New $100 fee for parking in a driveway if you break ‘inches’ rule – and nearly 1million Americans face fines

A MAJOR US city’s latest parking law change has left nearly a million Americans facing $100 tickets for parking in their own driveways.

Drivers in the area must be mindful of exactly where they’re parked down to the inch if they want to avoid paying the three-figure parking fine.

The change in Charlotte, North Carolina, is focused on keeping sidewalks clear and unobstructed for pedestrians as they pass by homes with driveways.

But many developers in the burgeoning metropolitan area choose only to build driveways to the city’s minimum specifications of 10 feet wide and 20 feet long…

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