Pretty in Pink
Those large parking places in Bern, Switzerland. The ones under video surveillance. They are supposed to be for women. But parking officials have received complaints that men use them. "Legally, we can't stop men from using women's parking spaces," said Bjorn Rohrbach. Well, what the law won't allow them to do parking officials hope to accomplish with pink paint. They say they will try to deter men from parking in those places by painting them pink and adding flowers.
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