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Bowen Island Parking Ticket

This spoof parking ticket was sent to us by Flora from Bowen Island, B.C., Canada. Put this ticket on cars parked in your area and it may make people stop and think about the pollution they are causing.

DST 0021955305

VIOLATION NOTICE
VEHICLE INFRACTION

DEPARTMENT of SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION, BOWEN ISLE

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DATE OF INFRACTION

TIME OF INFRACTION

LOCATION OF INFRACTION

VEHICLE MAKE

VEHICLE LICENCE NO.

PROVINCE

This form of transport incurs economic costs to the community that have not been included in the retail price. Your operation of this vehicle makes you personally liable for the following:

Obstructing bicycle, horse riding and pedestrian activities


Environmental clean up costs (gas and oil spillage on public roads)


Climate change (idling increases CO2 emissions that are causing the Earth’s atmospheric temperature to rise)


Time wasted in overloads that could be spent volunteering at the NGO of your choice


Depletion of non-renewable fossil fuel resources


Violation of aesthetic sensibilities


Noise pollution


Smog-related health problems


THE FOLLOWING WAS USED TO CALCULATE YOUR FINE:

Average cost of an automobile to society with your share of social and environmental costs added

$43,000*

Average cost of an automobile to consumer

-$26,000

Your Fine

$17,000

THIS CAN BE PAID IN THE FOLLOWING FORM:

  1. By switching to another mode of transport such as horse riding, kayak, canoe, walking, public transport or bicycle, you will stop draining the community of much needed public funds; in this case, your fine will be waived.

  2. By financially supporting non-governmental organisations that work hard to rectify the economic damages your form of transport incurs; in this case, your fine will be waived.

    IF YOU DISPUTE THIS FINE, THE TRIAL WILL BE HELD IN YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE

*Source: Hare, 1993. Note: This figure does not include your fair share of the long-term costs of ozone depletion, climate change and other incidental types of environmental degradation.

This pink slip was prepared in the public interest by Act Local, Bowen Island, Canada

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