pay for my parking fee in Klang.
After I have parked my car, I walked to the self-service car park
machine to pay for an hour's parking fee (50 sen in Klang, 60 sen in
Petaling Jaya and 40 sen in Shah Alam for an hour).
Everything seemed to be fine. The machine printed out a parking coupon
and after displaying the coupon at the vehicle's dashboard, I went to
perform my errands nearby.
When I was walking back towards my car, I saw a uniformed officer from
the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) looking around at my car. He then
acted as if he is going to issue a summon to my car. I ran towards him
and asked him if everything is OK. I told him that I have paid for my
parking and he can see the coupon clearly on the dashboard.
To my shock, the MPK officer said that he planned to issue a summon to
me because the 50 sen coin that I had used to pay for the parking fee
was a fake coin. The officer mentioned that if a person used a fake coin
to pay for the parking fee, it means that no parking fee has been paid.
The MPK officer also showed to me how to read the parking coupon and
spot if the coins used are fake or not (see the attached graphics -
"TOKEN" means that the coins used are fake). Luckily, the officer
understood my situation and decided not to issue any summon to me.
Having said that, I would like to share this experience and knowledge
with your readers so that the unsuspected citizens can give special
attention when paying for their parking fee at the self-service machines
to avoid being innocently penalised.
No comments:
Post a Comment