So yesterday I drove to the train station and parked in the section of the grocery store carpark for rail commuters (Everywhere else is 2 hour, however this small section is unlimited). Went and had a crap day at work then came back. As i was driving, I saw what I am certain was a parking ticket (which sucks even more because I am broke and the next $250 of income I have coming in will be paying back debts), however it blew off before I could stop and grab it.

I went back to the carpark today during my travels and found out why I got the fine. If you have food in your mouth, swallow it because you will spit it out when you see why.



The big P by itself means there is no restriction on parking. If it said 1P, it means 1 hour, and so forth. I was parked where the silver commodore is. It took me a few minutes to figure out why I was fined. Look at the bottom of the sign. That tiny freaking arrow. Because I was parked on the right of the sign, and not on the left, I was fined.

Lucky for me, it turns out I know someone who works at the council quite well, and who does software support for their fine system, so I can hopefully get out of it.

(Sorry, I just wanted to whinge to someone about how stupid this is!)