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Yoga instructions printed on parking tickets to calm motorists!
A US city is handing out parking tickets with pictures of yoga positions on them in an attempt to calm down angry recipients.


Parking control officers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have been issued with 40,000 of the placatory citations. They are the brainchild(!?) of one Daniel Peltz, an "artist in residence" with the Cambridge Traffic and Parking Department. The tickets include an picture of a yoga position on the front of the envelope, including information on the back on how to implement various moves.

Susan Clippinger, the city's transportation chief, told The Boston Herald that the point of the tickets is to debunk the idea that all parking tickets are a hostile action. She said that the city is not writing tickets to get somebody but writing tickets to help make the city function.”

The move has not met with universal support, according to Boston TV channel WHDH 7. One woman explained to their reporter: “I believe it is a waste of an envelope since if I received this as a ticket I am not looking at the poses to relax, believe me", while another inhabitant claimed: "It wouldn't relax me, it would just tick me off more, to know my money is being wasted again." Cambridge resident Hyunho Noh stated to the Herald "it's not working" as he showed up to pay a $25 ticket. “I don’t like it. There’s no way to like it.”

The Cambridge Arts Council, which is behind the move, says on its website: “During his residency, Peltz learned that the aim of the Department of Traffic, Parking and Transportation was to maintain flow in the city, which led him to imagine a more peaceful exchange between Parking Control Officers and drivers being ticketed.”

Parking control officials in the East Coast American city dispense out 340,000 parking tickets a year. According to Mrs Clippinger, the officials have had a mixed reaction to the move.

Barrie's comment.  I wonder if a motorist receiving an unfair parking ticket will get tied up in knots using yoga!

 

 

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