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A Coppell, Texas couple was quite shocked to get a parking ticket from New York City in the mail, especially considering the fact their car has never been to New York City. But the state of New York was not dropping it.

Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Let me just start by saying this is not where it happened. It looks like a typical parking lot. Most do. Lots of cars that surround the shopping plaza or big box store or where ever you go to shop.

Many of the world records that the folks at Guinness dole out recognize skills that are otherwise pretty useless. (For example, the ability to wear a lot of t-shirts at once.) Conversely, the Guinness World Record for the tightest parallel park actually celebrates a pretty practical talent. Anyone who’s had to squeeze into a tight spot will envy the ability of German parking wizard Ronny “C-Rock”

Apparently, the Lithuanian city of Vilnuis has a problem with cars — in particular luxury cars — parking in its bike lines. Citizens have taken to posting pictures of these illegally parked cars on social media. In response to the public outcry, Vilnuis mayor Arturas Zuokas staged an event in which he used an armored personnel carrier to crush a Mercedes Benz which had been parked in a bike lane .