Couple hit with parking fine for leaving car on their drive

Jack Evans
Updated
Niall McCarthy's car parked on his drive - where he received a parking ticket. See MASONS story MNTICKET: A man was shocked to return home from work to find traffic wardens had slapped a parking ticket on his car - despite it being parked on his drive. Niall McCarthy, 49, has been using his tiny driveway since 2002 and hasn't had any problems with parking fines before. He has even propped a piece of wood in front of his house which allows the family to drive within a centimetre of their wall without hitting the building. He said: "It is just laughable really. The car was as tight to the house as we can get it.


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A couple were enraged to return to their car to find it had been given a parking ticket – despite it being left on their drive.

Niall McCarthy and his wife Amanda have parked their car on their driveway in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, since 2002 and never encountered any problems. Mr McCarthy has even installed a block of wood on to the front of the house to be able to park their car as close as possible.

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