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It's always an unpleasant moment when you have to pay a parking ticket. Up there with bus lane charges or a flat tyre when you need it least, nothing can ruin your day quite like being fined for leaving your car in the wrong place.

New figures have revealed that Glasgow City Council is one of the local authorities that has made the most amount of revenue from parking tickets in the last year.

However, chances are if you've been slapped with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) for parking your vehicle in an inappropriate location, you probably deserved it.

A Freedom of Information request submitted by price comparison site Compare the Market has shown that Glasgow City Council is in the top five cities and towns that makes the most from PCNs (parking charge notice).

The council has generated £5,364,657 from parking notices - the fourth highest amount in the country, outside of London. First on the list is Leeds, followed by Edinburgh and Manchester.

Glasgow is also third-highest in the UK (outside London) for the most amount of penalty charge notices served in the last year.

147,945 PCNs were given out in Glasgow, with Manchester highest at 545,314, followed by Edinburgh at 191,563.

When drivers are issued with a PCN, they get 28 days to pay, and if it's done within the first two weeks of receiving the ticket, you only have to cough up £30 rather than the full £60 (the value of the PCN according to the law).

Payment of £30 after the 14 days, even if it's just one day over, will be considered as a part payment, and the balance will remain due.

Glasgow City Council have been contacted for comment.

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