A WHOPPING 15 parking tickets are being issued to motorists every day in just one Slough street - boosting council coffers to the tune of £115,000.

The Observer can reveal a staggering 5,454 motorists were stung by penalty charge notices in Slough High Street from November 1, 2012, to October 31, this year.

That equates to 15 tickets issued each day with the council raking in £115,600 revenue alone last year, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed.

Disability badge owner Elaine Jones, 48, who suffers from osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia - a condition which cause widespread muscular pain - was given a ticket for parking in a disabled bay in High Street on Saturday, November 2.

She has paid the fine, but is still waiting on the outcome of an appeal, and said: “You see the traffic wardens standing on street corners, it is almost like they are waiting for you. They are preying on motorists.” A council spokesman said civil enforcement officers are not given set targets. “The council is not trying to catch people out,” he said. “Set targets are not permitted.” In 2011, a total of £110,207 was raked in, with £85,470 raised so far this year in the mile-long street - the highest figures for any street in Slough.

The road starts at Slough Library and ends at the junction with Yew Tree Road. It has 60 pay and display bays and is patrolled by two traffic wardens. They make up a 13-strong team which patrols across Slough every day.

“One possible reason why the number of tickets issued is relatively high could be because a lot of our spaces are 'short stay’ ones, and we tend to find that people overstay and are then issued with a parking ticket,” the spokesman added.

“Drivers have a responsibility to park legally, and it’s particularly important in our high street that the road is kept clear to allow buses to travel down there.” The council was recently criticised after sending fines to 91 parents caught parking illegally outside schools by two new 'spy cars’.

The cars, fitted with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera, patrol the streets around the town’s schools and cost taxpayers £126,000.