And finally…Scots motorist facing £30,000 parking bill

However, with the city council’s standard £60 fine rising to £90 if unpaid, but the overall amount owed could be as much as £28,710.

A Freedom of Information response says the driver owes the cash, but does not say how much.

Dundee City Council is owed a total of £1,275,513.26 in outstanding fines handed out in recent years.

Fines have most commonly been issued on Perth Road, South Tay Street, Bell Street, Exchange Street and Crichton Street.

In 2015 up to the end of November, the council had issued 20,538 parking fines. There was a further 25,415 issued last year and 23,180 the year before.

Among those receiving a parking fine recently was city councillor John Alexander, who said that parking tickets should never be ignored.