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Those damned inconsiderate economy car drivers

In Walnut Creek, a wealthy suburb on the other side of the hills in the East Bay, you can be ticketed if your car isn’t big enough.

When he came out of a Contra Costa County Mayors’ Conference meeting in Walnut Creek awhile back, Martinez City Councilman Bill Wainwright was surprised to see a ticket on his windshield.

He was even more surprised when he saw what it was for.

Wainwright had been tagged for having too small a car.

Seriously. The city parking lot where he had found a spot has two rows of slots reserved for vehicles 6-foot-5 inches or taller, according to a sign posted in the garage. Wainwright, with his Acura, was too short to park there.

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