“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said Parking Fine.”
parking - leaving a vehicle in a particular place for a period of time
car park – parking lot
parallel parking - when you park vehicles along or parallel to the side of the road, rather than facing into the side of the road
parking brake - handbrake
parking garage - a building for parking cars
parking meter - a device at the side of the road that you put money into so that you can leave your vehicle there for a particular amount of time
parking ticket - an official notice which is attached to your vehicle when you have parked illegally, and which tells you that you must pay a particular amount of money as punishment
parking fine - a sum of money required to be paid as a penalty for parking illegally
parking policeman - a traffic warden
multi-storey car park – a parking garage, a building which is designed specifically to be for automobile parking and where there are a number of floors or levels on which parking takes place
wheel clamp - car immobilizer; a metal device fitted over the wheel of an illegally parked car to immobilize it until a fine is paid
basement level 2, 3, 4, etc. - one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor which are typically used, for example, as a car park
double-park - to park a car illegally next to a car that is already parked at the side of the road
no-parking zone - a space where automobiles are not allowed to park
parking space - place to park, a space where an automobile can be parked
parking meter – a coin-operated device that registers the amount of time purchased for the parking of a motor vehicle, at the expiration of which the driver is liable for a fine
underground car park - underground garage
pay and display - a parking system in which motorists buy tickets from a machine in a parking lot and leave them on display in the windshields or windows of their vehicles. Motorists pay for the amount of time they intend to stay, which is printed on the ticket
parking - leaving a vehicle in a particular place for a period of time