Parking! Say no more!

Take this Seriously!

I have written before about parking in Spain. How could I not!  Here in Spain, especially in the over crowded cities we don't so much park as abandon our vehicles. There have been times when the trip into the city took twenty minutes, but finding a place to park took longer, much longer.

I am motivated to return to the subject because I observed a peculiar recurring event in the town of Lliria. At one of the parking black spots which is narrow, on one side parking is allowed only for loading and unloading. Parking on the other side is prohibited because to do so effectively blocks the road. So what happens is that as soon as someone drives in and parks and blocks the road the tow truck and a policeman appear and off they take the errant car. Very often, as the truck is pulling away another car drives in and parks in the same spot. The policeman then has to speak to the driver to clear the road.

There is another spot where the road narrows and parking is not allowed. A sign stands in place with the "No Parking" sign and another sign shows a picture of the tow truck taking away a car. Many people have pictures of the drawing on the sign being replicated by the taking away of an illegally parked car. I'm sure all those pictures are captioned "Told you so!"

Some people have a hard time learning, and others never learn.

Ah well!

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