19 December 2007: Illegal Walking

A pedestrian has been charged with damaging property, after walking over a car that was parked on the pavement, but the car driver was not ticketed for illegal parking.

Drivers in Greece's congested capital are notorious for leaving their cars wherever it suits them, including on pavements, wheelchair ramps and even hospital entrances.

"I could not get past the vehicle, a four-wheel drive, which had been parked right on the pavement so I got angry and just walked over it," the man told state television on Tuesday.

The owner of the vehicle saw him and called police. "They did not even bother giving the owner a parking ticket," he said.