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DRIVERS who take too long to buy a ticket from car park machines are being fined.

HX Car Parking management LTD, based in West Yorkshire, is one of many private companies using new technology which monitors arrivals and payment times. The Sun.

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One motorist from West Yorkshire was slapped with a £60 fine for taking too long to buy her parking ticket

The firm gives drivers just 10 minutes to make their purchase, before issuing a penalty charge notice of £60.

Its technology scans vehicle registration plates, monitors arrivals and logs the details customers enter into the ticket machines.