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german authorities are giving parking violators in one city an unexpected break by issuing tickets without fines.

德国波茨坦的违章停车者们近日收到意外惊喜，他们收到违章罚单却无需缴纳罚款。

the tickets, put on carelessly parked cars in potsdam, include a fine of 0 euros and the cheerful message "glueck gehabt!!!" (lucky you!!!). the new approach is designed to ¹（告诫） motorists without hitting them in the wallet.

"the tickets serve as a warning to parking ²," said regina thielemann, a city of potsdam spokeswoman. "they're issued when the driver isn't around. so they're given written notice when they'd ordinarily only get a verbal（口头的） warning."

potsdam, the state capital of brandenburg just outside berlin, earned around 1.2 million euros from parking fines in 2011, she said. around 120,000 parking fines were issued last year.

in germany -- a country known for its fondness for obeying rules and punishing offenders -- potsdam's fine-free tickets have caught the attention of the national media.

one ³, kathrin bach, said her initial reaction to finding a note on her windscreen was one of ⁴（烦恼，打扰） -- until she read the message.

"i thought 'oh no - got another ticket'," she told germany's bild newspaper. "i've paid loads of parking fines before because there are so few parking spaces in the area," she added.

bach's offence -- parking less than five meters away from a road ⁵ -- should have cost her 10 euros, according to the city's parking rules.