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Not as far as I know. Some of the car parks in the towns I use went to card payment a while ago, don’t know if they will change.

I saw that about the local shop, I think it was those that does the key top ups, can’t think of the name. And I believe they can be difficult to find.

I don’t have a smart phone and don’t always carry my mobile so parking could be fun…. not.

I have been reading an article on the BBC news website today about how councils are changing their pay & display meters to be an "App " only service. You need a smartphone and then have to download an App, open an account and then be able to pay to park.

This new service being rolled out will exclude ,many older people who may not have a Smartphone but also will not be confident in downloading the App etc.

The article says for those without a smartphone or App, you would be able to pay in a local shop! Really? What if there isn't a shop close by and then when you find one, you come back to find a parking ticket on your car!!

Also if I read it correctly, for each council you would need to download an App for each area. So if you decide to go away for the day out with your council area, you will need to download an App with whatever area you park in.

My smartphone has only 8Gb of space and currently I have about 2GB free. What if you try to download a parking App and then realise you don't have enough space on your smartphone??

I do understand that people are using less cash and its more cost effective for the council not having to empty the machines so often but why can't we just pay by debit card like we do in the supermarket? What is wrong with this system?

Does anyone have this new system in their local area?

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