You might call it something of a language barrier. A car park ticket machine has been giving bemused motorists orders in German. A fault in the ticket dispenser makes it give instructions in English until the car park is full, when it switches to German and prevents drivers passing through the barrier. Drivers pulling up to the council-owned multi-storey in Brunel Street, Birmingham, are greeted by a sign stuck to the ticket dispenser reading: ‘If the display shows German writing it means car park full. ‘Please wait until display returns to English before obtaining ticket.’ In an uncanny twist, Birmingham City Council said the language barrier emerged during the city’s German Frankfurt Market. The market, which is the second biggest in Europe, ended just before Christmas but it appears to have made a lasting impression. A spokesman for Birmingham City Council, said: ‘It’s been like this since December, the system that operates the display is German and something has gone wrong. ‘We’re waiting for an engineer to come over and fix it.’ More
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