Family cops $2k fine for little known offence
A family in Sydney have been repeatedly fined for parking their car in their own driveway.
Jane Mansfield, who lives in Sydney's south-west with her family of six, started copping fines for her parked car six months ago.
"All up we're due to pay about $2,000 on a finance plan at the moment," she told A Current Affair.
Both Jane and her husband each received one fine for parking slightly over the curb in their driveway, with both of them accepting the fine and putting them on a payment plan.
"Then we tried to do the right thing by pulling the car onto the driveway further, and got another fine," Mansfield said.
"Well, apparently, you need to go past the letterbox, and even being slightly out ... is not allowed. So I'm thinking, where am I meant to put my car?"
According to the fine, the offence was for stopping on or across a driveway - which is her own.
Each fine they have received is worth $320 and Mansfield claimed she is now running out of patience and money trying to keep up with the ridiculous fines.
"Four children, rent's gone up, electricity, everything's gone up bill wise, so $2,000 to us is a huge amount," Mansfield said.
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