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Whistleblower · Joined: 03 Feb 2007

Hello all. I parked in front of Tom 'n' Tom's coffee for the daily cafeine fix and some nice honey butter bread. The next thing I saw were a group of five adjoshi's with nice looking baseball caps come up to my car, take a picture of it and then proceed to put a ticket on it. They were ready to take it to the compound when the pick-up truck came over. I hopped in my car and made a quick exit. The guys didn't know what to do and I looked behind me and they were taking someone elses car to the compound.

So I have a nice 40,000 KRW fine for my first time parking illegally in Korea. I shall get a scan of my parking ticket for you folks soon. Anyone else received a fine for parking illegally?

Bravo-sparkling.

KumaraKitty · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Location: Bucheon

Yup, in front of our fave cafe. We'd been parking there for around a year, loads of people park along the same street, we had no idea it was illegal! Bucheon has a big van that drives around with a digital camera system on the roof. They just slowly drive by and snap pictures of all the license plates and cars parked there. You may not even see it coming! We got the ticket in the mail about 2 weeks later. 40,000won. Stupid van even drives around late on Sunday evenings! *sigh* So now we pay to park around the corner and walk. It is cheap to pay park, but during the day the parking is always full and walking sucks when you are this pregnant!

sunnyvale · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: Korea

Who exactly were the people who gave you the ticket? Police? Or just a group of those "building adjoshi" who are dressed like Navy Admirals.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

You parked illegally and got the ticket you deserved...now pay the ticket like a good little muppet and stop bothering people on a message board who could care less about it.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

blaseblasphemener · Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:25 am Post subject:

sunnyvale · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: Korea

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Learn to read you thug!

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

maddog · Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Location: Daegu

Whistleblower · Joined: 03 Feb 2007

First ever time of parking illegally and I get a ticket. Luck of the draw really and I don't really mind paying 40,000 KRW (it's under half of my hourly rate).

Btw, the guys looked like adjosshi navy admirals that are employed by the City Council to jump out of a van and take pictures, fine motorists (even if they stop and are still in the car) and harrass anyone for stopping by the pavement.

I once saw a taxi waiting in the street for a fare and a bunch of adjosshis jumped out of a grey van, one taking pictures, another take down the number plate and another stick a parking ticket of the taxi but the guy had the engine running and was still in the car waiting for a customer. Sometimes I don't mind them fining a parked car but fining a taxi who is waiting for a fare is mental.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

A word to the wise: IF you fail to pay a parking ticket or a moving vehicle violation, you won't be able to sell your car until you do. Although the government can't keep track of the documents we turn in to get jobs even in the same city, they do manage to keep track of all the tickets they hand out. Confused