Motorist cops parking ticket – but can you spot the errors?
A motorist who received a parking ticket for leaving his car too close to a police officer’s vehicle has shared a copy of the fine online.
The man’s friend shared the photo to Reddit, however, users were quick to point out a number of inconsistences with the fine, questioning whether it was legitimate or not.
Can you spot the errors on this parking ticket?
On the top left corner of the infringement notice, the word ‘district’ is spelt incorrectly, with the fine reading: ‘Monaro Police Dsitrict’.
The suspicious fine also leaves the ‘officer’ field blank, as well as the ‘COPS Event No’ and time and date of the report.
The postcode of Jindabyne is also incorrect as it is 2627, not 2726.
Commenters were questioning the legitimacy of the fine because of the errors, with one person suggesting that someone had “bodgied up some fake cards”.
One user said it was unusual for infringement notices to not be completely filled out as “police must fill in paperwork correctly”.
Constable Naomi Nemec from Jindabyne police station told the Daily Mail Australia that the notice was likely fake as it did not contain a vehicle registration number.
However, motorists should still be careful not to park too close to another car as it is an offence to park within one metre of another vehicle, according to NSW Transport’s Road and Maritime Services.