Council bosses have revealed the streets in the county and city where drivers have racked up the most parking fines.
Officials said Oadby's main shopping street, The Parade, was the road in Leicestershire where most drivers fell foul of the parking rules in 2012-13.
In Leicester, Church Gate had the most offenders.
Latest figures show wardens handed out 897 fixed penalty charges in The Parade between the end of March last year and the start of April this year, raising £30,718 – or £590 a week – in fines.
In Church Gate, 1,043 tickets were handed out, generating £35,345.
County councillor for Oadby Jeff Kaufman said he felt motorists' "laziness" was the reason wardens found The Parade such a lucrative street.
He said: "It must be laziness because there is an abundance of free parking around the area, within a couple of minutes' walk.
"That free parking is for up to three hours and is provided by Oadby and Wigston Borough Council.
"There are hundreds of free spaces in those car parks, yet people still choose to park illegally on the street because they just want to nip into the bank or something.
"They're taking a risk and they're getting caught."
There are car parks with 266 free parking spaces within a very short distance of The Parade. There are also on-street bays where 40 minutes of free parking is available
Hussain Hassanali, of Quality DIY and Hardware, in The Parade, said: "I'm not surprised so many tickets are issued. I see it all the time.
"People park in the bays and sometimes stay too long or they go on the yellow lines.
"They want convenience and to be able to stop right outside the shops, even though they shouldn't.
"There are a lot of spaces in the car parks but they do fill up when it's busy, so maybe they feel they have to park on the street."
Driver Dean Jarvis, 33, from Oadby said: "The traffic wardens are right meanies. They don't give people a chance at all, even if they've overstayed by just five minutes.
"There's no charity in their souls – rules are rules and that's all that matters.
"They're in the right I suppose, but they're not making any mates."
Church Gate, in the city centre, has a mixture of disabled parking and pay-and-display, and motorists are restricted to a maximum two hour stay between 7.30am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday.
Billy Musson, who works for Pete's Pet Stores, said: "We see people getting tickets all the time. I think some may be confused by the machine, as a few come in and ask us for instructions as if we're responsible.
"Some others, of course, just don't bother to pay."
Some streets saw fewer fines but a larger penalty income because offences such as parking on a double yellow line carries a £70 charge, while outstaying time limits costs £50.
Also, some penalties were reduced because drivers paid their fines within 14 days.
County Hall said that after The Parade, The Borough in Hinckley saw most tickets issued – 825 – raising £34,500.
In High Street, Market Harborough, 750 tickets were handed out, making £22,500, followed by 630 tickets in Market Street, Ashby, generating £21,400, and Biggin Street, in Loughborough, where 554 tickets were handed out, totalling £22,600.
In all, across the county, 37,546 parking charges were issued generating just over £1 million.
In the city in 2012-13, £998,252 was generated by 35,264 tickets.
The city streets with the most offences, after Church Gate, were: London Road, 737 tickets, (£21,995); Welford Road, 716 tickets, (£22,020); Belgrave Gate, 606 tickets, (£14,635) and Wellington Street, 596 tickets, (£13,668).
