A person claiming to be an Auckland parking officer has revealed a simple trick to avoid a fine in a time-limited parking zone.
The unnamed parking warden posted on Reddit to share their top tip - moving your car from one space to a different space to reset your parking time.
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"Technically you can do that and the time will reset, however you need to consider that spaces are time restricted for turnover, and by doing that there won't be enough turnover of vehicles," they said during an 'Ask Me Anything' session.
But those thinking of reversing out and reparking in the same park in the opposite direction are out of luck.
"You can be issued a ticket for 'Incorrect Kerb Parking - Left Side of Road' (Person failed to park a vehicle parallel and with the direction of the roadway and with the left side of the vehicle as close as practical to the left). In other words, please don't park facing the wrong way," the officer said.
"Parking facing the wrong way can confuse road users and cars usually have red reflectors on the back which make them more visible at night, they are useless at night if the vehicle is facing the wrong way.
"If you parked facing the wrong way you were probably also driving on the wrong side of the road to begin with."
Data released to Newshub shows Auckland Transport (AT) issued a total of 492,227 infringements to offending motorists between July 1, 2017, and June 31, 2018 - up from 484,682 the year before.
The most common infringement notice was for parking over the time limit, while the year before was for not affixing the current license label in the prescribed manner.
There's also a good chance you were busted by Auckland's top parking officer. Known only as Parking Officer 1241, they handed out a staggering 13,068 tickets.
In second place was last year's champ, Parking Officer 1013, who issued 9102 tickets between 2017-2018 and 9359 tickets between 2016-2017.
AT says the money gets invested into improving Auckland's roading network.
"Auckland Transport uses the money to fund safety-based initiatives, road maintenance and road development projects," AT parking compliance manager Rick Bidgood told Newshub.
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