Tourist Tax ?

[Nigel Crompton]

Kerrrrr-Ching !!

€30 fine for this infringement in Aljezur this morning.

 

[AXO66]

Parking (sleeping) on wrong side of the road??

 

[Lenny HB]

For what?

 

[BreweryDave]

Maybe because there are at least 2 free Aires there, just saying......

 

[Just smiffy]

Is this a guess the caption competition...

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[romany]

You choose to pay it by not checking if you could park/overnight as others have said a couple of free aires close by

 

[PhilandMena]

I see a sign across from the M'home but unable to make it out ! Is it a no M'home parking sign. If so fair cop.

 

[Nigel Crompton]

I wasn't parked overnight.
I parked to shop.
Fined for (being a tourist) parking facing oncoming traffic and "causing an obstruction". Didn't cross a white line so I thought it ok.

Just came thro' Monchique up a long one way street with cars parked all along it - including one facing the wrong way!

Nearly suggested to GNR that if they went to Lagos they could make a fortune applying this rule....

 

[Langtoftlad]

So nothing to do with being a tourist.
Nothing to do with being taxed.
Just a fairly reasonable fine for breaking the traffic regulations.
Would have thought parking in the opposite way to all the other parked vehicles might be a clue.

But I'd probably not have noticed either.

 

[Nigel Crompton]

I parked that side because that's where all the other parked vehicles were (and my panels were in the sun).
5 minutes driving around Lagos you'd see a hundred vehicles parked facing oncoming traffic. And on the pavement ...
I'm not complaing about the fine, more about the way the rules are applied.

And, coming up to Monchique twisty-bendy bit with a 40kph limit was passed on a solid white line by a logging artic approaching a blind bend he was doing 60-70kph. Pisses me off, that I try to obey the rules (that I'm aware of) and others blatantly, dangerously, ignore them ....

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[Rosemary1]

I wasn't parked overnight.
I parked to shop.
Fined for (being a tourist) parking facing oncoming traffic and "causing an obstruction". Didn't cross a white line so I thought it ok.

Just came thro' Monchique up a long one way street with cars parked all along it - including one facing the wrong way!

Nearly suggested to GNR that if they went to Lagos they could make a fortune applying this rule....

I would of parked on that side too as if on the other side it would of caused an obstruction! Was the other vehicle given notice as well?

 

[Lenny HB]

Although technically illegal I think it was a bit harsh, you certainly weren't causing an obstruction. I bet the locals don't get nicked for it.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Here’s lies the problem.

Drivers over here are so lax with the direction they park no one bothers about direction when abroad.

It’s still an offence to park in the wrong direction over here when poor visibility and night time.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

I parked that side because that's where all the other parked vehicles were (and my panels were in the sun).
5 minutes driving around Lagos you'd see a hundred vehicles parked facing oncoming traffic. And on the pavement ...
I'm not complaing about the fine, more about the way the rules are applied.

And, coming up to Monchique twisty-bendy bit with a 40kph limit was passed on a solid white line by a logging artic approaching a blind bend he was doing 60-70kph. Pisses me off, that I try to obey the rules (that I'm aware of) and others blatantly, dangerously, ignore them ....

It's also because they think if you can afford a MH you can afford 30 euro fine. A minor infringement yes, but still an infringement of possibly a local bylaw.
Edit
Plus your not a local.

 

[Allanm]

A fine for parking on the wrong side of the road seems reasonable, though a bit harsh, if the local regulations list it as an infringement. Whether other cars were parked wrongly is of no significance. You don’t know if they have tickets or are about to get tickets when the local police see them.
Of course, they may just have deemed a large vehicle parked incorrectly was more liable to cause an obstruction than a car and more obviously parked the wrong way round.

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