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Parking Fines in Poland [26]
Well, in case anyone is interested. I went down to the Straz Miejska in Kato this afternoon, with my parking ticket. I went to the desk and asked if the guy spoke english, "a little" was his reply so I began by asking what was this ticket, he looked at it and said "parking ticket, you must pay 100 zl". So I asked him to explain to me why they had given me the ticket before i would pay, I had no problem paying, but wanted to know the reason first. He couldnt explain it in English, because he didn't know the english word for 'Wyscie' which I believe is 'exit', so he called in the guy who actually gave me the ticket. He arrived, with his son who has been studying english at primary school !, and proceeded to try and explain, he drew some diagrams and I understood why I had the fine, but then i told him that there were no signs saying I should not park there, this had him stumped, and he floundered about for another couple of minutes, before handing my licence back to me and saying, 'ok, finished'. Result ! so I went, fully intending to pay as long as they could explain their reasons to me in English, but as they couldn't do so i got off on a technicality. I would say this is a warning to the police/traffic police here in relation to the euro championships, they really had better learn more english or lose out on many such fines given that a very very small percentage of people travelling here for the finals will speak any polish