France: Decriminalization Of Parking Fines - What Does It Mean?

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France: Decriminalization Of Parking Fines - What Does It Mean?

<table cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" width="110" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><div class="Pict"><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/newspics4/Ticketing-clamped-motorcycle.jpg" width="100" height="149" title="Ticketing clamped motorcycle" alt="Ticketing clamped motorcycle" style="border:1px solid white;"></div></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" align="right" border="0" width="100" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/motorbiker/flags/fr-flag.gif" width="97" height="65" title="France flag" alt="France flag" border="0"></a></td></tr></table>#Parking #Fines #Politics - On the 7th of June, the French senate voted for the decriminalization of parking fines. I guess many of you didn't know that it was a crime to badly park your motorcycle, but that means it's time to rejoice ... right?<br><br>

WRONG. In fact, it's a bad thing. By having bad parking a "crime" meant that it was the government that decided what the fine was. And all over France, the fine for bad parking is â,¬17. It doesn't matter if you are in Paris or in a small shit-kicker town down South, it was going to cost you â,¬17 if you forgot to feed the parking meter, or just parked your motorcycle on the sidewalk.<br><br>

But now that it's decriminalized, it's up to the commune to decide how much you will pay........... <br><br>

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