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Londoners are shocked at a parking space making more per hour than a Royal Mail worker. The parking space in question was the Brewer Street car park in Soho.
Taking to Reddit, one person shared a photo of the charges and wrote: “You know everything is going downhill when a post man/woman makes less than a parking space? Yikes.”
In the photo, the charges for the car park were displayed. For up to one hour, drivers would pay £13. For up to two hours, the price was £26 and for up to three, you’d be charged £38.
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To park for up to 24 hours, drivers would have to pay £50. For motorcycles, the charge was £7.50 per day. Londoners quickly flooded the comments with shock over the prices.
Another added: “Yeah, there is an arena near me which occasionally holds boxing matches.
“Area is well served by public transport but many attendees just park on the pavements nearby. The fines really aren’t that big of a deal once you split it between five or more people.
“I’d like to see fines based on income or wealth like in some other countries. Otherwise they’re just a suggestion if you’ve got enough money.”
One person put Jeremy Clarkson’s advice to the test: “I used to do this at an old job. Parking was £20 a day, if I only got caught once a week I was still better off not paying for actual parking. Did it for about a year and was definitely better off in the long term following this rule.”
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According to Indeed, the average salary for a Royal Mail delivery person is £12.82. Delivery drivers make an average £21,119 per year according to the site, which works out to £10.15 per hour for a 40-hour week.
But some Londoners agreed with the price of the space. One said: “Sorry, but I don’t think anyone should be entitled to park their car in the middle of the busiest, most congested city in our country at a low price. There are cheaper, easier ways to get around.”
Another added: “I mean… If it keeps people from unnecessarily driving through cities when there are perfectly fine transport links.” Some even called for the fee to double: “I’d be fine doubling it, and more. Ninety-nine per cent of people with cars in London don’t actually need one, and have it just a luxury with huge externality costs. By the square meter this is not the best use of space. We could be building homes on all this land instead.”
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