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Mon Jan 13, 9:45 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A woman in Scotland has emerged as one of the world's most prolific parking offenders.
The so-far unnamed driver has forked out a staggering $19,300 in fines over the past three years, but still carries on leaving her car on Glasgow's main square almost every day without paying.
A year's season ticket to the nearby car park costs just 1,800 pounds.
A Glasgow City Council spokesman told Reuters the woman owes a further 8,000 pounds on each of her two family cars.
"She wouldn't bother to go to the ticket machine and she would get the penalty notice slapped on her windshield. She would ignore that... She would just ignore everything," he said.
A sizeable part of the money owed results from the cost of sending enforcement officers to her house, he added.
Drivers must pay to park in the city's George Square, a policy designed to ensure a high turnover of spaces for people making short visits to the city's Victorian commercial center.
"She's clogging it up all day long," the spokesman said, adding: "We are determined to pursue people like her."
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