Furious driver left gobsmacked after ‘cheeky’ council workers give him ‘dodgy’ fine
Stefano Angeloni parked his vehicle legally in Rome, but when he returned to his car he saw something very cheeky that City Council workers had done… which landed him with a fine
The angry driver’s video went viral(Image: @speko61/Instagram)
A furious motorist was slapped with a fine after a dodgy council decision in a popular European capital city. The driver took to social media to vent at the cheeky move by parking inspectors in Rome.
Stefano Angeloni – of Italy – posted a short clip of his car which he had legally parked on a street in the Italian capital. When he returned to his car he found fresh lines parked around its tyres and a fine stuck to his windscreen.
In Rome, coloured lines are used to mark where people can or can’t park. White lines painted on the road mean you’re allowed to park there without buying a ticket. Blue lines mean you have to pay for the honour of keeping your vehicle there.
He was slapped with a fine(Image: @speko61/Instagram)
The lines around Angeloni’s car had been painted from white to blue, leaving him with a fine of €29.40 (£24.91) after City Council of Rome workers changed the line colour from underneath him.
In the clip, Angeloni can be heard saying: “Look at this fantastic parking spot I found. I leave my car in a white-lined space; then, one night, they come by and paint over the white lines with blue ones. Obviously, they couldn’t paint underneath my car – or anyone else’s – so the white lines I parked in are now blue.”
He added: “The result? A nice fat fine. Fantastic, right? We’re in a fantastic city.” The video has since gone viral, garnering more than a million views, while the comments section has racked up plenty of comments on the cheeky move by the city council.
One user said: “You gave me a great idea. Thank you so much. I will never pay for parking again, but rather buy a can of white paint and a brush, so I can sign up for my lifetime free parking membership.”
A second added: “The wheel is on the white one, you don’t have to pay.” The driver’s daughter wrote on Instagram that “this was posted by my dad by mistake and he didn’t even realise how viral it had gone”.
