Driver’s $640 mistake after she is fined twice for parking her car outside her home
A motorist was fined $640 for parking on the natural strip because there was no space on the road.
The NSW driver was fined twice for the offence and took to social media to say she may challenge the punishment in court.
“I parked on the grass because there are no more parking spaces on the road and in the driveway and my car got stuck on the front lawn inside the stone fence,” she wrote.
“Would you take this to court? Two tickets totaling $640 for parking on the front lawn?”
The woman explained that she didn’t know it was illegal to park on the grass.
She defended the proposal by arguing that residents would not have to mow their own lawns if the area was managed by the municipality.
Parking on a nature strip or footpath in NSW is an offence under the Road Rules Act and is punishable by a $320 fine.
Motorists in Queensland face a fine of as much as $3,096 for this illegal act, while drivers in the Australian Capital Territory face a fine of $3,200.
The driver was fined for parking the vehicle on the natural strip (photo)
Figures from municipal reporting app Snap Send Solve show that the number of drivers parking on nature strips or footpaths has increased by 25 percent.
Danny Gorog, CEO of Snap Send Solve, said parking on nature strips is a major problem that is increasingly affecting residents.
“Victoria, NSW and Queensland are among the states with the most concerns about illegal parking on our pavements,” he said Yeah.
The latest incident came after a man in Canberra was fined $132 for parking his pickup truck in his driveway.
The fine was imposed on the driver because part of the vehicle was blocking the sidewalk.
The driver did not realize that this part of his driveway is public property and does not belong to him. His parking space is therefore illegal.