Sydney parking fines $900 for little-known rule that many driver’s are unaware of
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$900 for THIS: Driver fumes after getting massive ticket for parking in a ‘legal’ spot, so who’s wrong?
- Woman faces $900 in parking tickets for little-known rule
- He parked three meters from a double white line.
- Social media users shocked to learn of law
A woman is facing nearly $900 in fines for violating a little-known parking law that has social media users perplexed.
The woman was hit with three $238 tickets for ‘parallel parking near median/strip’ after she parked her car less than ten feet from a double white line while house-sitting in Sydney.
He posted a photo of his car taken by parking inspectors in a Facebook group to warn others of his mistake.
A woman was ticketed nearly $900 worth for ‘parallel parking near the median line/strip’ (pictured) three times, claiming she didn’t get a ticket the first two times
The woman claimed that the local council was misleading drivers into paying the fine by not using the correct signage.
“No road or street signage, no yellow lines, no indication of any kind that you can’t park here… but you’re not allowed,” he wrote.
He also claimed that the first two tickets were sent digitally to the car owner’s Service NSW app.
The woman says she only found out about the tickets for the third offense after she also received a paper ticket.
“So now I have almost $900 worth of fines for this,” he said, having also received late parking tickets.
“Hope this helps others not to get caught up.”
The NSW Government website states that drivers “must not park within 3m of any double dividing line”.
New South Wales law states that drivers must not park within three meters of the double dividing lines, a little-known rule that many drivers are unaware of (pictured, stock)
Members of the Bondi Local Loop group were shocked by the law, and many were unaware that it was an illegal act.
“There should be a sign there warning not to stop or to widen the road,” wrote one user.
‘How are we supposed to know that’s a rule?’ wrote another.
‘How is it possible that any road has a clearance of 3 m? Specially in [Sydney’s] inner western and eastern suburbs,’ wrote a third.
One maverick user wrote: “The traffic rules are very clear on this subject.”
‘If it’s really 10 feet from your car to those lines, you need to learn how to read a tape measure, mate.’