Couple of weeks ago, I got a parking ticket landing at my home saying I parked in a no parking zone and I have to pay up. I was quite surprised!
The place where I was supposed to have parked my car, there was no way I could have done that! The only way, I could have parked my car is waiting for the traffic jam to clear. With metro rail work going on in full swing, many of our roads are reduced to 25% of their original width. It is a choc-a-block wherever metro work is being carried out. There are 100s of vehicles just standing there, some patiently and most of them impatiently. I was stuck in one of those jams and I get a parking ticket for having parked in a no parking zone. May be all the 150-200 cars, bikes, vans, buses and trucks would have got the parking ticket that day!
The notice also said, there is a image proof. I could have gone and checked it out. To do that, it would cost me more than the fine and not less than few hours. I just paid up.
Things that happen in Bangalore!
