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A new brand of Twitter account in Alberta is targeting horrendous parking jobs, with hopes of shaming drivers into staying between the lines.

"Well look at that, Wal-Mart built me a nice covered stall so my vehicle doesn't get too hot. How considerate!" #YYChttp://t.co/mbeOSXiWpx —

YYCs Worst Parking (@DBagParkingYYC) July 25, 2014

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“See someone parked like an idiot? Tweet us,” reads the description for the Edmonton-based account, @DBagParkingYEG, which started late last month with a matching Facebook profile. The apparent success of the Edmonton project spawned a sister account in Calgary, @DBagParkingYYC which now boasts 3,500 followers — about 500 more than the Edmonton account.

Edmonton alone sees an average of 11,000 parking tickets doled out per month, says parking enforcement coordinator Erin Blaine, whose job hasn’t been made much easier by the spike in online shaming. While the tweets have helped Ms. Blaine nab at least one errant parker, she said some of the reports “aren’t really legit.” While it may look illegal, some motorists have passes that permit them to park in unorthodox places, she said.

The creators behind the Alberta accounts appear to have started similar projects in cities like Winnipeg, Regina and Kelowna as well as in the Yukon and Northwest Territories — though all have seen significantly less traction.

Some of the worst parking jobs of the summer in Edmonton and Calgary: