Car park system will mean everyone pays

You asked what readers thought of the ending of pay-and-display parking and imposing cashless payment only. Well, my answer would be unprintable! I really do not need my bank statements littered with hundreds of small cash movements and prefer to only use it for larger purchases.

Once again some unknown council employee/company will be able to check on my movements through ANPR cameras, as we slip seamlessly into the total surveillance society as predicted by George Orwell.

Canterbury attracts vast number of tourists, especially from abroad, I wonder how many of these will end up ‘trapped’ in car parks because they have not got the right sort of card to gain exit?

Has there been any provision for this scenario? I suppose as ‘foreigners’ they will not have a vote, so therefore are of no consequence?

Some might prefer cashless, but millions don’t and will be excluded from the car parking dictatorship the council proposes. Terry Hudson, Russell Drive, Swalecliffe

Although I have every sympathy for those with disabilities, I can see no reason why they should be allowed free parking in city car parks. Canterbury City Council will be changing the present “pay before you park” car parks to ANPR parks in the near future. This system is a vast improvement on the old system in that no one can avoid paying. There is no reason that spaces for the blue badge holders could not be provided, similar to supermarkets and shopping precincts, close to the exits. D.j.dodman, Westgate Court Avenue, Canterbury

Regarding your article concerning disabled parking, I have a question: “Why do disabled people think they should not pay to use a car park?”

They pay for insurance, petrol and purchase the vehicle, so why not pay to park it?

The disabled have two hours on double yellow lines free. Please pay for your use of car parks. Stop wanting everything for nothing. Richard Parkinson, Peter’s Lane, Canterbury Oliver Mannion captured this mallard duck on the River Stour near the Westgate Towers. financial crisis and presented plausible analysis of its causes and the corruption which led to it. In my view Keiser and his guests did a much better job of this than any British broadcaster, including the BBC which, as part of ‘the establishment’, seemed more interested in looking after the vested interests that did their best to return to ‘business as usual’ after 2008 - the state of affairs which makes a ‘financial crisis part 2’ likely.

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