Driver who left his car on a Sydney street for hours is stunned to find he’d been slapped with a VERY bizarre fine
- A driver received a $0 parking ticket after leaving his car in Sydney’s inner west
- The council said it was prioritising public safety over other enforcement
- But the grace period will end soon with regular tickets back in force from June 1
A driver who left his car in the city for hours returned to find a bizarre parking ticket – with a $0 fine.
The driver parked on a side street off Victoria Road in Rozelle, in Sydney’s Inner West, where parking fines can be expensive.
But after checking his ticket the driver found they had been given a $0 fine and ordered not to pay anything.
A lucky driver received a $0 parking ticket after leaving his car parked in Sydney’s inner west for hours
The strange parking ticket was issued only as a warning.
The Inner West Council decided to issue the $0 fines as a way to put public safety ahead of enforcement but it did not say when the grace period would end.
However the council will start issuing penalty notices from June 1 and will still give out parking fines if the offence is a safety issue.
On Monday, the City of Sydney council announced it would be putting an end to free parking in the city after it suspended parking fines at the end of March.
The council said parking inspectors would be back in full force on May 25 to ‘ensure everyone has safe, fair and equal access to parking’.
The 1,400 free parking permits that were issued to emergency service workers will remain valid until June 30.
Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth have also brought back parking restrictions.
The man parked on Brent Street off Victoria Road in Rozelle, in Sydney’s Inner West, where parking tickets are known to reach astronomical prices