Pay and display parking machines set to be scrapped across the UK

[Still Waters]

Pay and display parking machines are set to be scrapped across the UK, in a move that could have a ‘disastrous’ impact on some drivers, experts warn.

Councils across the country are set to be scrapping traditional pay and display machines but this could lead to some motorists being ‘alienated’.

The change is happening because mobile phone operators are switching off the 3G data networks which power the meters, The Times reports.

As mobile providers prepare to switch off their 3G networks, councils are blaming the cost of switching the meters over to 4G.

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