TORONTO – Toronto’s war on parking offenders has now turned to targeting drivers with out-of-province licence plates.
Beginning today, Toronto police will set their sights on reining in those drivers with out-of-province plates who continue to abuse the city’s parking regulations.
Police estimates 150,000 vehicles with out-of-province plates are ticketed for parking illegally each year and only 15 per cent of offenders pay their fines.
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Nearly 8,000 offenders have three or more tickets issued to their vehicles and ignore the fines entirely.
Police say these vehicles will now be ticketed and towed at the driver’s expense. Towed vehicles are subject to towing fees of approximately $200, plus daily storage fees of up to $80.
An habitual parking offender is characterized as having three or more tickets that have not been actioned and where payment has not been made after 120 days.
As a result of the city’s rush hour tag-and-tow campaign, 1,784 vehicles have been towed and 11,326 tickets issued since Feb. 13.
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