by Unusual Parking Situation with an Audi TT
Imagine this situation: you leave your car on the street near your house, go on vacation, and upon returning, you discover that the local council has painted a disabled parking space around it. Moreover, you have been issued four fines for illegal parking.
This is exactly what happened to a UK resident last month. He posted a video on TikTok, which quickly went viral, expressing his outrage at the actions of the local council.
How Events Unfolded
The man parked his black Audi TT on the street near his house before leaving for vacation. Fortunately, his surveillance camera, pointed at the road, recorded all subsequent events.
On November 17, council workers appeared near his house. They applied fresh markings, creating a disabled parking space that literally surrounded the already parked car.
On November 21, a parking inspector arrived and issued the first fine, leaving it under the Audi’s windshield wiper. Over the next few days, three more fines appeared.
The situation seems absurd. One local resident even made a Facebook post, noting that this parking space was created for her, but the Audi has been standing there for a whole week.
@silvastone This is so crazy. #Croydon #Council ♬ original sound – Silva Stone
Resolution of the Situation and Official Response
Fortunately for the Audi owner, he will not have to pay any of the fines. Representatives of the Croydon council reported that all four fines were canceled a week before the man posted the video.
However, as the car owner told the BBC in an interview, he did not receive any notification from the council about the cancellation of the fines. Comments from officials appeared only after the video was published.
According to the council, it is common practice to apply markings around already parked cars, as waiting for a spot to become free can take several weeks. It was also stated that the parking inspector was not informed that the markings had been applied around a specific car, which is why she began issuing fines.
This case vividly illustrates how a bureaucratic system can operate when its different units act without proper coordination. Although the fines were canceled, the situation itself caused widespread public resonance, forcing a discussion about procedures and communication between authorities and citizens. Such stories often become a catalyst for reviewing internal processes to avoid such absurdities in the future. The car owner was certainly lucky to have evidence in the form of surveillance camera recordings, which allowed the problem to be resolved quickly.
