Whopping parking penalty is just fine?

  • 1999-12-02
  • By J. Michael Lyons
RIGA – There are two morals to this story. First, don't lend your car. Second, if you do, make sure the person at least knows how to park.A Riga woman, who will remain nameless, although she broke the first rule, lent her car to a friend who parked too close to the tram tracks near Old Town Riga and racked up a 760 lat ($1,310) fine, a healthy chunk of change in a country where the average income is less than 150 lats a month.Her friend drove the woman's Chrysler 300, a pricey American car, near bustling Old Town on the afternoon of Nov. 25 and parked it near the busy intersection of Valdem...
 
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