German Exactness

What happens when the German desire for precision and structure gets pitted against their love for the automobile?  This is another "famous" photo that cyclically makes the rounds through the expat community (photo below).

German license plates indicate the city where the car is registered, and M is used for Munich (and, of course, BMW is the local favorite).  The driver of this car was a little off when parking, and the front right tire lies outside the painted line by perhaps a foot.

But law & order prevail, and he gets a parking ticket (white paper on the windshield)!  Perhaps it was a disgrunteled state employee, but in any case you get a real-life example of how things work over here.