A mechanic and his client were fined a total of £130 in just ten minutes on a road which brought in £138,000 for the council in four years.

Dr Guliani was ordered to pay a £65 penalty when mechanic Robert Marks drove his car on to Fairlawn Drive, Woodford, after servicing it.

But less than ten minutes later, the mechanic himself was fined the same amount when he left Fairlawn Drive in his own car.

Mr Marks charges £75 for servicing a car and was left with just £10 to show for his day’s work after the council’s fine.

During peak times, from Monday to Friday, turning into and driving down the street from St Ronan’s Crescent is forbidden.

Redbridge Council has been accused in the past of using “confusing and badly positioned” signs.

Dr Guliani called the situation “shocking and scandalous.”

Mr Marks said: “Nobody in their right mind would break the parking restrictions to loose £130 in ten minutes.

“This is a scandal that the poorly displayed signs and design of the road benefits the council in this way.

“I have no endorsements on my driving license, never had parking fine and yet ten minutes in this area where you can get lost in a maze of roads like a spider’s web the council hit you £130 in their honey trap.

“Did I want to lose this amount of money in such a short period of time? The answer is no.

“The council should rectify the poor display signs and make it absolutely clear that you could be about to commit an offence instead of fines by stealth. Does anyone on the council actually earn £130.00 for ten minutes work?”

Freedom of Information Figures from earlier this year show a total of 2,000 driving fines were issued for offences on the street between December 2015 and February 2018.

The council’s average income from the fines during that time was £5,115 per month.

Between 2016 and 2017 alone, fines along the street brought in a total of £61,180.

It is not known if any of the issued fines were contested, successfully or otherwise.

A council spokesperson said: “Residents told us they didn’t want the gates closed permanently so the cameras were installed to enforce the peak hours’ restrictions that successfully cut congestion.

"The signs are clear, appropriately positioned and in line with statutory regulations. There is no financial motivation for camera enforcement with any income ringfenced and used for traffic and highways schemes, including subsidising concessionary fares for local residents.”