Re: I saw the future today.

Jette <bosslady@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> rkshullat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
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>>> Here's an example.  Mind you, this one is actually parked in the "no 
>>> parking" space actually meant for the communal garbage skip!
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfette/340684866/
>> 
>> That's the sort of parking I remember from Paris :-)
>> 
>>
> 
> Feh - that's reasonably sane Edinburgh parking.  (I say "reasonably 
> sane" because _that_ street is notorious for actual _double_ parking, 
> that almost completely blocks the street - you can get a car past, but 
> not an emergency services vehicle)(and they get ticketed regularly - 
> which they complain about just as regularly. doesn't stop them)

Double parking here will get you towed as well as ticketed. That gets
expensive very quickly since they charge the fine, plus the towing
charge, plus a daily storage charge.

> Here's an example of French parking in Nice - she wanted to get past 
> the plastic bollards/road dividers to park next to the cafe we were 
> sitting in, but the policeman wouldn't let her (it was closed off for 
> a big festival and only official vehicles were allowed through), so 
> she just parked - PARKED - in the middle of the main carriageway and 
> walked away from the car to do her shopping.
> 
>
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfette/565643846/in/set-72157600393005067/

Unless she were quick she'd come back to find the car gone around here.
Build up enough parking fines and you'll be booted and/or towed even if
you're legally parked.

	Robert
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