A Winnipeg driver is outraged he got a ticket for plugging in his vehicle.

Daryl Ellis, who lives on Cedargrove Crescent in Transcona, ran a cord to the road so he could plug in his car on Saturday night. On Sunday morning he found the ticket.

According to city bylaws, cords can pose a tripping hazard. But there aren't any sidewalks on Cedargrove Crescent.

“The cord runs right up the side of my truck from the edge of my lawn. There is no way you could have possibly seen the cord as you were driving down the street, unless you are absolutely looking for it," Ellis said.

Last year, he parked his car on his lawn so he could plug in his car, but city bylaw officers told him it wasn’t allowed, so he ran the cord out to the edge of the property this year.

“It just so happened the first night I plug in my vehicle, I got the ticket. And when I looked at the ticket, it was issued at 5:10 in the morning," he said.

Ellis called 311 to get more information and he was told to go to city hall and fight the ticket.

Extension cord tickets

There were 236 tickets for leaving cord or cable on or across street last winter.

The five most ticketed streets were: