An Australian policeman, noticing a car had been parked far past the time limit at a shopping center, left a ticket on the windshield. Fairly standard procedure... Except for the fact that the driver of the car, a 71-year-old man, was dead in the driver's seat, where he'd apparently been for quite some time.

The man had been reported missing nine days previously and was known to be "seriously ill", The Age reports.

The Mayor of the eastern suburb of Maroondah, Paul Denham, explained that the "parking officer had not noticed the man when he attached the parking fine to the windscreen", offering: "The parking bays are 90-degree with cars parked nose in. A small garden bed is located immediately at the front of the parking bays. Our local laws officer checked and wrote out the ticket at the rear of the vehicle and placed the ticket from the passenger side on the windscreen. The local laws officer did not notice anything unusual regarding the vehicle, and is extremely distressed to have learned of the situation."

Knowing government, I'm sure they'll expect the man's family to pay the parking fine.

tech29

I'm lost

July 2004

OCT 25, 2005 12:13 AM

Thats the parking ranger Nazis for you. Didnt even look just gave a ticket and went on .....Wankers

MistahPrince

Chicago, IL

February 2005

OCT 25, 2005 12:17 AM

That's pretty fucking funny.

Sad.

But funny.

FunkySkunk

Gainesville, FL

July 2004

OCT 25, 2005 12:51 AM

What makes me sad about this stuff is now they are going to "launch an investigation" and drag the parking guy through "intense interegation" to find out what "extreme factors" may have caused such an error. Then they are going to review the procedures for giving parking tickets. Then someone will want to have an investigation into why nobody has every taken this situation into consideration before.. It will drag on for years, cost tons of money, and in reality some cop was prolly thinking about screwing his wife (or mistress) while he was on the job.

abracadabra

Seattle, WA

April 2004

OCT 25, 2005 02:47 AM

karma made real..parking attendents suck

sickboyedd

United Kingdom

January 2004

OCT 25, 2005 06:04 AM

Well, at least they didn't tow him away to be crushed, the family would never had known what happened....

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

OCT 25, 2005 06:57 AM

FunkySkunk said:
What makes me sad about this stuff is now they are going to "launch an investigation" and drag the parking guy through "intense interegation" to find out what "extreme factors" may have caused such an error. Then they are going to review the procedures for giving parking tickets. Then someone will want to have an investigation into why nobody has every taken this situation into consideration before.. It will drag on for years, cost tons of money, and in reality some cop was prolly thinking about screwing his wife (or mistress) while he was on the job.

Why would you get sad about a completely hypthetical situation that will probably never happen?

Cecelia

Minneapolis, MN

June 2005

OCT 25, 2005 07:39 AM

Wow, that IS sad. One track minds they have, those damn parking cops..."What dead body? Oooh, THAT dead body! Well, shit, didn't even see him there!" Idiot.

hermetica

Cook Islands

January 2004

OCT 25, 2005 08:36 AM

Well, if the windows were tinted its very likely he didn't look closely, and he wouldn't have any reason to anyways.His job is soley concerned with the license plate, which is on the OUTSIDE. I mean, do YOU you normally go out of your way peer into stranger's parked cars? Why would you? What would you normally see-garbage? Toys? Papers? Its not exactly the most exciting job in the world. Give the poor guy a break.

Trucker_Fiction

Normal, IL

December 2003

OCT 25, 2005 09:25 AM

this sounds exactly like the parking police around where i live... fucking parking nazis!

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY

November 2003

OCT 25, 2005 11:05 AM

razorbladesonata said:
karma made real..parking attendents suck

Why do they suck?

EndedBen

Grand Rapids, MI

August 2004

OCT 25, 2005 11:08 AM

Shalome said:
Knowing government, I'm sure they'll expect the man's family to pay the parking fine.

But what about a government founded by British convicts?

Lily

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

OCT 25, 2005 11:10 AM

Typical

Lily

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

OCT 25, 2005 11:10 AM

double post

[Edited on Oct 25, 2005 by Lily]

kainmoore

Pittsburgh, PA

October 2005

OCT 25, 2005 12:07 PM

Aww, cut the guy some slack. Shit happens, we can't always be 100% alert.

steaky

United Kingdom

May 2004

OCT 26, 2005 03:51 PM

people cant alway be alert, but if your sticking a parking fine sticker on the windscreen of the car (as is standard with traffic wardens almost world wide) he should have noticed someone sat in the car, whether dead or alive. he was just being ignorant, lazy or, as they are in the uk, he was on commision

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Los Angeles, CA

October 2002

OCT 24, 2005 10:11 PM

I'm lost

July 2004

OCT 25, 2005 12:13 AM

Chicago, IL

February 2005

OCT 25, 2005 12:17 AM

Gainesville, FL

July 2004

OCT 25, 2005 12:51 AM

abracadabra

Seattle, WA

April 2004

OCT 25, 2005 02:47 AM

United Kingdom

January 2004

OCT 25, 2005 06:04 AM

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

OCT 25, 2005 06:57 AM

Minneapolis, MN

June 2005

OCT 25, 2005 07:39 AM

hermetica

Cook Islands

January 2004

OCT 25, 2005 08:36 AM

Normal, IL

December 2003

OCT 25, 2005 09:25 AM

Brooklyn, NY

November 2003

OCT 25, 2005 11:05 AM

Grand Rapids, MI

August 2004

OCT 25, 2005 11:08 AM

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

OCT 25, 2005 11:10 AM

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

OCT 25, 2005 11:10 AM

Pittsburgh, PA

October 2005

OCT 25, 2005 12:07 PM

United Kingdom

May 2004

OCT 26, 2005 03:51 PM