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@stephenjarvis.bsky.social

If this 5 min grace period applies to the exorbitant dropoff fees that airports charge in the UK (and seemingly only in the UK) then even better. Manchester airport (which Burnham is presumably familiar with) doesn't even have barriers and so will ding you £100 if you're not paying attention.

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🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced changes to car parking fines - Drivers will have a 5-minute grace period to decide whether to park and 10 minutes to leave after a parking session ends - A £20 maximum charge on appeal for minor mistakes, such as entering the wrong number plate

20/10/26, 9:04 am0 reposts1 like

Stephen Jarvis

@stephenjarvis.bsky.social

In general I'm in favour of cars paying their way (congestion pricing, LEZs etc), but UK airports seem uniquely geared towards people arriving/leaving the country with the worst impression. Airport dropoff fees, being forced to walk through duty free, accidentally boarding Heathrow Express. Not good

Highland Horizons

@highlandhorizons.bsky.social

LHR T5 in particular should get a prize for worst design ever, given how recent it is. So slow, so cumbersome to get to by train, so designed to extract the maximum £££ from each passenger

Gary Morgan

@garymorgan.co.uk

Airports' business model is that they're a car park and shopping centre where aeroplanes happen to take off and land.