{"id":88662,"date":"2026-09-29T02:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88662"},"modified":"2026-09-29T02:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:18:02","slug":"driver-charged-100k-for-5-min-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=88662","title":{"rendered":"Driver charged $100k for 5 min parking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">A driver who parked at his child\u2019s <a class=\"text-primary-brand no-underline hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/trending-now\/catering-company-gourmetz-charged-over-river-valley-primary-gastroenteritis-incident?ref=inline-article-9747312\" target=\"_blank\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"noopener\">school in River Valley<\/a> for only five minutes was told he owed more than $100,000 upon exiting the carpark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The system showed that his vehicle had been parked for 7,204 days, 22 hours and 51 minutes, with a parking fee that totalled $100,870.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The driver shared the incident on popular subreddit r\/Singapore in a post titled \u201c<a class=\"text-primary-brand no-underline hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/1wpjchc\/accidentally_parked_for_20_years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accidentally parked for 20 years<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Based on the photo in his post, he entered the carpark just before 9am on Sept 25. He said he had parked for only around five minutes \u2014 still within the carpark\u2019s grace period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The driver \u2014 whose Reddit username is templar817 \u2014 subsequently called the carpark hotline to find out what had happened, and was apparently told that the system had failed to detect the <a class=\"text-primary-brand no-underline hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/singapore-seen\/what-gurmit-singh-hates-about-spore-coe-new-iu-device-and-tearing-down-old-national?ref=inline-article-9747312\" target=\"_blank\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"noopener\">In-Vehicle Unit (IU)<\/a> in his car when he entered the carpark.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"my-lg md:my-xl\">\n<p><hr class=\"flex-1 border-grayscale-100 lg:hidden\"\/><span class=\"text-grayscale-400 text-14 leading-16 font-primary text-center lg:text-left p-sm\">Scroll to continue reading<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"flex-1 border-grayscale-100 my-md\"\/>\n<hr class=\"my-md border-grayscale-100\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Despite this, the driver said the barrier had opened normally when he entered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cLucky it didn\u2019t debit my cash card,\u201d he said in the post.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/1wpjchc\/accidentally_parked_for_20_years\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true&amp;theme=light\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:500px\" title=\"Reddit post\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"lg:text-28 lg:leading-33.6px pt-md font-primary text-24 font-bold leading-1.2\">\u2018Can you even have that amount of money in your cash card?\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The post has attracted at least 1,500 upvotes and 77 comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Many Redditors expressed their bewilderment at the exorbitant parking fee that the driver was told he had to pay, with some questioning if he would even have enough money to foot the bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">In response to questions about the money in his cash card, templar817 said that he had enabled an automatic top up of $50 to his cash card with his credit card, which would be activated whenever his cash card balance drops to a negative number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cI didn\u2019t know if it will run infinitely until it hits $100k! Luckily it didn\u2019t,\u201d shared the driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cStill cheaper than a <a class=\"text-primary-brand no-underline hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/onemotoring.lta.gov.sg\/content\/onemotoring\/home\/buying\/upfront-vehicle-costs\/certificate-of-entitlement--coe-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COE (certificate of entitlement)<\/a>,\u201d wrote another Redditor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Several others made light-hearted jokes at the length of time displayed on the parking system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201c(Your) car is a time machine and (you) are 20 years into the future. So, with this knowledge&#8230; can you help us take picture of the past decades\u2019 <a class=\"text-primary-brand no-underline hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/trending-now\/punters-baffled-1516-emerges-4d-first-prize-winning-number-thrice-within-3-months?ref=inline-article-9747312\" target=\"_blank\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"noopener\">winning numbers for 4D<\/a>?\u201d joked one commenter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cYour kid arrived in the car as a kindergarten pupil and left a university student,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"lg:text-28 lg:leading-33.6px pt-md font-primary text-24 font-bold leading-1.2\">Faulty component replaced<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">According to a <a class=\"text-primary-brand no-underline hover:underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zaobao.com.sg\/news\/singapore\/story20260927-9743749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report in Shin Min Daily News<\/a>, the carpark management confirmed that it was aware of the incident circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">A spokesperson said the team was alerted to the issue and immediately sent staff to the site to investigate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The affected component has since been replaced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">\u201cThe issue has been resolved and the vehicle owner did not suffer any loss as a result,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-primary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The carpark management apologised for the inconvenience caused and said measures had been taken to rectify the problem.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"bg-primary-100 h-px border-0 mt-lg md:mt-xxl\"\/>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-xl rounded-xl border border-primary-100 mt-lg md:mt-xxl\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/assets\/stomp-comment-COLiWNMD.png\" alt=\"Stomp Comment\" class=\"absolute -mt-lg -ml-xs w-[203px] md:w-[255px]\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Have something to say? 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