Parking Fines!

Well yesterday was just one of those days. After unloading my trailer of band gear at a gig in the city, I drove my car around the corner and to my surprise, there were loads of empty car parks. Thinking I was merely lucky, I drove into a carpark reading the sign in front of me. It satated "pay and display 7am-4pm". Awesome I thought, it was after 4, so I could park there withour paying. So park I did, and proceeded back the the pub to setup my PA.

At some stage about half an hour later, I was trying to locate an item that had somehow been left behind. So I decided to venture out to see if it was in the car. As I turned the corner, a heart stopping sight awaited me. My car was on the back of a tow truck. WTF? So I hurried over the busy street, narrowly avoiding my own demise, and asked what was going on. "Your not allowed to park here between 4pm and 7pm" said the tow truck driver. Well as you could imagine, I had a different view on the topic as I pointed out the sign. He then pointed out the sign several car parks behind me which inevitably did state exactly what he said.

Now I was lucky enough to get him to drop my car back off the tow truck so I could move both it and the trailer. It did however cost me a $120 fine for parking there. I think Brisbane City Council better be using my fine money to add a few extra signs that explain things a little better on every post and not just one and hope that everyone reads it. For those of us with very little experience in the city, we have to learn the hard way. I'm just lucky my car didn't get towed away with my trailer or I would have been up for a whole lot more than just a nasty surprise.

Keep Smilin........