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skipppy

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i came home from work today early as we were getting built in wardrobe put in, and found a car parked out front of my house, and the wallspan van was on my lawn (where i park). So i parked behind my gf car in our driveway, this then made the arse end of my car hang over the footpath bout 2 foot in from gutter.

i went inside and sat for bout 2hrs until he had finished then headed of to marion bout 30 mins after only to find a $45 dollar parking ticket on my car !!!!

talk about ****ing pissed of got done in my own driveway

sorry had let out bit of anger !!!

Erin

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Tough luck mate.

Just because your driveway goes thru the footpath, doesn't mean you own that part. The council still owns it and manages it as public space, and your driveway extension is only a privilege given to you so you can access your house. If you park blocking the footpath, then the council can give you a parking ticket. :) I read somewhere, this has happened quite often to those who are unaware of this...

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My extension from the road is quite long. I can fit my car on it without blocking the footpath. Question can I be fined for parking on the extension? IE: Same as parking it on the lawn between my house and the road...but its concrete :)

rs73 Grand Master

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Anywhere past your fence is public property managed by the council. So yes, you can be booked. Parking on the lawn between ur house and the road (the green area) may also incur a fine as you're not suppose to do that. You'll destroy the grass and may hinder council worker if they come to cut the grass.

Well mate, you're not alone, I'm sure there are lots of other people got caught in that situation as well. You can try appeal for the ticket, do it nicely and sometime they'll let you off in the first offence but don't take my word for it 100%.

Good luck.

hippy Grand Master

hippy

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yeah i got done for parkin in the grass ... i'm like wtf ... who do these council ****s think they are?? we're not a growing money tree here ... some of us work for a whole ****ing night to make 45 bucks and they think its their right to take money from us ... bloody bunch of ****s ... get a real ****ing job ...

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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I got done in Vic for that. Measured it at 20 cm. All of the neighbours got warnings a couple of days before for parking on the nature strip and across the footpath so when they came back they got me, and i had no warning.

I asked the reason for a fine due to a minor obstruction and was told that someone could ride a bike into the car...than i mentioned that riding on the footpath is illegal. I got gurgling sounds as the fool on the other end of the phone tried to justify it. Then asked about the warnings and why a letter drop was not done as others had the priveledge...............the fine was dropped.

Filthy victorian banana governments. All addicted to money from fines.

A friend on the St Kilda council told how the southbank precinct got transferred to melbourne council, losing them 6 mill in rates and other income. So they are aggressively fining parking motorists and recovering at least 4 mill a year, as well as charging more for their parking where a street away you can park for half ($3) on the street for the day.

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i came home from work today early as we were getting built in wardrobe put in, and found a car parked out front of my house, and  the wallspan van was on my lawn (where i park). So i parked behind my gf car in our driveway, this then made the arse end of my car hang over the footpath bout 2 foot in from gutter.

i went inside and sat for bout 2hrs until he had finished then headed of to marion bout 30 mins after only to find a $45 dollar parking ticket on my car !!!!

talk about ****ing pissed of got done in my own driveway  

sorry had let out bit of anger !!!

Erin

That has happened to me when i was living in Norwood. Write a letter to your council explaining the situation and usually they will let you off once or twice.

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That sucks. Hope you get off dude.

I live on a blind corner with double yellow lines in the middle of the road. Every man and his dog parks his car there to catch the train. Try backing out the drive way with these Fark-tards illegally parking across from a double yellow blocking the view of the traffic. The council need to throw a couple of tickets this way if they going to pin you for parking in your own drive way. I think they have their priorities all A55 about face. :shake:

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