KM Findlay writes: "This is a compulsory stop. If you don't stop here you will get a ticket for not stopping at a compulsory stop. But if you do stop here, even for 10 seconds to pick up a schoolboy, you will get a ticket for stopping on the yellow no-stopping lines. So it doesn't matter what you do at this intersection as they are going to get you anyway. In my opinion this intersection proves that broken yellow lines are actually no-parking lines and not no-stopping lines despite what the Road Code says. Perhaps a judge might agree and insist that those people in Parliament sort it out."
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Nicole Botherway takes a swipe at the behaviour of people taking photos on Wakefield St soon after a woman fell to her death from the Oracle Tower. "They didn't want to help us do CPR and all stood around like it was a great show. This wasn't just one random weirdo, but many people with camera phones trying to get the best shot. We were attempting to save her life and these sickos were getting their kicks. All I can say is their lives must be very sad for this to be something that they want to capture forever."
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Stopping on broken yellow lines is one thing, but Joanne's experience seems a little rough. "I have had the same problem when dropping my grandson off at Everglade Primary School. I pulled into a legitimate space outside the school to drop my grandson off and left again. All of about 10 seconds! Apparently, though, the rear of my car was over a driveway and I was sent a ticket for $40 from the Manukau City Council."
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A reader writes: "Further to the car key mishaps, my boss's wife lost her keys while in town shopping. After unsuccessfully retracing her steps round all the stores visited, she arranged for the car to be towed to the local dealership. As it was being pushed into the workshop, a staff member noticed the keys still sitting in the lock of the boot!"
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Odd names:
1. Graham worked with a guy in the UK whose name was Eric Dore. "He married a girl called Louise, who was always known by the diminutive 'Lou'. The expressions of those to whom she was formally introduced had to be seen to be believed!"
2. "In the 1970s my wife and I both worked for a major Japanese car franchise that assembled cars in NZ," writes a reader. "There was a lovely guy who used to come into our Auckland office, and he worked for the company that supplied all the batteries for the new cars. His name was Mr Head. And yes, his first name was an abbreviated form of Richard."
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