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A tip for Sydney drivers - you can get a parking ticket even when you've moved your car!
Posted by Sarah Stokely at 9:00 AM on March 7, 2008
Here's a tip to help you avoid a parking fine if you're a Sydney driver - moving your car just a few spots (or even around the corner) before the expiry of a timed parking restriction may not be enough to avoid getting a parking ticket.
The SMH reported yesterday that a woman lost her appeal against a $79 parking fine she was given even though she moved her car before the 2-hour parking limit expired, into a spot around the corner.
To avoid a parking fine, you need to leave the "parking sector" - and it looks like that's a bit of a grey area:
The SMH reported yesterday that a woman lost her appeal against a $79 parking fine she was given even though she moved her car before the 2-hour parking limit expired, into a spot around the corner.
To avoid a parking fine, you need to leave the "parking sector" - and it looks like that's a bit of a grey area:
The woman who was fined was parked in One Island Drive, Pyrmont. It sounds like enforcement is at the discretion of the council involved - so you may want to check with your local council about how they define "parking sectors" or play it safe and drive a decent distance away if you have to move your car."A parking sector... is usually an area between two [sign-posted] one-directional arrows, unless indicated otherwise. Generally a zone would not extend beyond one street, but we'd have to check with [the] council if this is the case here."
Comments
kymehra
Posted March 7, 2008 9:36 AM
Yep. I've been stung by this before. Thank you, Sutherland Shire Council!
Ken F
Posted March 7, 2008 1:22 PM
I was booked for 10 minutes in a 2 hour zone once. I could not 'prove' that I had not left my car overnight so I ended up pleading guilty and the judge let me off without a fine.
Juan
Posted July 11, 2008 9:34 AM
I drive a motorbike thinking it will help me to avoid traffic and it would be easier to find a parking spaces. Gee, I was wrong! I have spent so much money on parking tickets, I won't lie if I say that I have gotten a parking ticket every month!
I use my bike to come to work, and I park it on the same spot, in between 2 cars, so I don't take an entire space. So far, I gotten the following parking tickets there
1. Stayed longer than the time allowed (2 hours)
2. Not displaying the paid parking ticket (gee! where do they want me to display the ticket, it's a motorbike!)
3. Parked outside the perimeter. (by bike was on the dividing line!)
You might say why do you keep parking there, right?
- I use my bike to commute from home to work, so I have to use it
- Around my office, all parking regulations are the same
- I have talked to some park rangers and they told me that I will be ok parking the bike there
There are no clear laws on motorbike parking, on the RTA website it says that we follow the same rules for the cars, but we are different! We take less space, we cannot display a paid parking ticket on the windshield, and doesn't the government want to reduce the amount of petrol used in the environment and reduce traffic as well?!?!
If someone can point me to an authority so they can work out NSW parking regulations, please, please let me know!