A pensioner in Collingwood, Victoria, has challenged her parking fine after an ‘unidentified passer by’ photographer her car whilst parked in a no standing zone. Her complaint is based not on the fine, but on the fact that the parking officer was not wearing a uniform or driving a marked car.
Yarra City Council said that it was not unusual for plain clothes parking inspectors to issue fines or for them to write up the fines without getting out of their cars, especially at night.
Interestingly, the City of Melbourne’s newly announced parking technology innovations will result in the installation of in-ground sensors and license plate recognition technology which will make parking officers even less conspicuous!
We strongly support this move towards good use of technology to free up council officers to provide customer service and assistance; hopefully this will mean that they will no longer be afraid of getting out of their cars.