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Man Gets Ticketed "For his Own Good" While Parked In His Own Driveway

Sometimes you get a ticket and there's really nothing you can do to fight it. Expired meter, no parking zone, in front of a fire hydrant, it's all pretty obviously not allowed. But then sometimes, you just can't believe what's happening!

Nick Taylor of Michigan was shocked when he saw a parking ticket on his car...especially since the car was in his own driveway.

The 24-year-old was letting his car warm up in the driveway before heading to work. Apparently, an officer was passing by and saw the car and decided a citation was necessary. Taylor was hit with a $128 fine for leaving his car unattended with the keys still in the ignition.

"My car takes forever to warm up," Trupiano said of the 1997 Chrysler Concorde. "And I believe the temperature was around 5 degrees outside."

Taylor took to Facebook to express his frustrations about the ticket, and more than 14,000 shared his post.

The posted gained a lot of attention, and now the local police have issued a response.

However, despite the backlash by the public, Roseville Police will not be rescinding the ticket.

"I encourage our officers to write this ticket," Roseville Police Chief James Berlin told CBS Detroit. "All it takes is someone to hop in this car and take off. Then there's a chase often at a high rate of speed and all that could have been prevented."

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"So to protect Mr. Trupiano from having his car stolen, they're trying to steal his money instead. This is private property, this is a private vehicle. He's not on a public road he's not at a meter," said Nick Somberg, Taylor's attorney. "What right do the cops have to tell a man he can't try to warm up his car on his own property?"

Somberg is taking on the case pro-bono, saying the officer either has "no heart or no brain."

There is currently a GoFundMe page set up to help get Taylor a remote starter for his car.

Do you think he should have been ticketed for this? Let us know!

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