On sitting in my car yesterday, the owner of the nearby garage came to explain to me about my parking fine... which, we noticed, was no longer under my windscreenwiper!
My car is parked legally, I explained, "yes" he replied, "and so were the other 3 who also received fines, but the first one that was parked in front of you wasn´t. So the guardia came along with a pick up truck, took the illegally parked one away and decided to fine the rest of you who are parked in the street!" (all local business owners who park here always, including myself)
But now my ticket has disappeared, so if the men in the garage hadn´t seen everything and told me, I wouldn´t have a clue until the fine for non payment arrives. And this is another problem.. my car is still registered to my old house, so this won´t arrive!
What to do!? I discussed this issue with a couple of middle aged Spanish residents, they both said ignore it, forget about it, it will get overlooked and forgotten about.
so what happened to my ticket?
did the police officer have a feeling of guilt and come back and remove my ticket? are some local kids having a laugh at my expense? or did another police officer see the ticket and feel it was unjust and took it away?
What do I do?
play ignorant,? after all I haven´t seen a ticket! or phone somewhere and see if a fine has been recorded and then try to prove my innocence?
more of the delights of living in Spain, it can work for you or against you, on this ocasion I have to wait and see.
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