3 busy council car parks are to offer drivers the option to pay by contactless cards from today (Friday 7th August).
The car parks at Quay Road in Ryde, River Road in Yarmouth and Church Litten, Newport will be offering a full contactless payment service.
These locations were chosen by the Isle of Wight Council because all 3 are well-used, with people visiting the car parks for a range of reasons including shopping, commuting or leisure.
Councillor Ian Ward explains:
“Many people choose to use cash less often these days, and the current COVID-19 crisis has speeded up that trend.
“We know that some drivers don’t want to carry around change any more and prefer to pay electronically, so we have for some time offered payment by phone at most parking locations – which has been a popular option.
“Now we’re trying out full contactless payment in three car parks.
“The price of a contactless ticket will be the same as paying with cash, and all three sites will still have the option of paying by cash or by phone for those who prefer it.
Article continues below this advertisement “At the moment we’re not planning to install this new option anywhere else, but we will monitor how it is used, and if it’s popular we may consider this option elsewhere in the future.”
Before you know it you’ll be given the mandatory “contactless” biochip for all your finances alongside a mandatory “Coronavirus vaccine” for full compliance and suppression of free thought!
This will not last when the council realise they’ll not the extra when you haven’t got the right money and the machine doesn’t give change
Cash is good for me, i’m not a contactless user.
Don’t use their car parks. Won’t use their car parks. Simple.
Moaning old fart.
I know. Great! But at least I am not as useless as the farts in County Hall. That would be impossible.
Agreed. Don’t pay Council Parking charges – they are disgustingly high. Use the free supermarket car parks instead like I do.