"What am I missing?" Driver confused over hefty parking fine
A woman has been left shocked over a $300 parking fine, for an offence she had no idea she was committing.
The confused motorist was puzzled when she received a $305 fine in the mail, and decided to take to Facebook to ask her community if they could "help [her] understand the fine".
The woman, from Sydney's inner west, posted photos of her parking job to a local Facebook page, which show her blue hatchback parked curbside outside a house, with no apparent signal nearby.
"I got fined $305 and lost some demerits points. They said I parked parallel close to the dividing line/strip," she explained. "I don't see anything wrong with the pics. What am I missing?" she questioned alongside photos of offence.
According to parking rules in New South Wales, drivers "must not park within 3m of any double dividing lines" and those caught doing so can be fined.
In the photos, the double lines appear close to the woman's car on a seemingly narrow road.
One person explained the rule on in the comments of her Facebook post, writing, "It's possibly because there is not enough room for cars to pass your car without partly crossing their car across the double middle lines — it's illegal for them to do that."
So you can't park in a place where there isn't enough space between the double middle lines and your car for other cars to pass."
The parking rule surprised many who admitted they "had no idea" the rule existed, with some concluding you "see it all the time".
"Sorry you got those fines. Wow. You learn something new every day," said one driver. "I had no idea this was a road rule until now! I'm sorry you copped such a huge fine," said another, to which the driver concluded it an "expensive lesson learnt".
Image credits: Facebook