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Egyptian UN representatives had the most parking violations in NYC, with 17,633 unpaid fines totaling $1.9 million. Kuwait, Nigeria, and Indonesia followed. UN representatives owe approximately $18 million in fines, but Norway and Canada paid their few fines. Parking violations by diplomats decreased by 90% after the US took money owed from foreign aid payments. A 2006 study found that countries with negative views of the US and more corruption had more parking tickets.
As of 2010, United Nations representatives from Egypt had the most notable parking violations in New York City, with a total of 17,633 unpaid fines from 1997 to 2009 – which amount to approximately $1.9 million US dollars (USD ) in unpaid fines. Kuwaiti representatives had the second most unpaid tickets, with 11,091 tickets from 1997 to 2009; representatives of Nigeria follow, with 8,447 tickets; and Indonesia, with 5,822 tickets. All unpaid tickets by UN representatives amount to approximately $18 million in fines.
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The countries that had the fewest tickets among those that had tickets from 1997 to 2009 were Norway, which had four, and Canada, which had two. Both countries have paid the fines.
Parking violations by diplomats actually dropped by 90% shortly after 2002. That’s when the United States enacted a law to take money owed for parking tickets out of foreign aid payments.
A 2006 study found that the countries most likely to have large numbers of parking tickets were those that had poor views of the United States and were relatively more corrupt than other countries.
