A fineable offense

Appreciate for a moment, if you will, this photo of my car parked in the driveway of my apartment building. Now, ask yourself: What about this scenario would cause a Parking Enforcement Officer to exit his or her vehicle, whip out the ticket book, and proceed to issue me a $40 fine.

A. My car is too clean n' shiny.

B. Having recently purchased an SUV, the parking enforcement officer was provoked by the practical, yet fuel efficient, hatchback.

C. I am parked "in the sidewalk."

If you guessed C, give yourself all the points. I've always used the line between the sidewalk and the driveway as an indicator if I'm ticketable, but I that just doesn't cut it anymore. I contested the ticket. I lost. I declined to have a hearing as all the cortisol sure to gang up on my hippocampus because of the resulting stress (and INJUSTICE!) sounded more aversive than writing a check.

I still think I was okay.