A parking warden's chalk use has been called over the top. Photo / Supplied
Opinion
"I generally park in my driveway at work, which is not a designated parking space," writes Nick Tresidder. "Council have advised me that I cannot be ticketed there and that if I get chalked, I should just wipe it off, which I do. This warden obviously took exception to this."
David who?
Dementia campaigner Peter Smith, from Rothwell, Yorkshire, was excited to hear that Prime Minister David Cameron had taken notice of his Tea Cosy dementia cafe to the point of donating a raffle prize. Expecting maybe a hamper or dinner set, the 65-year-old was less than impressed when Cameron's office sent in a signed picture of the PM. Smith, who has worked for the Alzheimer's Society since his mother Phyllis' battle with the condition, said: "I wouldn't buy it. I think it's a bit presumptuous as a raffle prize."
Mum caught in parking ticket conundrum
A single, unemployed mother claims that she's unlawfully being charged more than $100,000 in parking ticket fines for a car she didn't even know belonged to her. Jennifer Fitzgerald said her ex-boyfriend Brandon Preveau bought a used car for $600 in 2008 and registered it in her name without her knowing. The couple broke up in 2009, and he dumped the car in a car park at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Now, three years later, the car has received 687 parking tickets. Chicago law states that any car parked for more than 30 days in a city-owned lot is subject to an immediate tow to a city pound or authorised garage.
