SUFFOLK TODDLER RECEIVES PARKING TICKET

A car parked on the side of a road in Eye, Suffolk, was given a parking ticket yesterday, despite the fact that the car in question was made of plastic and being steered by a 3 year old boy. The parking attendant, who can't be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have bent down to stick the $60 fine to the plastic windscreen of the boy's pedal car and told him to be on his way. The boy's parents are furious and demanded that the parking attendant be made to apologise, but it seems that from a legal standpoint, the pedal car constitutes a road vehicle, and it was parked "in a clearly marked area with no regard for proper procedure", according to the Ministry of Transport, so the fine will stay. The boy's parents have resolved to fight the case "to the bitter end."