Painted handicapped symbol
Photo: Yaron Brenner
Facebook video overturns parking ticket in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv municipality cancels parking ticket after video shows city workers tentatively turning spot into handicap parking- while car is parked
VIDEO - An Israeli woman has turned to Facebook to beat a parking ticket and expose a Tel Aviv road crew.
Hila Ben Baruch says she parked her car legally near her Tel Aviv home only to find it gone and replaced with a handicapped parking sign. City Hall slapped her with more than $300 in fines. Making matters worse, she says a city representative accused her of lying when she called to complain.
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Determined to prove her innocence, she obtained footage from a security camera showing municipal workers painting the handicapped symbol under her car, then towing the vehicle away.
She told Channel 2 she was "shocked." The video, put on Facebook, has gone viral.
The Tel Aviv municipality has apologized and refunded the fines.
According to a 2009 report by the City's Enforcement Department the humming metropolitan is lacking a staggering 324,000 parking spots.
The report, commissioned by a municipal committee tasked with trying to solve the issue, also stated that the shortage results in over 3,000 parking tickets a day, most of which are given between 5pm and 7 pm, in central Tel Aviv.
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