Britain.
Councils can use international debt collectors, but pursuing a re...
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