“This doesn’t make sense": Mum fined for parking in own driveway
A Gold Coast mum couldn't believe her eyes when she found an almost $200 fine in her mail for parking in her own driveway.
“I got a lovely fine from Gold Coast City Council for parking in my own driveway,” Megan Pass told 7News.
“This doesn’t make sense.
“Everybody I’ve shared this with is going, ‘What the hell?’”
The council claims that part of her driveway is located on council land so she was breaking the law by parking on it.
The mother-of-three said that she has lived in the house for seven years and parked her car there every day and has never been fined before.
The council website states that there is an important difference between someone's driveway, which "ends at the property boundary", and a vehicular crossing, which is the section of the driveway between the boundary and the road.
The local law prevents people from parking over council land for more than two minutes, so Ms. Pass got fined $193.
People took to social media to share their thoughts on Ms Pass' situation.
“What a joke - revenue raising at its best,” one user tweeted.
While another said: “Yip I got one of those fines lol. Just paid it. Don’t have time spare to go court to be told… you broke the law… pay the fine."
“Will the mayor mow the footpath once a week and water it? That bloke’s a goose,” a third added.
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