Motorists in NSW are copping parking tickets three to four times more expensive than those issued in Victoria, in what critics see as unnecessary revenue raising.

NSW drivers can be whacked with 138 different types of penalties, according to the latest list of parking offences published by Roads and Maritime Services.

For the two most common infringements – parking continuously for longer than permitted, and parking without a valid ticket – NSW drivers are slugged $106, compared to $30 for the same offences in Victoria. In Queensland the penalty is $88.

Wrongly parking in a disabled zone will earn you a sizeable $531 fine in the Premier State, compared to $152 down south. And stopping on or near a school/level crossing now carries a $319 penalty in NSW – more than double the $148 in Victoria.