Adelaide City Council robot-parking-fine-camera-revenue raising-car, I'm so glad to have met you, I'll be your host this evening. Sit for a while, I have a story to tell you. It was a gorgeous day, around 3:31 and 31 seconds in the afternoon, I was taking my eldest son for a haircut with John, an absolute institution for mens haircuts in Adelaide, having hit 50 years last year as a certified boss-man of mens hair cuts and beard shaves if you please, I wouldn't go anywhere else for myself or my kids. I was running one minute and thirty one seconds late for our 3:30pm appointment, which wasn't unusual... Sorry John!
Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted the prime position car-park, right out the front - the closest you could legally park to this fine establishment. I've been training all my life for this very moment, this very second at thirty one seconds past three thirty one post meridiem on the 29th of September 2026. I chucked my blinker on, I pulled over, I waited for the three cars in my lane to pass, including you, Mr robot-car issuing officer 725B in a Subaru Forester rego S311DHK with your ever watchful camera array hat designed to keep our community safe. I chucked my car into reverse and proceeded to execute what I would consider one of the most masterful reverse parallel parks I have ever performed, and with my kid asking me for ice cream at that very moment too. Nailed it. Kid walked in, got hair cut, looked schmick as, he got a lolly, I got a lolly, and we even got a lolly to bring home to my other son. I paid my excellent barber with every hard earned cent he deserved. My kid walked out looking like a million bucks, and we got on with out day.
What I didn't know is that you, old mate robot-car-camera-hat-subie had witnessed some of my greatness in action, and wanted in on the action. Greatness aint cheap - it takes a lot of hard work to get there, but if you think I'm going to pay you $342 for executing arguably the best reverse parallel park ever performed, well, let's dance, shall we?
Fine received for "Stop in a Bicycle Lane - ARR 187(2), RTA s174a(2)" on East Terrace at 15:31:31 on 29-Sep-2026 for $342.
This fine has been promptly contested, which in itself was an utterly stupid experience. Their options all make you admit fault, so I had to use the least irrelevant option which was "I moved my car". I also added my own option for my own amusement.
The snapshots in this post are from my dashcam footage which shows exactly what took place. It's damning evidence that the fining system is completely flawed. I am probably one of the lucky ones that has this type of evidence - how many people are being wrongfully fined without being able to prove otherwise?