More Meath drivers are opting to pay parking and other fines early rather than allow them to go to court . If the list of prosecutions by Meath County Council at Navan District Court on Friday is anything to go by, motorists are opting to pay their tickets either online or in person at the county council offices.
A call over of the list of alleged breaches of parking and other rules revealed that out of 20 cases called, 14 were struck out because people had already paid up. Fines were imposed in six other cases for offences like parking in a disabled parking space without a permit (1 case, fined €300), parking in a loading bay without a permit (2, fines of €150 and €200), No tax (1, fined €200), parking on a footway (1, €105 fine), Parking on double yellow line (1, fined €150), Each convicted driver also has to pay €130 legal costs. One of the six people who were convicted appeared in court.
