Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Aankondiging van beschikking

Loosely translated, this phrase means "aha! We caught you parking in the wrong spot! We're going to fine you 45 euros!" John walked out to his car in the rain this morning to find this yellow notice under the windshield wiper of his car. A secretary in the office helped translate the rest of the notice and found out that although he parked in the "parkway" area in the outside of the apartment, he must have been too close to the corner. Either that, or he crossed some invisible line between valid parking spaces and sidewalk. She thought this was unfair and called the Regiopolitie to explain the matter. Apparently we can choose between paying the fine or filing a dispute in writing (in Dutch).

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