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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Since this is generally an impossibility, I suppose only fools put money in the meter where you live.
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There's two issues that mean that doesn't occur
1) Most meters are operated by councils, they follow different laws with fines payable by the owner of the vehicle unless you've reported it stolen.
2) In the case or private parking (e.g supermarkets etc), anyone who decides to lie about not been the driver is risking a lot more than a small fine since perjury is a much more serious offence. You may have been caught on CCTV cameras installed in the car park, the traffic warden may have seen you and be able to provide witnesses to back up the claim. In short, lying is stupid and risky compared to the small fine.
With speed cameras, if you don't know who was driving your car at the time of the offence and you can show you've done all you can to find out, then you won't be fined. Of course if you lie and the police find phone records or photo evidence or witnesses to prove it, you're in even bigger trouble.
Most people do pay the fines because they know they were driving and the penalty for been caught lying is much more severe.