Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A rogue parking meter in Wellington, New Zealand, is giving motorists train tickets that instruct them to "please hand ticket to the driver." Andrew Kidd paid $1.37 into the pay and display machine last week and out popped a train ticket, dated July 23, 2004, the Wellington Dominion Post reported. Advertisement "I noticed at the time that when it came out of the machine it said it was a train ticket and the date was wrong, but I was in a hurry," he told the newspaper. He put the ticket on the dashboard of his car and rushed off to an appointment. When he returned he found a parking ticket for $8.25 for failing to display a current ticket. The Wellington City Council's parking services manager, Wayne Tacon, agreed something strange was occurring and after an investigation he found the parking machine company also provided tickets for the Auckland rail system. A worker apparently put software into the parking machine containing instructions and labels meant for rail commuters.
