Krister Nylander was shocked when he received a parking ticket through the mail. The fine was for illegally parking his 20-ton snowmobile on a Warkwick street.

Given that Nylander's vehicle had never left his native Sweden rather shocking. What's more Nylander himself had not visited England since he was 16, prior to receiving his driving licence.

Barrie Segal has compiled these and more crazy experiences and anecdotes in his book The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness and Traffic Warden Hell.