A driver in Maidenhead has questioned ‘grossly unfair’ Royal Borough parking arrangements with a payment platform that he believes leaves residents ‘ripped off’. The Royal Borough uses the RingGo app to charge people for using its car parks, a digital or by-phone system. When someone overpays for parking using RingGo, the parking revenue goes to whoever owns or manages the car park – in this case, the local authority – not RingGo. For each year, about half of these complaints were regarding overpayment from failing to stop the RingGo parking session in time. “The vast majority of car park users enjoy quick and seamless parking with only 10 complaints about the system in the last year."

Source: Express January 16, 2026 12:58 UTC